Apple wins extension on Samsung tablet ban

Apple Inc. won a one-week extension to a ban on Samsung Electronics Co. releasing its latest tablet computer in Australia. High Court Justice Dyson Heydon extended a ban on sales of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 to Dec. 9, when the court will consider Apple’s request for permission to appeal a lower cou

Dec. 2, 2011

Threat of HIV infection lingers

7,656 Koreans reported HIV positive as of 2010It has been a long time since health experts first declared that AIDS is not transmittable through everyday human interaction or an automatic death sentence.But public perception is still behind scientific and medical knowledge. People infected with HIV are refused entry into the country at immigration while many hide their health status out of fear of being discriminated against by society. According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prev

Dec. 1, 2011

Global Fund for world health halts new programs

GENEVA (AP) ― The world’s biggest financier in the fight against three killer diseases says it has run out of money to pay for new grant programs for the next two years ― a situation likely to hit poor AIDS patients around the world.An official with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said Thursday that its has been forced to cease giving new grants until 2014 because of global economic woes brought on by debt crises in the U.S. and Europe.An independent panel recommended in

Dec. 1, 2011

Ewha learns about Arabic world

Ewha Womans University Medical Center on Nov. 24 invited leaders of the Korea-Arab Society to the center to get a better understanding of Middle Eastern society. “Middle East states are distant from Korean people. Some groundless images of terrorism and oppression have been linked with the region, causing public misunderstanding,” said Choi Seung-ho, head of the organization. “It is about time we have opened our door to the area,” he said. Ewha hospital has started placing emphasis on the Arabic

Dec. 1, 2011

TnTn Hospital opens joint, spine center

TnTn Hospital specializing in spine and joint treatments has opened a TnTn Joint Training Center at its Eunpyeong, Guro and Jangan branches in Seoul. The centers will provide comprehensive information and exercise regimes to strengthen the spine and joint areas not only for the patients but for anyone interested. The center has invited Ohm Tae-hyun, former team doctor of Olympic gold medalist swimmer Park Tae-hwan, as a lecturer to provide information about his field experiences in exercise. The

Dec. 1, 2011

Konkuk Univ. Hospital accredited by WHO

Konkuk University Medical Center said Monday that it has been accredited as a World Health Organization Health Promoting Hospital and Health Service.It conducted a ceremony on the day to hang the accreditation plaque.According to the international organization, the accreditation recognizes four areas: good quality treatment and care in a positive health care setting; extending the treatment of current diseases towards disease prevention and promotion of positive health; strengthening patient ori

Dec. 1, 2011

LinkedIn seeks expansion in Korea

Professional social networking service LinkedIn Corp. said Thursday it has started a Korean language service to lure the country's Internet users. LinkedIn's entry into South Korea comes as overseas social networking services such as Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. have gained ground here following a

Dec. 1, 2011

In mice, a step towards a vaccine for HIV

Tests on lab mice have opened up a new path towards a vaccine against HIV, one of the most frustrating quests in the 30-year history of AIDS, scientists reported on Wednesday.Genetically modified mice fought back the human immunodeficiency virus(HIV) after they had been injected with genes to make a

Dec. 1, 2011

Google's maps go indoors with new mobile feature

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Google's next frontier in digital mapping will span the world's shopping malls and airports.An upgrade of Google's mobile mapping service released Tuesday includes directions within stores, malls, airports and transit centers in the U.S. and Japan.The initial index only covers a

Nov. 30, 2011

Australian air safety bureau probes smoking iPhone

Australia's aviation safety watchdog said Tuesday it was investigating after an Apple iPhone apparently began glowing red and emitting smoke after a flight to Sydney last week.Australian carrier Regional Express (Rex) said a passenger's mobile "started emitting a significant amount of dense smoke, a

Nov. 29, 2011

Creative thinkers more likely to cheat

 

Nov. 29, 2011

‘Kakao Talk most popular app in Korea’

Mobile messenger Kakao Talk is the most frequently used Android app in South Korea, Nielsen said on Monday. The survey by Nielsen, an insights and analytics provider, showed that 92.8 percent of Android-based smartphone users here used Kakao Talk, developed by a Korean firm, at least once in the Aug-Sept. period.Coming behind were Google Android Market (88.6 percent), Google Map (53.3 percent) and Naver (52.6 percent). U.S. users data revealed a different pattern as Android Market topped the lis

Nov. 28, 2011