• East Asia

    Samsung posts record profit of W8.84 tril.

    Samsung Electronics said Friday that its operating profit nearly doubled to a record high of 8.84 trillion won ($8.3 billion) for the fourth quarter of last year from a year earlier on the back of brisk smartphone sales. Its net profit jumped 75.6 percent to 7.04 trillion won during the…

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  • Apple pressured to provide iOS 6 source code

    Samsung Electronics claimed Friday it should be able to access Apple’s software source code to confirm whether or not its technology patents were infringed upon in the latest i0S 6 operating system powering iPhones and iPads. Apple has denied the request of its Korean rival, calling it ridiculous. Both Motorola…

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  • KT, LG to offer ‘unlimited’ LTE service

    KT and LG Uplus announced Friday that they will offer “unlimited” data services for customers signing up for new pricing packages supporting speedier telecommunication networks called Long-Term Evolution (LTE). The move was designed to attract more customers as top local carrier SK Telecom will be banned from signing new customers…

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  • East Asia

    LSIS beats Hyosung to HVDC deal

    Electrical component maker LSIS said Wednesday it has acquired advanced technology for an electric power transmission system at the expense of rival Hyosung. Both firms tendered bids to a joint venture between the state-run Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) and French energy company Alstom called KEPCO-Alstom Power Electronics Systems (KAPES)…

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  • Samsung eyes business users, targets RIM

    Samsung Electronics has been trading barbs with Apple over intellectual property on mobile Internet devices. The industry foe it really wants to beat, however, is Research in Motion, the Canadian maker of the iconic BlackBerry, according to company sources. As the global market for smartphones and tablets has shaped up…

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  • IT-Science

    Cook doesn’t have Job’s magic

    Apple CEO Tim Cook may be having sleepless nights nowadays, with data indicating that the U.S. technology giant has started losing its innovative and premium image over rivals such as Samsung Electronics. The Cupertino-based firm has recently been hit by the double whammy of sluggish sales of the iPhone 5…

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  • Samsung, LG locked in OLED battle

    A legal battle between Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics is getting fiercer. The conflict focuses on the intellectual property of a variety of products and technologies ranging from refrigerators to the futuristic organic light emitting diode (OLED) televisions. Leading the LG charge is Koo Bon-joon, LG Electronics CEO and brother…

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  • East Asia

    Samsung faces Windows dilemma

    Overseas carriers shun Windows lineup Samsung Electronics is facing a bumpy road in a move to reduce its reliance on Google’s Android platform as overseas carriers are shunning promoting the firm’s Windows lineup, according to industry observers. The technology giant is currently the flagship vendor of the Android platform, giving…

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  • East Asia

    Number Of China’s Internet Users Rises To 564 Million Despite Gov’t Control On Content

    In this Feb. 1, 2012 photo, job seekers use laptops connected with Internet at a job fair in Wuhan, in central China’s Hubei province. China’s population of Internet users rose 10 percent last year to 564 million even as communist authorities tightened controls on content, according to data released Tuesday…

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  • East Asia

    More Than 100 Million Galaxy Smartphones Have Been Sold Since The Release Of Its First Model Three Years Ago

    In this a, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, file photo, a man windowshop at a mobile phone shop near advertisement of Samsung’s Galaxy S III smartphone in Seoul, South Korea. Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, it has sold more than 100 million Galaxy S smartphones since the first…

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