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    Samsung, Google to powwow on Apple

    Company raises handset sale target to 400 million Samsung Electronics said Wednesday that it will hold a top-level meeting with its biggest software business partner Google today. Samsung, which is the representative of Google’s Android community in an ongoing fight with Apple, is pulling Google into its battle to seek…

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    Smartphone war heats up

    Pantech unveils new device; Galaxy Note 2 out on Wed. The smartphone market is expected to further heat up here as major Korean handset producers are all set to sell highly-improved handsets ahead of the Apple iPhone 5’s local launch later this week or early next month. On Monday, Pantech…

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    iCourt: Season 2?

    Samsung calls for new trial, Apple seeks $707 million more in damages Samsung Electronics has officially requested a U.S. court to throw out a decision by a San Jose jury, which found the Korean technology giant guilty of copying the look and feel of Apple’s iPhones and iPads. In legal…

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    Samsung topples Apple in brand image

    Samsung Electronics lost its recent court battle against Apple in San Jose and was ordered to pay a staggering $1.05 billion but ironically, recent polls show that the Korean firm has overtaken its U.S. rival in brand image. According to a recent poll by market research agency YouGov that compared…

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    Asheville Emerges As One Of Best Places For Retirees

    In this June 16, 2010 file photo, a rainbow forms over the City Hall building in Asheville, N.C. The idea of people who uproot and move when they retire conjures up images of warm, sunny Florida or Arizona. But some of the older members of the baby boom generation (the…

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    Galaxy S4 due in February

    Samsung plans to unveil new device at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Samsung Electronics plans to unveil the latest in its Galaxy line, the S4, at a European technology exhibition in February, according to company officials and local parts suppliers for the technology giant. The timetable was released just three…

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    Is it worth extra 100 bucks?

    iPhone 5 features few innovations of Jobs scale Apple’s iPhone 5 is finally out but there were few surprises. The U.S. tech giant’s new device has received a mixed response not only from industry experts but also from consumers as it is seemingly lacking in innovative features. Simply put, the…

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    Samsung goes after Apple’s iPhone 5

    Shin Jong-kyun confirms plans to countersue rival Samsung Electronics’ mobile chief Shin Jong-kyun said Wednesday that there will be “no agreement” with Apple, a likely indication that the technology giant will sue its rival over long-term evolution (LTE) patents used in the iPhone 5. (See front page, Sept. 11 edition)…

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  • Microsoft aims to become ‘melting pot’

    Software giant stresses ties with device leaders, Samsung, LG Microsoft (MS) Korea aims to become a “melting pot’’ where people with diverse nationalities and cultural backgrounds commit to push the personal technology experience in a country obsessed with e-this and e-that. James Kim, the U.S.-educated general manager of the company,…

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    US experts argue Apple is innovation killer

    Experts say US firm resorts to frivolous litigation to smolder smart creativity Even U.S. officials and patent experts now see Apple’s bid to ban the sale of Samsung Electronics smartphones as detrimental to keeping the information and technology industry innovative. Against this background, U.S. Judge Lucy Koh is being asked…

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