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Global sales of mobile phones reversed a slide that began late last year and turned positive in third quarter 2009, a trend expected to accelerate thanks to smartphones, a study disclosed Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news177257044.html Technology Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:20:01 EST news177257044 Massive power outages in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 that impacted millions were caused by cyber hackers attacking control systems, the US television network CBS said Sunday. http://www.physorg.com/news176810339.html Technology Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:59:44 EST news176810339 South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Thursday it will pay 1.3 billion dollars plus royalties to US wireless chip supplier Qualcomm under a new 15-year licensing deal. http://www.physorg.com/news176622718.html Technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:20:05 EST news176622718 The Seoul city government will help fund a tree-planting project in a Chinese desert to reduce the amount of harmful "yellow dust" blowing over South Korea, officials said Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news176567358.html Space & Earth Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:29:54 EST news176567358 Companies worldwide are slashing spending on information technology because of the global downturn and will have to learn to do more with less, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news176354289.html Technology Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:18:41 EST news176354289 Nintendo Co. will soon launch a large-screen version of its DSi hand-held game console in Japan aimed at elderly people, a report said Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news175842157.html Electronics Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:40:01 EST news175842157 (AP) -- A South Korean stem cell scientist once hailed as a hero for bringing hope to people with incurable diseases and creating the world's first cloned dog was convicted Monday on criminal charges related to faked research, but avoided jail. http://www.physorg.com/news175747010.html Biology Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:57:02 EST news175747010 Sales of personal computers (PCs) in the Asia-Pacific region rose 17 percent from a year ago to 23.4 million units in the third quarter, an industry monitor said Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news175239170.html Technology Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:33:26 EST news175239170 (PhysOrg.com) -- Two South Korean firms have developed mini firefighting robots to help human firefighters safely plan their course of action before entering a blazing building. http://www.physorg.com/news174201096.html Electronics Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:20:01 EST news174201096 (PhysOrg.com) -- A global survey reveals that 62 out of 66 countries analysed had improved their speed of broadband connections since last year, with South Korea coming top of the Broadband Quality Study 2009. http://www.physorg.com/news173955773.html Technology Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:40:01 EST news173955773 (AP) -- South Korea's telecommunications regulator said Wednesday it has given approval for Apple Inc.'s hit iPhone to be sold in the country - potentially shaking up a handset market controlled by domestic manufacturers. http://www.physorg.com/news172909401.html Electronics Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:50:02 EST news172909401 (PhysOrg.com) -- As technology advances, scientists look for ways to enhance electronic applications and devices. Indeed, electronics are getting smaller and more diverse. And as this happens, there is an increased requirement for flexibility in transistors, which make the electronic devices we desire work. Unfortunately, silicon and polymers may not fulfill the requirements needed to advance on to the transistors of the future. http://www.physorg.com/news172837799.html Nanotechnology Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:30:32 EST news172837799 A minor business conglomerate in South Korea looks set to buy a major stake in the world's second biggest memory chip maker after becoming the only firm to submit a bid, a report said Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news172819765.html Technology Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:00:02 EST news172819765 Disgraced South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-Suk has won a copyright battle over dog-cloning techniques his colleagues said Saturday. http://www.physorg.com/news172564359.html Biology Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:50:01 EST news172564359 South Korea plans to train 3,000 "cyber sheriffs" by next year to protect businesses after a spate of attacks on state and private websites, a report said Sunday. http://www.physorg.com/news172073001.html Technology Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:03:45 EST news172073001 South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-Suk plans to present two cloned dogs to one of the country's provinces to help it nurture a bio-technology industry, his research centre said Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news170905646.html Biology Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:00:01 EST news170905646 The United States ranks 28th in the world in average Internet connection speed and is not making significant progress in building a faster network, according to a report released on Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news170447728.html Technology Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:36:09 EST news170447728 (AP) -- South Korea's first rocket launch Tuesday failed to push a satellite into its orbit but the flawed mission may still anger rival North Korea, coming just months the communist nation's own launch drew international condemnation. http://www.physorg.com/news170395691.html Space & Earth Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:56:47 EST news170395691 South Korea Wednesday postponed the launch of its first space rocket just eight minutes before the scheduled blast-off, due to a technical fault. http://www.physorg.com/news169892750.html Space & Earth Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:40:01 EST news169892750 A South Korean biotechnology firm will early next year open a centre capable eventually of producing up to 1,000 cloned dogs annually, a company executive said Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news169456897.html Biology Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:22:04 EST news169456897 South Korea has rescheduled its first space rocket launch from its soil to August 11 after repeatedly postponing it due to technical reasons, officials said Saturday. http://www.physorg.com/news168412334.html Space & Earth Sun, 02 Aug 2009 06:50:02 EST news168412334 South Korea's antitrust watchdog Thursday fined US firm Qualcomm a record 260 billion won (208 million dollars) for violating fair competition rules by abusing its market monopoly. http://www.physorg.com/news167549766.html Technology Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:36:46 EST news167549766 A computer screen that folds up like a pocket handkerchief, a harbour that goes out to a ship and a road which recharges electric vehicles -- it sounds like the stuff of science fiction. http://www.physorg.com/news167460251.html Technology Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:20:01 EST news167460251 South Korea's Samsung Electronics Wednesday announced what it claims is the world's slimmest "watch phone". http://www.physorg.com/news167460430.html Electronics Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:47:31 EST news167460430 South Korea's LG Electronics Wednesday reported a record quarterly net profit, boosted by brisk sales of flat panel televisions and mobile phones. http://www.physorg.com/news167460116.html Technology Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:42:40 EST news167460116 South Korea customs has deployed what it claims to be the world's first cloned working sniffer dogs, officials said Sunday. http://www.physorg.com/news167210308.html Biology Sun, 19 Jul 2009 08:40:01 EST news167210308 (AP) -- Hackers extracted lists of files from computers that they contaminated with the virus that triggered cyberattacks last week in the United States and South Korea, police in Seoul said Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news166768093.html Technology Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:28:41 EST news166768093 Park Joong-Soon raised his putter triumphantly after sinking a five-metre birdie on the final hole and pocketed his winnings from friends -- all without leaving the comfort of his local cafe. http://www.physorg.com/news166715312.html Technology Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:00:01 EST news166715312 (AP) -- European Union antitrust regulators have charged Royal Philips Electronics NV and LG Display with fixing the price of liquid crystal display monitors, Philips said Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news166690874.html Technology Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:01:59 EST news166690874 (AP) -- Cyber attacks that caused a wave of Web site outages in the U.S. and South Korea used 86 IP addresses in 16 countries, South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers Friday, amid suspicions North Korea was behind the effort. 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