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The iconic smartphone hits stores having already shifted more than 50,000 units in pre-sale orders

iPhone's debut in S.Korea means paradigm shift: experts

Technology / Business

created Nov 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Apple's top selling iPhone made its debut in South Korea Saturday with experts saying the iconic smartphone is likely to serve as a wake-up call for an IT industry basking in an isolated market.


Apple's iPhone set to make splash in South Korea (AP)

Apple's iPhone set to make splash in South Korea

Technology / Business

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The iPhone's arrival in South Korea is generating considerable buzz among consumers and industry watchers amid expectations it will shake up a market dominated by world-beating domestic manufacturers.


The number of text messages that a mobile user in S.Korea can send out a day has been restricted to 500, down from 1,000

S.Korea halves ceiling on text messages to fight spam

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

South Korean authorities on Wednesday halved the daily limit on text messages sent out by mobile phones as part of a campaign against spam, officials said.


As robots become more common, Stanford experts consider the legal challenges

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- They already detect and defuse bombs, control traffic patterns and do some basic household chores. And scientists predict that pretty soon, robots will be using artificial intelligence to play a larger role ...


South Korean regulator approves iPhone

Technology / Business

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- South Korea's telecommunications regulator cleared the way Wednesday for the launch of Apple's iPhone, amid reports the hit device could reach consumers by the end of this month.


First view of Earth as Rosetta approaches home

Rosetta sees a living planet

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Images and data taken just before closest approach were downloaded this morning, and they show the lights of North America in the night and a glowing Southern Hemisphere.


First view of Earth as Rosetta approaches home

First view of Earth as Rosetta approaches home

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- This spectacular image of our home planet was captured by the OSIRIS instrument on ESA's Rosetta comet chaser earlier today as the spacecraft approached Earth for the third and final swingby. ...


Mobile telephone sales inched up 0.1 percent in the third quarter

Mobile phone sales rise in 3rd quarter: study

Technology / Business

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.


Scientists: New dinosaur species found in SAfrica (AP)

Scientists: New dinosaur species found in SAfrica

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(AP) -- Scientists say they've discovered a new dinosaur species in South Africa that may help explain how the creatures evolved into the largest animals on land.


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Brazil blackouts result of cyber hacking: report

Technology / Internet

created Nov 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

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.


Samsung to pay Qualcomm 1.3 bln dlrs in new licensing deal

Technology / Business

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.


Yellow dust blowing over Seoul

SKorea to plant trees in China to reduce 'yellow dust'

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.


Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer

Global crisis hitting IT spending: Microsoft chief

Technology / Business

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.


A Nintendo DSi game console.

Nintendo to launch big-screen DSi console

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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.


Disgraced cloning expert convicted in SKorea (AP)

Disgraced cloning expert convicted in South Korea (Update)

Biology / Other

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(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 ...