Neowin News Feed for: Korea

LG had an 'iPAD' back in 2001

Tyler Holman — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 02:53:41 +0100

Korean electronics giant LG, a major Apple supplier, was apparently showing off a 'Digital iPAD,' a 'Linux-based Web pad' way back in 2001, a full 9 years before the debut of Apple's own iPad. Read more...

Samsung fights back, looks to ban iPhone 5 in S. Korea

John Callaham — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:57:06 +0100

A new report from a Korean web site claims Samsung is looking to ban the sale of Apple's iPhone 5 in South Korea when the smartphone is released. Read more...

Only 9 countries ready for future broadband applications

Matthew Hopson — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:32:19 +0100

A study looking at the quality of broadband across 66 countries worldwide has found that only nine countries are ready for future demand, with two-thirds meeting the criteria for today's requirements only. The study placed... Read more...

South Korea Launches Bribery Investigation of Samsung

Sagittarius — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:08:02 +0000

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South Korean business conglomerate Samsung Group is now under investigation, prosecutors announced Monday, after Kim Yong-chul, a former top Samsung legal affairs official for the conglomerate, released names of senior prosecutors he claims took bribes.... Read more...

ISPs Suspected of Massive Identity Theft in Korea

Sagittarius — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:32:35 +0100

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Police are investigating South Korea's two biggest internet service providers, KT and Hanaro Telecom Inc., on suspicion that they broke identity theft laws on more than seven million occasions. The two companies are suspected of... Read more...

80GB PlayStation 3 Bound for South Korea

Slimy — Mon, 21 May 2007 17:56:21 +0100

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According to official information posted on the PlayStation Korea website, the territory will be getting an 80GB hard drive inside the PS3 when it launches June 16. Neither the 20 GB nor the 60 GB... Read more...

South Korea busts attempt to sell technology to US

Slimy — Sun, 20 May 2007 18:29:37 +0100

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South Korean prosecutors have indicted four engineers for allegedly trying to sell "Wibro" high-speed mobile Internet technology to the United States for 190 million dollars. Three former employees received secret information from Hwang, one current... Read more...

Google Korea to censor pornographic search results

Slimy — Thu, 17 May 2007 18:25:33 +0100

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Google Korea plans to introduce an age-verification system to its search engine on September 1, by having users verify their age when searching for any of about 700 Korean words judged to be adult and... Read more...

Feds Side With Microsoft in Korea Flap

malebolgia — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 15:10:01 +0000

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The Bush administration on Wednesday protested South Korea's decision to fine Microsoft roughly $32 million and order the software company to redesign portions of its Windows operating system. "Korea's remedy goes beyond what is... Read more...

Microsoft Threatens to Pull Windows From South Korea

dw2003 — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:24:23 +0100

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Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, threatened to pull its Windows operating system from South Korea if antitrust regulators order the company to remove programming for instant message and movie player services. ... Read more...

South Korea to Decide Microsoft Antitrust Case

malebolgia — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 22:50:50 +0100

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South Korea's antitrust commission will make a final ruling next month on allegations that Microsoft unfairly used its dominant position to shut out rivals, the government said Monday. The nation's Fair Trade... Read more...

Microsoft grapples with attack on MSN Korea site

malebolgia — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 16:06:11 +0100

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Microsoft has discovered an apparent attempt by hackers to steal user information from its South Korean MSN Web site and has taken action to repair the problem. The attack was directed at... Read more...

South Korea bans Ghost Recon 2

malebolgia — Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:33:56 +0000

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Ubisoft's squad-based shooter will not be released in South Korea because the story goes "way too far". Citing a plotline that goes "way too far", South Korea's Media Rating Board has rejected... Read more...

PS2 approaches a million in South Korea

Dice — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 03:04:24 +0100

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Sony's PlayStation 2 is on track to reach a million unit installed base in South Korea by the end of 2004, according to the president of Sony Computer Entertainment Korea, Hiroyuki Kunugita. Although it's a... Read more...

Ghost Recon 2 plotline irks North Korea

malebolgia — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 17:10:23 +0100

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North Korea isn't to happy about how it's being portrayed in Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2. North Korea is accusing Americans of hating them. With pretty bold statements like "[Americans] have shown everyone their... Read more...

IBM execs, S. Korea officials accused of bribery

NTUsEr — Mon, 05 Jan 2004 19:52:02 +0000

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Some 48 South Korean government officials and corporate executives, mainly from IBM ventures, have been charged with bribery in a case involving state contracts for computer parts and servers, prosecutors said Monday. Fourteen... Read more...

Japan, China, S. Korea developing next Net

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 31 Dec 2003 09:43:19 +0000

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Japan, China and South Korea are reportedly planning to jointly develop Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), the next-generation Internet standard, a move that will challenge the U.S.-dominated market for current IPv4-based Internet technology. The report... Read more...

N. Korea Wants Citizens to Be Tech-Savvy

configure — Fri, 26 Dec 2003 03:01:37 +0000

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North Korea's Dear Leader Kim Jong Il, whose sayings are followed by his people with a religious fervor, has defined three types of fools in the 21st century: people who smoke, people who don't appreciate... Read more...

Bill Gates "dead" rumour causes panic in South Korea

Tom Warren — Fri, 04 Apr 2003 12:19:37 +0100

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An unsubstantiated rumour that Bill Gates had been shot dead in Los Angeles caused share prices on the South Korean stock exchange to slump as panic selling ensued. The rumour, started on a... Read more...

Microsoft, Korea Samsung Ink Deal

Steven Parker — Wed, 17 Oct 2001 15:14:50 +0100

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The Microsoft Oven will operate correctly for another 12 days by which time you will need to "Activate" it or it will overcook everything! - ED, hehe Thanks News Whistler. Bringing a... Read more...