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South Park: All Online, All for Free

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:33:05 +0000

MTV Networks plans to make every clip from every episode of hit animated comedy "South Park" available for free online next year as part of a strategy to reach consumers everywhere. The decision from the... Read more...

South Korea Launches Bribery Investigation of Samsung

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

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...

80GB PlayStation 3 Bound for South Korea

Mon, 21 May 2007 16:56:21 +0000

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

Sun, 20 May 2007 17:29:37 +0000

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 to build $600M datacenter in South Carolina

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 21:54:07 +0000

South Carolina's government has announced that Google plans to invest $600 million in a new datacenter on a 210 hectare site at the Mt. Holly Commerce Park in Berkeley County near Charleston, the land... Read more...

South Korean Duo Arrested for 1.6 Billion Spam E-Mails

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:28:39 +0000

Two unnamed South Korean computer programmers have been arrested on suspicion of sending out 1.6 billion spam e-mail messages between September and December last year in violation of the country's commerce laws. The two men,... Read more...

Azeroth To Feature In South Park

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 09:24:45 +0000

Blizzard Entertainment has confirmed that the MMORPG World of Warcraft will be featured in one of the episodes. The episode is due to air on Comedy Central at 10pm on October 4th, and follows the... Read more...

Microsoft Threatens to Pull Windows From South Korea

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:24:23 +0000

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...

Google Earth Angers South Koreans

Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:50:00 +0000

South Korea is the latest country to raise its concerns over Google's satellite photo service, Google Earth. The country is worried about sensitive sites being visible from space by the service's users, including the presidential... Read more...

South Korean Dies After 50 Hour Gaming Marathon

Howard Thomson — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 18:24:50 +0000

A gamer from South Korean has suffered a cardiac arrest after a 50 hour session of popular sci-fi game Starcraft. The 28 year old man, identified only by surname Lee, started playing on August 3rd.... Read more...

South Korea to Decide Microsoft Antitrust Case

Mon, 27 Jun 2005 21:50:50 +0000

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...

Stripped-down XP Heads for South America

Tue, 12 Apr 2005 09:46:55 +0000

Brazil is to be the next country where Microsoft launches its Windows XP Starter Edition software. The software giant has confirmed that the programme will be extended tomorrow to the South American country - which... Read more...

South Korea bans Ghost Recon 2

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

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

Tue, 27 Jul 2004 02:04:24 +0000

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...

Nvidia Serial ATA south bridge delayed

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sun, 10 Aug 2003 15:22:40 +0000

WE HAVE ALREADY reported about Nvidia's new south bridges, the ones that are to include Serial ATA and Gigabit LAN. While Nvidia's Serial ATA was supposed to be available much earlier, in late Q3, have... Read more...

South Korean Group Sues Microsoft Over Slammer

Wed, 07 May 2003 18:59:53 +0000

We should be sueing those dossy admins that dont patch their systems up! "In a sign of users' increasing frustration with the security shortcomings of many software applications, a civic group in South... Read more...

Bill Gates "dead" rumour causes panic in South Korea

Tom Warren — Fri, 04 Apr 2003 11:19:37 +0000

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...