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Samsung profit at record high on smartphone boost

Models show Samsung Electronics Co.'s latest smartphones Galaxy S4 during its unveiling ceremony in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 25, 2013. The Galaxy S4 will go on sales in the domestic market on April 26 and in overseas market on the following day. AP

Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday its first quarter profit jumped to a record high as smartphone sales remained strong despite the April launch of an updated version of its flagship Galaxy phone.

Posted: April 26th, 2013 in Gadgets,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

BlackBerry CEO says iPhone is outdated

In this Jan. 30, 2013 file photo, the BlackBerry Z10 smartphone is displayed in New York. Apple's iPhone is outdated, according to Research In Motion Ltd. chief executive Thorsten Heins. Heins made the comment Thursday, March 21, 2013, on the eve of the much-delayed launch of the new touchscreen BlackBerry in the United States. AT&T begins selling the Z10 on Friday, more than six weeks after RIM launched the devices elsewhere. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Apple’s iPhone is outdated, according to the chief executive of BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd.

Posted: March 22nd, 2013 in Gadgets,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

9 things Apple could do with $137B

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Apple Inc. came under attack Thursday from an influential investor for its practice of stockpiling cash. Its hoard totalled $137 billion at the end of last year, and it keeps growing.

Posted: February 8th, 2013 in Gadgets,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

South Korea court to rule on Samsung inheritance battle

Samsung Electronics Co. logo is seen at a showroom of its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest technology company by revenue, expects record earnings for the fourth quarter of 2012 as shoppers continued to snap up its smartphones and tablets. The company said Tuesday its operating profit for the October-December quarter would be about 8.8 trillion won ($8.3 billion), up 89 percent from a year earlier and higher than expectations. It will release its full quarterly result including net profit at the end of this month. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A South Korean court is expected to rule Friday on an inheritance battle that has rocked the powerful Samsung conglomerate.

Posted: February 1st, 2013 in Gadgets,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Samsung profits beat forecast, mobile biz doubles

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Samsung Electronics Co. reported Friday forecast-beating results for the fourth quarter of 2012 as profit from its mobile business more than doubled from a year earlier.

Posted: January 25th, 2013 in Gadgets,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Dispose of old e-gadgets properly, says DENR chief

Environment Secretary Ramon Paje. AFP

Environment Secretary Ramon Paje on Saturday warned the public against recklessly throwing their old gadgets in the trash bin, noting the environmental hazards posed by improperly disposed electronic devices.

Posted: January 12th, 2013 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories,Science and Research | Read More »

Huge gadget show gears up in Vegas

This undated publicity image provided by Sony shows an ultra-HD 4K TV set. At the biggest trade show in the Americas, which kicks off next week in Las Vegas, TV makers will be doing their best to convince you that HDTVs are old hat, and should make room for "Ultra HDTV." (AP Photo/Sony, File)

Think your high-definition TV is hot stuff — as sharp as it gets? At the biggest trade show in the Americas, which kicks off next week in Las Vegas, TV makers will be doing their best to convince you that HDTVs are old hat, and should make room for “Ultra HDTV.”

Posted: January 5th, 2013 in Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

China fines LG, Samsung in flat panel price case

In this Oct. 20, 2012 photo, Chinese people line up to enter a newly-opened Apple Store in Wangfujing shopping district in Beijing. A Chinese court has ordered Apple Inc. to pay 1.03 million yuan ($165,000) to eight Chinese writers and two companies who say unlicensed copies of their work were distributed through Apple's online store. The Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court ruled Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012 that Apple violated the writers' copyrights by allowing applications containing their work to be distributed through its App Store, according to an official who answered the phone at the court and said he was the judge in the case. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

China has fined South Korea’s LG and Samsung and four Taiwanese companies a total of 144 million yuan ($22.8 million) for fixing prices of flat panel screens, the government announced Friday.

Posted: January 4th, 2013 in Gadgets,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

China court orders Apple to pay in rights dispute

Chinese employees pose for photographers at the newly opened Apple Store at the MixC mall in Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan province on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012. Apple Computer currently has eight stores in mainland China. AP Photo

A Chinese court has ordered Apple Inc. to pay 1.03 million yuan ($165,000) to eight Chinese writers and two companies who say unlicensed copies of their work were distributed through Apple’s online store.

Posted: December 28th, 2012 in Apps and Softwares,Gadgets,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Judge may trim Apple’s $1B patent verdict

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A federal judge on Thursday appeared ready to reduce a $1.05 billion jury verdict Apple Inc. won over Samsung Electronics.

Posted: December 7th, 2012 in Apps and Softwares,Gadgets,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Apple to produce line of Macs in the US next year

Apple CEO Tim Cook. AP Photo

Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company will move production of one of its existing lines of Mac computers from China to the United States next year.

Posted: December 7th, 2012 in Apps and Softwares,Gadgets,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

iPhone 5, Galaxy S3 added to US patent battle

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A California judge on Thursday granted motions to add Apple’s iPhone 5 and Samsung’s Galaxy S3 with the Jelly Bean operating system to a patent infringement suit between the mobile giants.

Posted: November 16th, 2012 in Gadgets,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Apple must apologize again over copycat claims

The iPad Mini is shown in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. Apple Inc. is refusing to compete on price with its rivals in the tablet market, it's pricing its new, smaller iPad well above the competition. On Tuesday, the company revealed the iPad Mini, with a screen that's about two-thirds the size of the full-size model, and said it will cost $329 and up. AP

British judges say Apple needs to apologize once more for falsely claiming that South Korea’s Samsung copied its iPad, the latest embarrassing episode in the tech rivals’ world-spanning patent battle.

Posted: November 2nd, 2012 in Gadgets,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

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