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Samsung announces 5G data breakthrough

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)

Samsung Electronics said Monday it had successfully tested super-fast fifth-generation (5G) wireless technology that would eventually allow users to download an entire movie in one second.

Posted: May 13th, 2013 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Smartphones overtake ‘dumb’ phones worldwide

This is a Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012 file photo of Stephen Elop, CEO of Nokia, as he introduces its newest smartphone, the Lumia 920, equipped with Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 in New York. Nokia continues to take a hammering in the smartphone market from rivals Samsung and Apple with sales for the handset maker falling by a quarter in the first quarter. Although the Finland-based company managed to reduce its first-quarter net loss to euro272 million ($357 million) from a loss of euro928 million a year earlier, mainly thanks to cost cutting, net revenue dropped by 25 percent to euro5.8 billion . Nokia's share price plunged 10 percent to 2.39 euros in Helsinki, following the announcement Thursday April 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Research firm IDC said more smartphones than “dumb” phones are being made this year, a milestone in a shift that’s putting computing power and Internet access in millions of hands worldwide.

Posted: April 28th, 2013 in Gadgets,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

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 »

Samsung S4 aims to bite fresh chunk of Apple market share

The unveiling of the new Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone at the Sydney Opera House on April 23, 2013 (AFP, Greg Wood)

Samsung’s latest flagship Galaxy smartphone goes on sale this week, as the South Korean giant seeks to cement its lead over faltering rival Apple in an increasingly saturated market.

Posted: April 24th, 2013 in Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Chipmaker TSMC gets tablet, smartphone boost in 1Q

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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s largest contract chip manufacturer, reported an 18 percent jump in first quarter profit as increased global sales of smartphones and tablet computers boosted demand for sophisticated processors.

Posted: April 18th, 2013 in Apps and Softwares,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Taiwan probes allegations of Samsung wrongdoing

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)

Taiwanese authorities said Monday they had launched an investigation into allegations that South Korean tech giant Samsung hired students to post malicious comments about local rival HTC online.

Posted: April 15th, 2013 in Gadgets,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Time is ripe for smartwatches, analysts say

A hostess shows a smartwatch by Sony at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Analysts say 2013 may be the year for the smartwatch because "the components have gotten small enough and cheap enough" and a large number of consumers now have smartphones that can connect to a wearable device. AFP

Amid much speculation on the future of the “smartwatch,” the consensus is growing: the time is right.

Posted: March 31st, 2013 in Gadgets,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Samsung invests $112 million in Japan’s Sharp

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Samsung Electronics Co. is investing 10.4 billion yen ($111.5 million) in Sharp Corp. to secure a supply of large-size LCD panels.

Posted: March 6th, 2013 in Gadgets,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Half of $1B Apple awarded from Samsung invalidated

Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S III, right, and Apple's iPhone 4S are displayed at a mobile phone shop in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. South Korea's Samsung won a home court ruling in its global smartphone battle against Apple on Friday when Seoul judges said the company didn't copy the look and feel of the U.S. company's iPhone, and that Apple infringed on Samsung's wireless technology. However, in a split decision on patents, the panel also said Samsung violated Apple technology behind the bounce-back feature when scrolling on touch screens, and ordered both sides to pay limited damages. AP/Ahn Young-joon

A U.S. judge is erasing nearly half of the $1 billion in damages that a jury decided Samsung Electronics should pay Apple in a high-profile trial over the smartphone and tablet computer patents.

Posted: March 2nd, 2013 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Samsung managers probed over fatal chemical leak

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South Korean police said Tuesday they were investigating three Samsung managers for possible negligent homicide after a deadly toxic chemical leak at a chipmaking plant last month.

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

Research firm: Apple now biggest US phone seller

Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Note II is displayed at the showroom of the company's headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. Samsung Electronics Co. said quarterly profit soared 76 percent, boosted by the popularity of its Galaxy smartphones, which outsold the iPhone for a fourth straight quarter. But the company said Friday it expects earnings to decline during the current quarter because of seasonally low demand for consumer electronics. AP

The launch of the iPhone 5 and the declining popularity of non-smartphones have made Apple the biggest seller of phones in the U.S. for the first time, research firm Strategy Analytics said Friday.

Posted: February 2nd, 2013 in Gadgets,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | 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 »

Judge rejects Apple’s patent award demands

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A federal judge rejected Apple Inc.’s demand to increase the $1.05 billion in damages a jury ordered Samsung Electronics Inc. to pay its fiercest rival in the smartphone market.

Posted: January 30th, 2013 in Gadgets,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

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