Song Kyu-yeol

Officials gathere

Choi, See-joong, the chairman of Korea Communication Commission (KCC), has met with Qualcomm CEO, Paul Jacobs, on Monday to discuss the potential investment in Korean companies and to build a partnership with venture companies.

The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) is getting ready to allow terrestrial broadcasters to broadcast around the clock and test 3-D terrestrial broadcasting this year. At Present, terrestrial broadcasters' operating hours are limited from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m the next day.

KCC's 2010 operations report was sent to President Lee Myung-bak at the end of the year. The KCC said, “It will also draw up new policies regarding new television channels and advertising markets. The combined value of the two markets was KRW4.2 trillion last year.”

KEPCO has developed Korea’s first electric vehicle charging station, which will bring the commercialization of an electric vehicle earlier than expected. On January fifth, KEPCO made an announcement that the researchers have finished testing and demonstrated the electric charging station.

Cho Hwan-ik, the president of KOTRA, signed a donation agreement with 'Save the Children', an international non-profit organization at the KOTRA headquarters in Yeomgok-dong on Dec 15.

Smartphones. The term is fairly self-explanatory. A smartphone can be characterized as a miniature computer that can make phone calls. The first smartphone was introduced in 1992 after its first launch by IBM as a phone with a variety of applications including a calendar, address book, email, and games. The modern world demanded computers to change from being portable, where a user is able to carry a device from point A to point B but is unable to use it while moving, to mobile, where a user is both able to carry and use a device from point A to point B.

The fall seminar of the 2009 Korea Information Telecommunication Facilities Engineering association was held at the Future Convergence Technology Hall in Korea University on Nov 20, 2009. Many scholars and experts of network and security have participated in the seminar to discuss the system security and solutions for DDos attacks.

The most current netbooks are usually cheap but low in performance. To solve the problem, the global PC company Acer launched their 2nd generation ultra-thin notebook on Novemver 6, 2009 called Ferrari One, using the Ferrai sports car design. Acer has been a partner with Ferrari for a long time and launched several Ferrai laptops since 2004. However, this is the first time for the company to launch a Ferrai netbook.