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Robots Making Decisions
Monday, July 30th, 2007
by Chun Go-eun

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NTT DoCoMo Launches New Phone with Symbian OS
Sunday, July 29th, 2007
NTT DoCoMo's launched the FOMA SH704i on July 27 which is based on Symbian OS and started shipping in Japan the same day.

Symbian OS is the global market-leading open mobile operating system for smart phones.

The FOMA SH704i, a One-segment terrestrial digital broadcasting handset with metallic body is manufactured by Symbian customer Sharp Corporation and includes the MOAP platform.

DisplayPort, Samsung's Next-gen LCD
Sunday, July 29th, 2007
Samsung has developed the world's first LCD panel using the next-generation video interface -- DisplayPort. Sanctioned by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA), DisplayPort will serve as a replacement for DVI, LVDS and eventually VGA. By using a transmission speed more than double that of today's interfaces, Samsung's new LCD only requires a single DisplayPort interface, instead of the two Digital Visual Interface (DVI) ports now used. For Samsung's new 30-inch LCD, the DisplayPort interface transmits graphics data at a total data rate of 10.8Gbps.
Ultra Mobile PCs Embrace WiBro
Sunday, July 29th, 2007
by Chun Go-eun

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The country's biggest telecom service provider KT announced on Thursday that it is set to unveil two new kinds of ultra mobile PCs (UMPCs) in cooperation with local electronics makers. These new UMPC models will include full WiBro support. WiBro refers to wireless broadband, which allows people on the road to use high-speed Internet at speeds of the present fixed-line broadband.

96.4 Million LCD Units in 2Q 2007
Sunday, July 29th, 2007
Shipments of large-format TFT-LCD panels, 10-inch and larger, topped 96.4 million units in the second quarter of 2007. It seems that third-quarter shipments will easily hit 100 million units, Displaybank, a display market research institute, said in its large-size TFT-LCD panel shipment trends data for the second quarter.

Shinhan Bank Becomes Official Bank of Robot World 2007
Friday, July 27th, 2007
The secretariat of Robot World 2007 held a signing ceremony with Shinhan Bank at COEX in Seoul on June 27 for the bank to become the official bank of Robot World 2007. Sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Energy (MOCIE) and managed by the Korea Association of Robotics, Robot World is Korea's biggest robot-related event.

Record of Lunia War Opens Beta
Friday, July 27th, 2007
The developer of anticipated online arcade role playing game Record of Lunia War, allm Corp, announced on July 24 both the launch of the official website and the launch of the Open Beta service. Also included in the good news is that a North American server has been established. It will provide more stable service, including server stability, as well as the ability to connect players from North America and Europe.

The Love Triangle
Friday, July 27th, 2007
The Love Triangle, a TeCone team of Soongsil University IT College's Media Department, was selected by the Korea Culture & Content agency (KOCCA) as a support project for the 2007 culture content university manpower creation support project. This project is aimed at unearthing excellent human resources and inducing industry inroads by increasing interest in culture content industry within the university. Moreover, this project aims to form university creation groundwork by granting substantial project experience opportunity through creation project support.

Hynix Indicates Reentry into Non-memory Chip Business
Friday, July 27th, 2007
Hynix is ready to enter into non-memory semiconductor business again.

Kim Jong-gab, president of Hynix Semiconductor, had a press conference at Joseon Hotel on July 25 to announce the company's plan.

Under the plan, Hynix will reach US$18 billion in sales by 2010 and rank third while increasing the market share of DRAM, NAND flash and PRAM to 30% respectively by 2012 with $25 billion in sales. If the mid- to long-term plan is put in place as scheduled, Hynix will become one of top semiconductor companies by 2017.

KT Starting Laptop Rental Service
Friday, July 27th, 2007
A rental service is starting to provide WiBro subscribers with an opportunity to use the latest laptop computers.

KT along with KT Capital announced that they would start a KT WiBro laptop rental service through which corporate WiBro customers can use brand new laptops at low cost from July 9.

This service is designed to reduce the burdens of corporations purchasing laptops while promoting the use of WiBro for business purposes. With this marketing strategy, KT will highlight the point that WiBro is the optimal solution for the mobile office.

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