200705

News Briefs - May
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
Queen's Day Celebration Feted Among the Spring Fragrance

The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Korea feted the country's Queen's Day in the Ambassador's Dongbinggo-dong residence, Seoul on April 30. Dutch envoy Dr. Hans Heinsbroek, his American wife Mrs. Donna Heinsbroek, and deputy head of mission Ms. Anne Luwema of the Netherlands Embassy welcomed guests including the Seoul diplomatic corps at the gate of the Ambassador's residence garden while the spring fragrance was in full bloom.

Google CEO Targets Korea
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
CEO of Google Eric Schmidt gave a special speech at the Seoul Digital Forum 2007 Opening Ceremony at Sheraton Grand Walkerhill Hotel on May 30, 2007. The forum is under the theme Media Big Bang! Change the World, and it will be held until the 31st. The Conference includes press conferences, a mobile content award, and Hollywood in Seoul.

CEO Eric Schmidit showed his expectations to enter the Korean market at the introduction of the keynote speech by saying: "The reason Google came to Korea is because Korea is a fast growing IT Industry and challenge in Korea has just begun."

Two-calling System Implemented at Busan Port
Monday, May 28th, 2007
Busan New Port is expected to be vitalized with Busan Port Authority (BPA) employing a two-calling system and establishing a barge transportation service.

Port Commissioners of BPA held a provisional meeting on May 25th and decided to implement the Two-calling System.

Under the system, container vessels can enjoy exemption of anchorage and entrance fees when they call at both the current Busan Port and Busan New Port.

SearchInform Enhances Data Indexing Algorithm
Monday, May 28th, 2007
SearchInform Technologies Inc. announced a new version of SearchInform on May 28. SearchInform is a corporate system of full text search and search for documents with similar content in large data volumes, featuring an enhanced data indexing algorithm.

Fundamental changes took place in intranet computers indexing algorithm.

Smart Solution to Stop Sexual Content
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
Sexual content, content that invades privacy and illegal content such as mp3s and video have been banned from being searched by keyword until now. The Ministry of Information and Communication has found a better way to kill them all. Now with the Multimedia Content Sorting System, any sexual content will automatically be terminated from the general portals. This is good news for parents who have been getting nervous monitoring their children's computer activities.

Broadcast Affiliation Reviewed
Monday, May 21st, 2007
The Ministry of Information and Communication reviewed CJ Cablenet's Gaya Broadcast and Central Pusan Broadcast's affiliation authorization request with the board members on the 16th of May and passed the vote.

The vote was passed as CJ Cablenet shares 97 % of Gaya Broadcast's stock and 65% of Central Pusan Broadcast's stock. This affiliation, therefore, is stable and reasonable, giving the CJ Cablenet Corporation credit for its public finance, technology, and business ability.

Record Storage Capacity Memory Card for Mobiles
Friday, May 18th, 2007
Samsung Electronics announced on May 17 that it has developed an 8Gigabyte (GB) microSD (Secure Digital) memory card, a size optimal for today's multimedia mobile phones. Featuring the highest capacity today for a microSD card, the new fingernail-sized card is capable of storing 2,000 MP3 music files, 4,000 digital photos, or approximately 5 DVD-quality movies.

20 Million Smartphones in Japan
Friday, May 18th, 2007
Symbian Ltd. announced on May 16th that over 20 million of their smartphones have shipped in Japan up until the end of March 2007.

Symbian OS is the global market-leading, open mobile operating system for smartphones.

DMB International Symposium in Seoul
Friday, May 18th, 2007
The Ministry of Information and Communication held the 4th DMB International Symposium from May 15 to May 16 at COEX Conference Center. Broadcast staff from 18 different countries joined the event and the total number of participants added up to 200.

This particular symposium was a global hot spot because Digital Multimedia Broadcasting was recently chosen by the International Telecommunication Union to be an international standard.

LG Raises Full HD TV Brand Profile with Red Couch Campaign
Friday, May 18th, 2007
LG Electronics will announce on May 21 the European launch of its global Red Couch campaign to promote its Full HD TVs, following the US launch on May 3 of this year.

The campaign centers around the slogan, "Don't watch it, live it!" reflecting the incredibly immersive experience of LG's 1080p full HD TVs. The US$40 million campaign includes TV commercials, online content and special events in more than 70 countries worldwide.

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