Microsoft Will Build an Ubiquitous Computing Environment in the “City of the Future”
	Microsoft will be responsible for building an ubiquitous computing environment in the "City of the Future." The Redmond company announced that its technology would be at the heart of Songdo, a new South Korean city being built 40 miles southwest of Seoul. Microsoft Solutions will cover various technological aspects of the Songdo International Business District and will be made available to citizens, government, as well as for ed ... [read more >>]
	09 May 2008, 12:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Sky Duke Phone, Not Quite For Dukes
	Sky, brand name of the Korean-based Pantech Curitel, recently unveiled its latest mobile phone, called Sky Duke. The new handset has an elegant look and is made of "glossy materials", meaning some sort of luxurious metal. Sky Duke comes in a slider form factor and has ... [read more >>]
	18 April 2008, 06:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Expedition 16 Crew Relieved of Duty
	Expedition 16 was the first ever to have a female as the commander of the International Space Station. The team comprises astronaut Peggy Whitson, space station commander, flight engineer Yuri Malenchenko and second flight engineers Clayton Anderson, Daniel Tani, Leopold Eyharts and Garret Reisman. In fact, the Expedition 16 permanent crew on board the ISS at any given time consisted of only three astronauts, the second flight en ... [read more >>]
	18 April 2008, 04:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Ezze SLT100, New Korean Mobile Flavor
	Ezze SLT100 is a new mobile phone that has been recently approved by FCC and it could soon be available in the US market. Produced by Ezze Mobile Tech, a South Korean company, SLT100 is a mid-end handset that looks pretty nice and could be quite successful if launc ... [read more >>]
	11 April 2008, 12:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Soyuz Rocket Ready to Take the First Korean Astronaut into Space
	Yesterday, the Russian engineers from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan rolled out the Soyuz rocket, which is supposed to carry two Russian cosmonauts and the first South Korean astronaut to the International Space Station. The 50-meter Soyuz spacecraft will take off from the same launch pad used to send a man into space for the first time ever, the Soviet cosmonaut Yury Gagarin. Flying with the 29-year-old South Korean a ... [read more >>]
	07 April 2008, 05:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Lineage II Set to Conquer Europe
	Lineage II is set to get a new and extremely well endowed Collector's Edition especially for the European market. NCsoft was quick to present details and also set a date for the release of the special offering. So, on April 25 prepare to experience the best that Lineage has to offer for ar ... [read more >>]
	04 April 2008, 06:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Bluehole Licenses Unreal Engine
	The Unreal 3 engine is quickly becoming the preferred base on which to build a number of games, from the traditional First-Person Shooters to third-person shooter, MMOs and even social communities. The main reason is that the engine provides great visuals while als ... [read more >>]
	28 March 2008, 19:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Digimon MMO in the Making
	Earlier in the day we talked about the rise of the Chinese MMO market and about how the value of business conducted in that market was going to reach 3 billion dollars by 2010. Now we're going to talk about how MMOs developed on Eastern principles have a shot at gett ... [read more >>]
	20 March 2008, 09:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New YouTube Site Launched
	Wednesday was the day that the Internet users in South Korea saw Google tend to their needs and launch a localized version of the largest video sharing service website in the world. This is the 19th country that YouTube has descended from the bytes realm to. User-created content is the thing YT is after in order to grow its audience and its main selling point so far. Guess what, Asian countries have been known to be very tech ... [read more >>]
	23 January 2008, 18:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Linux Transforms Foes into Friends
	Linux has the power to unite foes. This statement is true because two bitter political enemies - North and South Korea - will team up with China in the project "Hana Linux". Hana Linux is a distribution, which was announced at the ICMIP 2007 event in Yenji, China, last week. The Linux event that will take place in Pyongyang, North Korea, at the beginning of 2008, will report on the progress made by the team. Bes ... [read more >>]
	05 December 2007, 06:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Microsoft Gives Up on Antitrust
	Microsoft has long been a landmark of monopoly worldwide. But this detail is about to change as the Redmond company has evolved, following the various antitrust rulings against it both at home and abroad. In this context, Microsoft has suffered antitrust scrutinies not only in the U.S. but also in the European Union as well as in South Korea. While on home soil, the Redmond company got nothing more than a slap over the hand from ... [read more >>]
	16 October 2007, 10:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Many South Koreans Have More than 4 Cellulars
	Having two mobile phones is nothing out of the ordinary, but what about 4? A recent government report cited by The Korea Times showed that almost 50,000 people in South Korea have at least 4 mobile phones that they currently use. That's one phone for business, one for the family, one for the girlfriend, the fourth for the other girl and the list goes on, according to how many handsets he owns. Moreover, 0.1 percent of the ... [read more >>]
	03 October 2007, 11:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Sites Give Tips on How to Avoid Military Service
	Not everyone likes military service, especially if it’s compulsory. Sure, some people will join the army willingly, but others will firmly reject it, because they despise violence, or a drill sergeant always yelling at them or for whatever other reason you may think of. Draft-dodging is as old as the army. Thing is that some people seem to be specialized in this, for example, the south Koreans even have websites that suggest ways ... [read more >>]
	01 October 2007, 04:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

South Korea Vs. Intel
	After a summer filled with various monopole accusations in both the United States and Europe, the largest central processing units in the world are now in the crosshair of the antitrust regulator officials from South Korea. The Korean Fair Trade Commission, which is responsible for enforcing antitrust policies in South Korea, just announced that it has completed a two year probe on Intel, which started in June 2005 after some med ... [read more >>]
	11 September 2007, 06:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

First iPhone Negotiations for Asia Confirmed by KT Freetel
	European operators have taken a large amount of everyone's attention over the iPhone's future support for a release on the market. They are infirming rumors and keeping silent on the entire matter, although one carrier had the courage to confirm ... [read more >>]
	24 August 2007, 10:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

One More YouTube Flavor Coming Soon
	The Mountain View company Google is quietly planning a new version of YouTube in a move meant to increase the company's presence in the Asian market. It seems like Google will release YouTube South Korea soon but the company's officials refused to give more details about the upcoming flavor of the online video sharing service. The announcement comes after a few days since Google rolled out several YouTube versions for m ... [read more >>]
	22 June 2007, 05:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia