Samsung, Sony, Panasonic in 3D glasses deal

TOKYO (AFP) -- Japan's Sony and Panasonic and South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Tuesday they will jointly develop new standards for glasses used to watch 3D images on television, computer and movie screens.The three Asian consumer electronics giants, working with European technology firm X6D Li

Aug. 9, 2011

Kakao Talk used to capture an escaping criminal

The Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office reportedly arrested an escaping criminal, surnamed Kim, by utilizing Kakao Talk service, the nation-wide mobile communication network.Kim, 39, made a getaway after he was sentenced to two months of imprisonment for drunk driving in May. A criminal investigator

Aug. 9, 2011

ESTsoft’s involvement with hacker attack sparks dispute

A massive hacking incident that hammered SK Communications, which runs popular social network site Cyworld and the third-ranked portal Nate.com, is now exposing additional security loopholes at other IT companies. Police said the ESTsoft server might have been used by a hacker who stole the personal

Aug. 7, 2011

Cyworld, Nate face more legal woes

Two users file for compensation as more seek class actionSK Communications’ legal woes are expected to deepen as more people are seeking compensation from the company for allowing the leaking personal information it gathered from members of Cyworld.com and Nate.com. The move, if it becomes a nationw

Aug. 5, 2011

More young women prone to eating disorders

At least 13,000 women visited hospitals for eating disorders over the past five years, Rep. Sohn Sook-mi of the ruling Grand National Party said recently, quoting a Health Insurance Review and Assessment report. Most of them were in their 20s and 30s and extremely conscious of their looks, according

Aug. 4, 2011

High heels deform women’s feet: survey

About 52 percent of surveyed women who wear high heels regularly said they have experienced deformation of their feet, Himchan Hospital said Monday. The hospital surveyed a total of 502 women in their 20s and 30s, of which 77 percent said they wear high heels two-three times a week. Among the heel l

Aug. 4, 2011

Are you vaccinated against hepatitis?

Sixty-two-year-old Bae cannot forget the day he had his hepatitis C cured. In 2009, after six months of painful medication, he was declared free from the disease that had haunted him for decades. “I had always felt tired, lethargic and hopeless. People suspected that I had a liver disorder but for a

Aug. 4, 2011

HIV epidemic emerging in Middle East

The AIDS virus is spreading like an epidemic in some Middle East and North African countries because of homosexual encounters between men, a study warned on Wednesday."This systematic review and data synthesis indicate that HIV epidemics appear to be emerging among MSM (men who have sex with men) in

Aug. 4, 2011

Apple fined for illegal collection of location data in S. Korea

South Korea‘s telecom regulator said Wednesday that it decided to slap a fine on Apple Inc. for illegally collecting iPhone users’ location data.Apple violated the country‘s location information laws and was ordered to pay a 3 million won ($2,829) fine, the Korea Communications Commission said in a

Aug. 3, 2011

Long life is in the genes: study

WASHINGTON, Aug 3, 2011 (AFP) - Israeli researchers studied a population of Ashkenazi Jews who have lived to age 95 and older and found that their eating and lifestyle habits were no better than those of the general population.In fact, men in the long-lived group drank slightly more and exercised le

Aug. 3, 2011