Samsung Chairman Resigns Amidst Scandal Storm
Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee has resigned today after the $113 million tax evasion scandal investigated in a special prosecution probe, which has finally led to formal charges, but no arrests. Kun-hee apologized deeply, taking full responsibilit...
Samsung OLED TVs in 2009
Samsung SDI has just made a bold assertion about OLED technology: TVs and monitors will be using the tech just next year, and it will be in flexible displays by 2010. And Samsung’s putting its money where its mouth is by doubling Active Matrix O...
Touchscreens Old and Busted; Force Sensitivity Is New Hotness
Craving a bit deeper, more meaningful interaction action with your touchscreen gadget, like maybe stretching or squeezing it? Microsoft thought so. Researchers have come up with a prototype of their force-sensing tech that’ll let you apply diff...
Samsung and Armani Launch HDTVs That Look… Like Every Other HDTV
The Samsung/Armani design train keeps rolling, now from cellphones to HDTVs. Today in Milan, Sammy and Giorgio showed off the first Armani LCD TVs—a 46-incher and a 52-inch model. Both are 100Hz “Full HD” sets (hopefully that means 1...
Free TV on Phones and Handhelds (With Ads, That Is)
The good news: A coalition of 800 local TV stations are lobbying to get a mobile TV standard approved by the ATSC. Rather than pay Verizon or AT&T a boatload of money to get MediaFLO content, you will just buy a product with a receiver chip and t...
Samsung Developing Full-Frame Pro DSLR
The new horserace for DSLR cameramakers is in full-frame (equivalent to 35mm) pro cameras, formerly a Canon-dominated market. Nikon’s stunning D3 was its first full-frame DSLR (after years of saying it’s unnecessary) and Sony unveiled its ...
Samsung D780 Dual-Standby Cell for People Important Enough to Have Two Numbers
Samsung’s follow-up to its D880, the D780, launched today. Available in Russia from next month, followed by SE Asia, Europe and the Middle East, the candy-bar cell has Dual Standby, meaning you can receive calls to your second number even while ...