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  A female employee named Ji-yeon Park who worked in Samsung’s semiconductor plant recently passed away on March 31. Park, 23 was diagnosed with leukemia — a blood related cancer – and as per Banollim a civic group that promotes health and rights of semiconductor company workers, Park died because she was exposed to radioactive [...]

  Samsung has introduced eleven new models of eco-friendly Bubble Eco drum washing machine in South Korea. The new front-loading machine touts to reduce power consumption by half as compared to previous models and increase the amount of bubbles that helps to penetrate deep into the clothes to ensure a clean wash. Additionally, the machine [...]

  Samsung and some other big companies like Intel, Motorola, ZTE etc. have joined hands together to speed up development of WiMAX 2. They’ve formed WiMAX 2 Collaborative Initiative (WCI) that will work with WiMAX forum to accelerate the implementation of interoperable system profiles for WiMAX 2 equipment and devices. The next-gen WiMAX is based [...]

  Samsung has announced a new edition of its 2.5-inch S2 Portable hard drive. The Korean giant has collaborated with KBS Media to pre-load Full House, a TV show from South Korea. In addition to the show, the drive will also feature interviews from the director and the cast. It will sell in July in [...]

  Samsung has released a TV remote control app on Apple’s App Store. The free app allows users to control their television sets over Wi-Fi. The app allows to perform basic remote control functions by touching the onscreen controls or control it via gestures to change the volume/channel with the help of accelerometer after touching [...]

  Sprint is mum on the exact release date of Android 2.1 for Moment but that doesn’t mean you can’t have it now. Good folks at SDX-Developers forum have leaked a 2.1 build of Android meant for Moment. The 7z archive is up for download that consists of two tar files – DC23 and DD03 [...]

  Here is another reason for Omnia HD users to switch to custom firmware instead of the official one. Modder Andy or famously known as HyperX has created HX-V4-Speed-SE firmware that runs 62 apps at one time. Of course, there’s little reason for you to fire up every application in your phone like this one [...]

  Launched on Feb 25, Samsung’s 3D LED TVs are enjoying good sales in their domestic market. Samsung has announced that they’ve managed to sell more than 10000 units of its 7000 and 8000 Series 3D LED TVs in six weeks. On an average, about 300 units from 7000 Series and 245 units from 8000 [...]

  Samsung has developed 2.1MP and 1.3MP CMOS image sensors that will bring high-definition support to webcams and cameras requiring video capture. The 1.3MP (S5K6A1) and 2.1MP (S5K5B3) image sensors are specifically created to accommodate in thin LCD notebook panels without compromising on the capture quality. The imagers boast improved low-light sensitivity of 70Lux while [...]

  Samsung has unveiled Spinpoint MP4 hard drive targeted at high performance seeking notebook users. The 2.5-inch HDD comes in capacities of up to 640GB, runs at a speed of 7,200RPM and claims to have an improved 30 percent data processing speed. The Spinpoint MP4 supports SATA interface, 16MB buffer memory and features Dynamic Balancing, [...]