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  Samsung has agreed to use Microsoft’s PlayReady DRM technology in its consumer electronics devices. Samsung mobile phones, music players, televisions and other devices will make use of PlayReady in an attempt to “improve flexibility for consumers looking to transfer and enjoy digital content on a range of devices”. Samsung says they’ll completely migrate from [...]

  As Samsung had promised, they showed off their semiconductor plant to journalists and confirmed that their plant is free from any chemicals and radioactive elements that can cause cancer among its employees. “There is no risk,” said Cho Soo-in, president of Samsung’s memory chip division when asked about the working conditions. However, Samsung has [...]

  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 [...]

  A study conducted by Strategy Analytics reveals Samsung ruled the U.S. mobile phone market in 2009. The claim is on the basis of reported shipment data that makes Samsung lead the charts for six quarters in a row. Moreover, Samsung also announced that the 2010 Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Engagement Index study has declared [...]

  At the eve of Samsung’s first Android phone for South Korea, Shin Jong-kyun, head of Samsung’s mobile division told they’re looking to ship more than 18m smartphone units this year that will help them to pass HTC as world’s number 4 smartphone brand. Samsung reckons their key to success in the smartphone market is [...]

  It’s being reported that one of Samsung division’s vice president has been found dead outside his apartment. The 51-year old VP identified only by his surname Lee is said to have committed suicide after jumping off his apartment building. Police found a suicide note claiming he was stressed and burdened by the amount of [...]

  Samsung Corby is undoubtedly targeted at youth due to its jazzy colors. Now, Samsung is taking a step further by offering young Corby users to customize their phones with replaceable back covers and stickers. The stickers and covers can be replaced without any fuss and there are up to 50 different designs, which Samsung [...]

  Samsung has announced winners of its Application Store Developer Challenge 2009 that was initiated in October. Two Platinum award winners who walked away with US$100,000 each are South Korea-based HyongaSoft and Italy-based DDM Srl. for their apps – Ompass World Cities and Cinetrailer respectively. The winners were selected on criteria ranging from creativity, user-friendliness, [...]

  Samsung bada’s press event was nothing more than a showcase of what bada can do but this technical session meant only for developers and content partners reveals a lot more. Check out the long video here.

  Samsung will be providing set-top boxes to Videotron that will come with video recording and Tru2Way service support. Samsung reckons its set-top boxes coupled with Tru2Way will give consumers a “heightened media experience” with interactive cable services and an added functionality of recording HD video content. These set-top boxes will be the first Tru2Way [...]