The High Court in Australia Friday cleared the way for South Korea's Samsung to sell its Galaxy 10.1 tablet in the country when it dismissed iPad manufacturer Apple's bid to have a ban extended. Late last month, Samsung won an appeal against a temporary ban on sales of the Galaxy device in Australia, a rare victory for the company in its legal tussle with its US rival. But Apple immediately won a stay of the orders. However, its bid to extend the …

South Korea is planning to add air-launched cruise missiles capable of destroying high value targets in North Korea to its arsenal, reports and officials said Wednesday. The plan is awaiting parliamentary approval, a defence ministry spokesman told, adding that the air force wanted to buy some 170 missiles. South Korea wants the air-to-surface stealth missiles as a deterrent against provocation by North Korea, the Korea Times said. "It can be …

Samsung Electronics is holding final talks with Google about launching a television using the US search giant's software platform next year, an executive of the South Korean company said Tuesday. Yoon Boo-Keun, president of the visual display division, declined to elaborate on the timing of the launch saying only that Samsung would not unveil the new model at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January. Samsung is the world's largest …

Samsung Electronics said Thursday it has modified the design of its newest tablet PC to bypass a sales ban in Germany, and would start selling it there as early as this week. The Galaxy Tab 10.1N, based on the Galaxy Tab 10.1, has a different metal frame and the location of the speakers has been changed, a spokesman for the South Korean company told. Samsung's was dealt a blow in September, when a German court ruled that it infringed upon Apple's …

US technology giant Apple on Thursday won a temporary ban on Samsung selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia, the latest victory in its global battle over patents related to the iPad. The Federal Court of Australia granted an interim order against the sale of the Galaxy 10.1, ruling that Apple had established a prima facie case that the South Korean company had breached touchscreen technology copyrights. "Despite the force of Samsung's submissions …

Japan was currently facing its worst crisis since World War II, Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Sunday, as the toll from the earthquake and tsunami crossed the 1,000 mark and amid fears of a meltdown at a quake-damaged nuclear power plant.Radiation levels had surpassed the legal limits at the Fukushima I plant in north-eastern Japan, 240 km north of Tokyo, officials said Sunday, raising concerns over radiation leaks and a possible core meltdown. After …

South Korea’s intelligence service expects further attacks by its communist northern neighbour, a top official told lawmakers in Seoul Wednesday. Won Sei Hoon, chief of the South’s National Intelligence Service, told a parliamentary committee that the likelihood for renewed attacks was high, the Yonhap news agency quoted lawmakers as saying. “North Korea pushed for reckless actions as internal complaints grew over its hereditary power succession …

The former chairman of South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff was appointed defence minister Friday, the government said, a day after his predecessor resigned amid criticism for a weak response to an artillery attack this week by North Korea. Kim Kwan Jin, 61, was nominated for his “expertise and insight in policy and strategy” after four decades in the military, the presidential office said. He was set to replace Kim Tae Young, who resigned Thursday …

North Korea Thursday threatened new attacks against the South and rejected a proposal by the UN Command to hold talks, media reports said. The threats followed a North Korean artillery bombardment of a South Korean island near the two countries’ maritime border Tuesday that left two soldiers and two civilians dead and injured another 18 people. “The (North) Korean People’s Army will deal without hesitation the second and third strong physical retaliatory …

Medals tally on the 11th day of the Asian Games here Tuesday: Rank Country G S B T 1 China 165 85 79 329 2 South Korea 64 55 74 193 3 Japan 34 64 68 166 4 Chinese Taipei 12 11 29 52 5 Iran 12 9 15 36 6 Hong Kong 8 14 14 36 7 Kazakhstan 7 14 26 47 8 India 7 12 20 39 9 Thailand 7 7 26 40 10 Malaysia 6 13 8 27 11 Uzbekistan 5 13 17 35 12 North Korea 5 10 15 30 13 Indonesia 4 8 10 22 14 Singapore 4 6 6 16 15 Bahrain 3 0 3 6 16 IOC Kuwait 2 3 0 5 17 …