Robotics is a topic that strikes the imagination of humanity worldwide.Even in the oldest legends of Greek and Hebrew myth, robots have existed, if by other names. Talos of Greek myth was an artificial man made of bronze that guarded the island of Crete and threw rocks at any approaching ships. In the legend of Jason and the Argonauts, Talos was defeated by removing a nail, one of his parts. Anc

Korea's IT industry is already worldrenowned for its mastery of existing technologies and its high quality mobile and display devices, but what will happen next on the peninsula is anyone's guess. And while anyone can guess, some experts are more likely to be right than others.One of the best such experts is Lee Byeong-gi, professor at Seoul National University and President of the Korea Informat

The Unified Broadcasting- Communication Promotion Committee finally decided several majority opinions regarding important issues of IPTV through a vote on the 5th day of their meeting, so network service providers can penetrate into the IPTV business without any restriction, having the nation as their business areas.Through this decision it became possible to check majority opinions and minority

Korea has been consolidating its location as a mobile power, paving the way for 40 million subscribers and the era of one cellular phone per person after 23 years of mobile telephone service.If the last 23 years were the first mobile revolution, the next-generation mobile telephone service including High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and 4G is expected to bring forth the second mobile rev

The 52nd Information and Communication Day ceremony was held on April 23, 2007 at the 15th floor of the MIC building with ministers and vice ministers along with 500 relating persons. On this day, those who contributed to the development of the information and communication industry were presented with awards and medals of honor.Also, in celebration of Information and Communication Day, the Mini

by Yeo Hong-il Korea is said to have emerged as a worldwide IT power by propelling government-sponsored informatization policy for the actualization of a knowledge-based society without a setback.However, a recent announcement at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Switzerland regarding the Network Readiness Index (NRI) in 2006 concerned many Koreans involved in the IT sector.Many are worried ab

As a WCDMA leading business provider, KTF launched High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) service nationwide from March 1st this year.The business provider has constructed a HSDPA nationwide network for the first time in the world, securing 99% coverage.HSDPA gains an advantage over CDMA EVDO technologically and its base station equipment is superior to existing networks and terminal compon

In consideration of the fact that the 2007 Korea IT Show to be held on April 19 to 22 at COEX, Seoul, is the first IT and home electric appliances exhibition this year, LG Electronics showcases its next-generation dual format player Super Blue and Prada phone.LG Electronics attaches importance to the fact that this forthcoming Korea IT Show is an information telecommunication exhibition which is

With categories of LCD TVs, PDP TVs, PCs, MP3s and printers, Samsung Electronics is poised to fascinate visitors during the period of the upcoming 2007 Korea IT Show, which will be held on April 19 to 22 at COEX, Seoul.First off, the company launched a great long way to make a conquest of world TV market this year too by marketing the 32 inch and 40 inch 2007 model Bordeaux LCD TV at the beginni

The Korea IT Show 2007 launches as the first synthetic, integrated IT exhibition at home. Many different exhibitions are being integrated including EXPO COMM Korea, KIECO, IT Korea, DMB EXPO, and ETC Korea.About the Korea IT Show, which will be held at COEX, Seoul, Chairman Lee Kitae, Korea Association of Information & Telecommunication (KAIT) pointed out: "Despite the fact that Korea is a world

The World ICT Summit is made to discuss the technical development in the Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) fields. The Summit has been held in Korea every year to share Korea's ICT experience and know-how with other parts of the world. But this year the World ICT Summit changed its name to the IT Ministers Forum. It will now be hosted as one of the leading programs for the Korea IT S

Five year old Ashbee and her twin sister Anabee wake up to the bright sunlight. "Oh, what a wonderful morning, wake up sweet pumpkins, I am making some blueberry pancakes," a nanny robot says as she opens up all the curtains in the twins' room. Ashbee and Anabee's mother installed her voice in the robot, so they get to hear her mother's voice first thing in the morning although mother is her room

Information technology's future features are to provide intelligent IT services with invisible, embedded computers connected organically to a network.The future features of networking are a network which is connected seamlessly whenever, wherever and whatever it is possible to connect. By means of an intelligent and autonomous network for the convenience of final users home organization function

Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) has arrived. HSDPA is a technology through which screen telephone calls are possible anywhere in the nation.SK Telecom announced that the company would begin HSDPA nationwide service starting March 29 this year, after completing 99% planned HSDPA nationwide network construction compared with the entire population.But since SKT is scheduled to launch the telecom p

The Korea IT Show is a bazaar of the imagination where companies from all over the country display their products to all comers. Qualcomm is also displaying quite a lot of its products at the show. A number of them follow.EV-DO Rev. BEV-DO Rev. B. enables applications such as mobile TV or streaming music with a concurrent voice calls, or conducting a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) conve

With passion and devotion, Korea has gained recognition as an information-oriented country within a miraculously short period. In spite of its success, some minority groups are still disadvantaged, needing the upgraded information technology sources to upgrade their quality of life.President Son Yeon-gi remarks: "It is due to fast change in technology that every class in every area can" benefit

"Our association will serve as a public relations company that leads enough communication. By all means, we will be tuned to every communication between members, publics, and organizations," Kwon Joon-mo, newly elected Chairman of Korea Association of Game Industry (KAGI), shared one of his main goals as he spoke at the press conference on April 4, 2007.Chairman Kwon has also been an executive

A total of 6,300 exhibitors from over 70 countries are meeting in Hannover, Germany this year for CeBIT 2007. This is the oldest and most well-known technology trade fair in the world. This is not only a technological event, however, because the fair is an integral part of German history and culture.A veritable alphabet soup of organizations has coordinated efforts to include their participating