Seoul hosts varied tech events
World leaders in the information and telecommunications industry are gathering in Seoul this week to attend a series of technology-related events. Winding up its three-day run tomorrow is the Wireless […]
Category Archives: being digital
About cyberspace, games, digital life, Second Life, etc.
Whatever you call them, cell-phone games are big
Paris Hilton turned up last Thursday at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles to promote her namesake game, “Paris Hilton’s Jewel Jam.” No, it’s not a 3D role-playing game […]
Web posts banned TV transcript
Excerpts of the transcript of a program on Hwang Woo-suk and stem cells that the Korean Broadcasting System had killed before it was supposed to be shown on public television […]
Video games join summer of horror
By Wohn Dong-hee Standing in misty half-darkness, our hero, Henry Townshend, finds himself trapped in his own cursed apartment. Blood is splattered around the shabby room, and from somewhere the […]
Samsung wins design awards
JoongAng Daily. June 26, 2004 By Wohn Dong-hee Samsung Electronics took first place at an international design competition after five of its products won awards. The Korean electronics giant said […]
Video of murder spreads on Web
As feared by the government, several Web sites have posted video files of the murder of Kim Sun-il in Iraq for download. The government has blocked a U.S. site carrying […]
Cyber firewalls planned to dampen public trauma
With public emotion running high following the beheading of Kim Sun-il ― an incident that is fueling rallies to demand a halt to Korea’s troop deployments to Iraq ― the […]
‘Silicon Valleys’ planned for Korea
JoongAng Daily. June 19, 2004 By Chang Se-jeong, Wohn Dong-hee The Korean government is planning to build three Silicon Valleys. The Presidential Committee on Balanced National Development and the Ministry […]
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