SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The penetration rate of personal computers in South Korea fell to its lowest level in 15 years as more people use smartphones and tablet computers, data showed Tuesday. The nation’s penetration rate of personal computers was 75.3 percent last year, marking the lowest rate since 2001, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – IT solutions and services have become a popular go-to for Korean businesses struggling with stagnant growth, allowing them to cut operating costs while boosting productivity. Fuji Xerox Korea is one of the companies that offers such services. The company’s IT solutions focus on integrating multi-function devices with cloud computing, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The percentage of Korean companies that have official websites languishes far below the OECD average, which might lead some to question whether Korea is really an ICT powerhouse. According to a Digital Economy Outlook report released by OECD on February 12, only 61.3% of Korean enterprises had a website, tied [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Last year, artificial intelligence computer IBM Watson again stunned the world by generating a trailer for Morgan, a horror/thriller film from 20th Century Fox. Watson studied some 100 horror movie trailers beforehand, selected ten of the most tension-driven scenes from Morgan, and produced a trailer (with a bit of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s big three telecommunication companies – SK Telecom, KT Corp., and LG Uplus – are set to wage battle over the next big thing in the tech industry – artificial intelligence. SK Telecom began its AI endeavor with NUGU, an AI speaker that connects with smartphones to carry out [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A lightweight laptop computer by South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. has received the best evaluation from a U.S. consumer magazine, beating those by foreign rivals, its publication showed Wednesday. Samsung’s Notebook 9 clinched the top spot with 77 points out of 100 in the most recent review by [...]
DAEJEON, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Computer programming has become an essential aspect of modern society, in which we are increasingly surrounded by infrastructure and products brought to life through code and computer languages like Java or C. In line with these tech innovations, the number of patents related to computer programming education has increased [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – In yet another challenge of man versus machine, the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute announced Monday that its AI software Exobrain will participate in the SK-sponsored scholarship program Janghak Quiz on Friday. Exobrain is a deep learning AI software that can be used in a multitude of domains. It [...]
YONGIN, South Korea, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Digital security startup EYL became the first Korean company to win a Diamond award at MassChallenge, the world’s leading startup accelerator program and competition held annually in Boston, Massachusettes. EYL developed a chip-shaped device that generates micro random quantum numbers using radioisotopes, for digital security. The numbers [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The idea of robots replacing human jobs has long been a popular subject for debate and science fiction films. But amid recent advancements in AI technology, and concerns that some of these ideas may become reality, a recent report by the Software Policy & Research Institute (SPRi) submitted an [...]