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Samsung Electronics Co. said third-quarter net profit tripled to a record amid higher prices for computer memory chips and increased sales of consumer products from flat screen televisions to mobile phones.
Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday that profit likely surged in the third quarter on higher sales, amid a brightening outlook for the world's largest manufacturer of computer memory chips and flat screen televisions.
A Seoul court ruled Friday that former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee was guilty of breach of trust and handed him a suspended prison sentence in another legal blow to the South Korean tycoon.
Sprint Nextel Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday they will sell a $49.99 "eco-conscious" phone with a casing of biodegradable plastic made partly from corn.
Samsung Electronics Co., the world's biggest maker of computer memory chips, said second-quarter net profit rose 5.2 percent while rival Hynix reported a narrower loss as the chip industry emerges from a deep slump.
Having been a step behind in the race to pipe entertainment from the Internet to TV screens, struggling video rental-chain Blockbuster Inc. is counting on a new partnership with Samsung Electronics America Inc. to regain ground on rival Netflix Inc.
Samsung Electronics Co., the world's biggest manufacturer of memory chips, announced quarterly earnings estimates for the first time Monday, saying it hopes to reduce market confusion and speculation about its performance.
South Korea's Supreme Court on Friday upheld a lower court ruling that acquitted the former chairman of Samsung Electronics on breach of trust charges and threw out guilty verdicts in a related case.
Samsung Electronics, the world's No. 1 maker of computer memory chips and flat screen TVs, said net profit plummeted 72 percent in the first quarter as the global economic slump continued to suppress consumer demand.
Samsung Electronics, the world's largest manufacturer of flat screen televisions, memory chips and liquid crystal displays, posted its first ever quarterly loss Friday as the global economic slump hit prices and demand for mainstay products.
Samsung Electronics Co. announced a major restructuring Friday, consolidating business operations into two divisions as South Korea's most powerful and iconic corporation deals with the slowing global economy and expectations of looming red ink.
A court in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou has ordered South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. to compensate a local company for allegedly infringing its cell phone technology, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday.
InterDigital Inc. said Tuesday it has agreed to resolve a patent dispute involving Samsung Electronics Co.'s sale of wireless handsets.
Spansion Inc. wants to block U.S. sales of iPods, BlackBerry gadgets and other devices because memory chips made by Samsung Electronics Co. and used in those products allegedly violate Spansion patents.
Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday its third-quarter profit fell 44.4 percent, citing the global economic downturn and lower prices for its mainstay semiconductors and flat screens. Its shares tumbled 14 percent.
Samsung Electronics Co. is equipping Blu-ray DVD players so they can retrieve movies and TV shows from Netflix Inc.'s Internet streaming service, accelerating Netflix's push to develop more delivery methods beyond the mail.
Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it has withdrawn a $26 a share bid to acquire SanDisk Corp., but suggested it was still interested in buying the U.S. flash memory card maker at a lower price.
A $5.85 billion bid by Samsung Electronics Co. to take over SanDisk Corp., a wounded competitor that also serves as a partner, reflects the turbulence in the market for flash memory, a key ingredient in digital cameras, music players and other devices.
Samsung Electronics Co. is pursuing an acquisition of U.S. computer memory card maker SanDisk Corp., a South Korean online business newspaper reported Friday.
Former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee saw the suspension Wednesday of his prison sentence in a tax-evasion conviction, a move that confirmed South Koreans' view that tycoons are immune from jail.
Former Samsung boss Lee Kun-hee offered a public apology Thursday as his tax evasion trial opened.
Samsung Electronics said Thursday it was consolidating some of its key businesses a week after announcing a new executive lineup.
Samsung Electronics named a new chief executive Wednesday, less than a month after the resignation of Chairman Lee Kun-hee following his indictment on tax evasion charges.
Samsung Electronics said Friday that net profit jumped 37 percent in the first quarter amid strong demand for mobile phones in emerging markets.
More than anything, Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee craved respect for the conglomerate his father founded 70 years ago.
The Google Phone Is Very Real. And It's Coming SoonThe next "super" Android device will almost certainly be a HTC phone that's much thinner than even the Droid or iPhone -- The Dragon/Passion. This is the phone the senior Android guys at Google are now carrying around and testing, at least as of a couple of weeks ago.
Samsung's first Bada handset leaks outIn case you haven't heard, the other day Samsung announced Bada, a new open source platform it hopes will enable its handsets to better compete with the likes of the iPhone and the entire Android line-up.
Samsung shows 3mm-thick Needle Slim HDTVSamsung has recently shown off its Needle Slim LED-backlit HDTV, which manages to be just over a tenth of an inch (3mm) thick thin while offering a 40-inch screen size. The set otherwise has 1080p resolution and a 120Hz panel.
Samsung readies first commercial LTE 4G modemAs part of a just-announced partnership between Ericsson and Samsung, the latter has released the first USB modem fully compatible with the new Long Term Evolution (LTE) 4G standard.
Samsung unveils 55-inch 240Hz 3D 1080p TVI have said it before, I am looking forward to watching 3D movies and TV shows in my home, but the caveat is that the 3D has to look good. I'm talking movie theater caliber 3D, not that junk like NBC pulled on Chuck.
Blockbuster to stream video rentals on Samsung TVsHaving been a step behind in the race to pipe entertainment from the Internet to TV screens, struggling video rental-chain Blockbuster Inc. is counting on a new partnership with Samsung Electronics America Inc. to regain ground on rival Netflix Inc.
Technology: Hacking the iPhone for Espionage No, it's not enough that you can hack your iPhone to operate on the T-Mobile network, or launch third-party applications, or play games.
Samsung Unveils the World's First 12 Megapixel Camera Phone : Akihabara News .comEver dreamed about it? Well guess what, now it's a reality. Here's Samsung's latest 12Mpix camera phone, the Pixon 12 (M810).
Can Widgets Save the Television Industry?With Internet Connected television, Yahoo and Samsung try to take a leaf out of Apple's design playbook. Convergence has been the buzzword of the media world for years now.
The 'netbooks can't run anti-virus' mythAV has a deserved reputation for CPU hogging, but that's when it is running full scans or updating and applying new signatures. The rest of the time most AV programs just sit there rather quietly. Too quietly some would say.
Mine has always been a Motorola. My current model is the Z3 flip lid.
ZTE debuts solar-powered phone - CNET NewsSamsung wasn't the only company showing a solar-powered cell phone at the GSMA World Congress. On Wednesday, Chinese manufacturer ZTE launched a green model of its own.
Mobile phone chargers go universalGLOBAL handset makers and telecommunications providers, including Telstra, have banded together to develop a new universal charger for mobile phones by January 2012.
Samsung launches solar-powered phoneGLOBAL number two mobile phone maker Samsung launched five new phones on Monday including a model made from recycled plastic with a solar panel on the back for charging.
Video Demonstration of Samsung's New Transparent OLED DisplayThis is, categorically, the coolest technology you're going to see today.
Samsung unveils Blue Earth solar powered phoneSamsung Electronics has unveiled a solar-powered full touchscreen phone called "Blue Earth". No eco launch is complete without earthy PR speak, so the Blue Earth is apparently designed to "symbolise a flat and well rounded shiny pebble".
Intel Invests in the U.S.Moving against a tide of gloomy sentiment in corporate boardrooms, chip giant Intel (INTC) on Feb. 10 announced plans to invest $7 billion over the next two years to expand and transform three U.S. manufacturing plants.
Melbourne Victory needs major sponsorMelbourne Victory is confident its brand remains strong, despite naming rights sponsor Samsung opting not to renew its deal.
Samsung Shipped Infected Digital Picture Frames"For the second year in a row, some of those digital photo frames lying under the Christmas tree may come with a nasty surprise.
Kodak sues Samsung, LG over camera patentsUS company Eastman Kodak Co said it is suing South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co and LG Electronics Inc for infringing various digital-camera patents it obtained between 1993 and 2001.
IPTV to take off in AustraliaFOR almost 50 years Australians faced one of the most limited television channel choices on the planet -- a choice eventually expanded by pay-TV, and then digital programming -- but now the country is about to enjoy almost unlimited choice with the arrival of IPTV in the lounge r …
15 Hot New Technologies That Will Change EverythingMemristor circuits lead to ultrasmall PCs. Intel and AMD unleash massively multicore CPUs. Samsung TVs respond to your every gesture. These and other developing technologies will fundamentally change the way you think about--and use--technology.
Samsung drops bid for SanDisk as mergers decline globallySamsung Electronics, the technology conglomerate, dropped its $5.9 billion offer for SanDisk on Wednesday, citing the global financial turmoil and underscoring a decline in mergers and acquisitions that has hit a weakening technology sector hard.
Samsung re-enters U.S. laptop marketOn the same day that Apple announced changes to its laptop lineup and price cuts, Samsung introduced new ultralight notebooks designed to appeal to potential buyers of Apple's ground-breaking MacBook Air and smaller "netbook" models from the likes of Asustek Computer.
Samsung in US$5.85bn SanDisk offerKorean electronics giant Samsung has made a US$5.85 billion hostile bid to acquire US-based computer chip maker SanDisk.
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