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• Samsung releases Bada SDK

  Time will tell if Samsung can attract developers to its own smartphone operating system now that it has released the beta of its Bada software development kit.

• Samsung to put PCM for smartphones in chip package

  Samsung Electronics will ship a multichip package later this quarter for smartphones that will include phase-change memory (PCM), an emerging technology that could ultimately replace memory types like NOR flash, the company said Wednesday.

• Yahoo!7 and Samsung to extend partnership

  Samsung mobile owners will continue to be able to see their Yahoo!7 content on their devices after the parties signed an extension to their two-year agreement.

• Intel, Samsung join to accelerate WiMax 2 development

  Intel late on Sunday said it was collaborating with companies including Samsung and Motorola to develop the next generation of WiMax mobile broadband technology, which will provide a speed boost in 4G wireless data transfers.

• Intel stays atop chip market but Samsung gains in tough 2009

  Intel remained the world's largest chip maker by revenue for the eighteenth consecutive year in 2009, despite an overall decline in the global chip market, Gartner said Monday.

• Samsung Galaxy S will have 4-inch screen

  Samsung Electronics on Tuesday introduced the Samsung Galaxy S, an Android phone with a 4-inch screen, and hinted at new content offerings.

• Samsung introduces eReader

  At a splashy event in New York's Time Warner Center, Samsung dove headlong into the electronic book market with the Samsung eReader, a US$299 device which allows you to take notes in the margins and share content with other Samsung eReaders.

• Greenpeace hits Samsung for delaying toxic phase-out

  International environmental group Greenpeace hit out at Samsung on Wednesday for reneging on a promise to remove harmful substances from its electronics products.

• Sony, LG, Samsung, Hitachi, Toshiba accused of price fixing

  A home electronics retail store has filed a class-action lawsuit against Sony Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Toshiba Corp., LG Electronics Inc., Hitachi Ltd. and several subsidiaries, accusing the electronics manufacturers of colluding to fix prices in the U.S. optical disc drive (ODD) market.

• Recession pushes chip makers to move on 28nm chips

  Xilinx, which makes a range of chips often used in communications gear, plans to release its first 28-nanometer chips by the fourth quarter of this year to lower costs and attract new customers as the world pulls out of recession.

• Samsung hopes super screen will boost Bada platform

  Samsung is hoping a "Super-AMOLED" capacitive touchscreen will set the GT-S8500 Wave, the company's first smartphone based on its own Bada platform, apart from the competition, it said on Sunday. But analysts are questioning if the platform will be able to attract developers as well.

• Samsung begins mass producing 3D TV screens

  Samsung Electronics announced Wednesday it had started mass production of screens for 3D LED TVs and 3D LCD TVs, a bold move forward in a technology some analysts say is too expensive for most people and could take time to become mainstream.

• Samsung, Rambus deal could rev new memory technologies

  Rambus' agreement to settle legal claims with Samsung Electronics could accelerate deals that could help new memory technology being developed by Rambus get to market faster, analysts said.

• Rambus and Samsung reach settlement agreement

  Samsung Electronics and Rambus on Tuesday announced they had settled outstanding claims over licensing, which should net Rambus more than US$700 million over the next five years.

• Samsung's new 64GB flash chip ideal for mobile devices

  Electronics manufacturer Samsung announced on Tuesday two new flash-based storage solutions, both of which are ideal for mobile use. The company unveiled a high-density 64GB moviNAND flash memory chip, in addition to a 32GB micro secure digital (SD) card.