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• Samsung mobile application store coming to Europe

  Samsung plans to launch a mobile application store in Europe this quarter, following an increasingly popular path to revenue inspired by Apple's iPhone App Store.

• Samsung reports highest profit in two years on chips, LCDs

  Samsung Electronics reported its highest quarterly net profit in over two years on Friday as its semiconductor and LCD businesses returned to profitability.

• Samsung: just one step closer to a Holodeck

  Samsung has a new phone coming out, but you would have never guessed it by the buzz surrounding the presentations the company has been giving.

• Samsung takes on Flip with new camera lineup

  While Samsung has been making waves lately in netbooks and smartphones, they've also announced some new stuff for camera buffs.

• Samsung ditches 1.8in hard drives

  Samsung is thought to have stopped production of 1.8in hard disk drives (HDD) in favour of solid state drives (SSD).

• US government blocks imports of Sharp TVs

  The U.S. International Trade Commission issued a decision Wednesday that blocks the U.S. import of LCD panels and LCD televisions made by Sharp, ruling that the company violated a patent held by rival Samsung Electronics.

• Samsung, Numonyx to develop PCM specifications

  Samsung Electronics and Numonyx on Tuesday said the companies would jointly develop specifications for phase-change memory, an upcoming memory technology for PCs and mobile devices.

• Samsung releases SSDs in PCIe card form factor

  Samsung Corp. today released a new solid state disk (SSD) drive aimed at netbook makers that is about 80% smaller than typical 2.5-inch laptop drives, a move that should enable even thinner, higher-performing machines.

• June gadgets are Go with new PSP

  June is always a busy month for new gadgets. The E3 video games show, Taiwan's Computex IT show and Singapore's CommunicAsia all provide a launching pad for new products and other companies are busy preparing new gizmos for the upcoming mid-year holidays. And 2009 was no exception.

• Samsung's Android smartphone gets first outing

  Samsung Electronics showed off its upcoming Galaxy smartphone, which runs Google's Android operating system, at the CommunicAsia exhibition in Singapore on Tuesday.

• HD video hits desktops with hardware, software

  LifeSize Communications and Radvision are taking two different routes toward high-definition desktop videoconferencing, both aiming to bring more participants into the virtual room.

• Samsung refreshes Omnia handsets

  Several blogs early Monday spilled the details of a refresh to Samsung's line of Omnia handsets. The electronics maker hoped to make a splash at this week's CommunicAsia 2009, which runs from June 16-19 in Singapore, with two Omnia Pro devices: the B7610 and B7320. Samsung is also showing off its previously announced Pixon 12 and the Android-powered I7500.

• Samsung edges out Sony Ericsson in megapixel race

  Samsung launched on Monday the Pixon12, the company's first touchscreen phone with a 12-megapixel camera.

• Samsung recalls 160,000 Jitterbug phones

  Thousands of phones sold by Jitterbug, a mobile operator that specializes in simple handsets for limited uses such as emergency calls, are being recalled because they can't be used to call 911 in some rare cases.

• Samsung ships first 32GB memory card

  Samsung Electronics Co. announced today that it is shipping a 32GB NAND memory card, the highest-density embedded memory card to date and one that offers twice the capacity of previous cards.