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• Samsung unveils its first Google phone

  Samsung Electronics became the first major mobile phone maker to launch a smartphone based on Google's Android software.

• Samsung Electronics Q1 earnings plunge but beat expectations

  Samsung Electronics reported better first quarter earnings than analysts expected on Friday, led by its mobile phone division, but remained cautious about business going forward due to the global recession.

• New Intel chips prompt rise in demand for DDR3 memory

  A new series of Intel microprocessors aimed at the computer server market has caused a spike in demand for DDR3 (double data rate, third generation) DRAM chips, according to Samsung Electronics.

• Samsung, Dell provide data encryption for SSDs

  Samsung Electronics on Thursday said it is boosting security on solid-state drives by bundling data encryption software with SSDs it ships.

• Samsung introduces WiMax mobile internet device

  Samsung Telecommunications America announced the first WiMax-enabled Mobile Internet Device (MID) today at the International CTIA Wireless conference.

• Mobile phone sales drop nearly 5% in Q4; up overall in '08

  Mobile phone sales for 2008 showed 6 per cent growth globally, although the economic downturn led to a 4.6 per cent decline in the fourth quarter, research firm Gartner Inc. said Tuesday.

• Samsung flexes muscles with Omnia HD

  Samsung launched a whole host of new mobile phones at the Mobile World Congress, but the biggest attraction was the Omnia HD, which can record video in HD resolution and play it on an HD-ready TV.

• Sony Ericsson, Samsung Battle for Megapixel Supremacy

  How many megapixels can you squeeze into a cell phone? On the eve of the big Mobile World Congress wireless telecom trade show here in Barcelona, Spain, the race is on. At pre-show press conferences, Samsung and Sony Ericsson between them unveiled three handsets, each with cameras boasting at least as many megapixels as my current Canon point-and-shoot (a PowerShot SD1100 with 8 megapixels).

• LG, Samsung develop solar-powered mobile phones

  LG and Samsung will both unveil next week mobile phones that you definitively won't want to keep in your pocket. They have developed prototype handsets that are recharged by solar panels built into the case.

• Samsung unveils 4Gbit DRAM

  Samsung Electronics announced Thursday that it has developed the first 4Gbit DDR3 DRAM chip using a 50 nanometer (nm) lithography process. The new chip doubles the density of earlier DRAM chips, yielding modules with up to 32GB capacity.

• Samsung Electronics reorganizes businesses

  Samsung Electronics is consolidating its four key business divisions into a components business and a branded products business as it tries to cope with the global economic crisis.

• Samsung's New Laptop-Friendly Monitors

  Among Samsung's new wares unveiled at this year's Consumer Electronics Show is the LD series of monitors. These monitors are designed specifically with notebook users in mind so they can have a seamless second display.

• Samsung Unveils New LCD and Plasma TVs

  Samsung announced that it is breaking out its LED-backlit HDTVs into their own line, called Luxia.

• Samsung cams go ultrawide, ultraslim

  During four digital camera announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas today, Samsung introduced a wide-angle, 10X-optical-zoom camera that ranges from an extremely wide 24mm on the wide-angle end to 240mm on the telephoto end. In wide-angle capability, the Samsung HZ10W is the league leader at this year's CES among fixed-lens cameras.

• Samsung enters pico-projector market

  The growing pico-projector market is getting a jolt here at the Consumer Electronics Show, with announcements from a range of vendors. The latest company to enter the market is Samsung Mobile, announcing the MBP200 Pico Projector.