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South Korea lifts ban on BlackBerrys, sort of {Engadget Mobile}
May 15th 2008 12:28PM BlackBerries were never banned in South Korea per se.
Korean standardization authorities mandated all phones sold in Korea be able to run WIPI (yet another Java-based mobile phone application framework similar to Java ME and BREW) -based applications.
RIM was unable to re-engineer BB's OS to meet the WIPI standards, and was not able to market its devices in Korea.
With the advent of smartphones, carriers started complaining to the regulator mandating the now-antiquated WIPI platform on all devices is unreasonable, and the government recently agreed to scrap the requirement.
Criterion Collection coming to Blu-ray in October {Engadget}
May 8th 2008 2:53PM There's a good chance Salo will be released on BD before the end of the year.
The Pasolini estate and Criterion resolved the licensing disputes earlier in the year, and the original master of Salo has been re-scanned in 4K resolution for release in HD.
Criterion Collection coming to Blu-ray in October {Engadget HD}
May 8th 2008 3:37AM All movies that had cinematography done by Raoul Coutard or Henri Decaë need to be released in HD, like, right now.
Samsung resignations spark rioting, photo burning {Engadget}
Apr 23rd 2008 4:01PM They are not fanboys - they are members of far-right political organizations which has deep ties with Lee family.
These people seem to spring up anywhere there is anti-Samsung protest, including the ones held recently by workers at Samsung's semiconductor plant over series of leukemia-related deaths, which are thought have been caused by waste mismanagement at Samsung plants.
