Web video turns South Korean into global guitar star
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South Korean student Lim Jeong-hyun has  basked in five minutes and 20 seconds of fame nearly 9 million  times over.
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Music videos from Madonna, Red Hot  Chili Peppers and Sean Paul will be legally available for the  first time on YouTube, the online video sharing site, which  signed its first commercial partnership with Warner Music Group  Corp. on Monday.
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Teen-friendly virtual world books musicians for in-world appearances.
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New service lets users sell their own song from their Web pages.
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(InfoWorld) - Bringing together existing technologies can often make a new product more useful, as can be seen with a few of the gadgets coming out of East Asia this month. Casio Computer has added a YouTube function to its newest digital still camera, so you can just shoot, connect and click to upload video to the popular Web site, while Sony's PSP is getting a mobile digital TV tuner. The month has also seen some playfulness in the MP3 space. Reigncom of South Korea's iRiver now has a Mickey Mouse-styled MP3 player, although its sale will be limited due to a marketing agreement with Disney. Meanwhile Japan's Sony has pimped out its E-series Walkman with crystals. Casio YouTube digital still camera Casio has the first digital cameras with a video mode optimized for YouTube. CalledÂ the Exilim EX-S880 and EX-Z77, the cameras will be released worldwide starting in the U.S. in August, followed by Europe and Asia soon after. So how do you get a clip onto YouTube? First, you shoot a video in the YouTube mode then slip the camera into a dock. This automatically starts a video management application on your PC (Windows XP SP2, 2000 SP4 and Vista only) and grabs the movie files. The application can be set up with a YouTube account, default title name and other settings, so getting the video online involves simply clicking the upload button. Alternatively, you can enter information specific to the clips and then upload them. It's very easy. The EX-S880 can take 8.1 megapixel images, has a 3X optical zoom and will cost about $300. Samsung's RDS music player It's difficult to differentiate MP3 players these days. They're all small and often have similar screens and are compatible with the same handful of formats. But along comes Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s U3 with a feature not often seen: RDS (radio data system). It's used on many FM radio stations in Europe and sends the station name, details about the song playing and other useful information alongside the signal. The U3 will display this on its 4-line OLED (organic light-emitting diode) screen. The U3 is about the same size as a pack of chewing gum and has its own USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector, so it doesn't need a cable to connect to a PC. It will be available in black, white, blue, pink and green, and in three capacities: 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB. It's available globally for $79, $99, and $149. Sony's PSP with digital TV Sony is bringing mobile digital TV to its PlayStation Portable. The plug-in tuner works with Japan's "OneSeg" format mobile TV broadcasts, which delivers a QVGA (320 pixel by 240 pixel) resolution video signal that can be processed easily by portable gadgets. The new PSP also features a video-out connector so it will be possible to hook up the device to a TV to watch programs, although as the same channels are available on conventional TV at higher quality there would be little to gain. It will cost Â¥6,980 ($57.38). OneSeg-format broadcasting is used only in Japan, so the tuner isn't compatible with the formats used in other countries. Fujitsu slim and waterproof phone With cellphones getting so light and slim it's easy to wade into the sea at the beach and forget your handset is still in your pocket. The usual result is a dead phone. But users of Fujitsu's new F704i don't have to worry. The handset, which will be on sale in Japan just in time for the summer, is waterproof. It's a WCDMA (wideband code division multiple access) handset with 3G roaming and will be available in Japan only through NTT DoCoMo. It's a shame the camera offers only 1.3 megapixels or it would be even more useful for holiday beach snaps. IRiver Mickey Mouse MP3 player IRiver's Mickey Mouse MP3 player is too cute to pass over. The player, which packs 1GB of memory, is a small round ball with two smaller round balls attached to the top as ears, so that in silhouette it looks like the DisneyÂ cartoon character. The right ear twists to advance or back-up a song and the left ear is the volume control. There's an on-off button on one side and a small LED (light emitting diode) lamp on the other side that glows green or red to indicate whether that player is on or off. Models come in black, white, blue, pink and silver. It will initially be available in South Korea and Hong Kong for about $50. LG HSDPA Cellphones LG ElectronicsÂ is releasing a fewÂ new phonesÂ with support for HSDPA (high-speed downlink packet access) wireless data connections. The LG-KH1400 marries the HSDPA networking with digital mobile TV reception. The display can be twisted horizontally to watch shows, and there's a video output socket to feed the picture to a bigger screen. The handset also has a 2-megapixel camera. Another phone, the LG-SH130, is a more basic slider model that brings fast data transfer and global roaming without the bells and whistles of the KH1400. Both are available in South Korea only. Sony's 'bling' Walkman Sony is adding a touch of bling to its Walkman line with a set of E-series devices decked-out with a generous sprinkling of crystals. The music players, which were launched in a more bland plastic case earlier this year, will be available in September through a link with Tokyo's Abiste costume jewelry store. They'll cost between Â¥15,800 for the 1GB version and Â¥24,800 for the 4GB version and be available only in Japan. Â
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GENEVA/SEOUL  - Global automakers are tapping a rich seam of talented vehicle designers in a surprising spot: South Korea.
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BusinessWeek Online - Francisco Martin had a craving for new tunes. During postdoctorate study at Oregon State University in 2003, the Spanish native was looking to broaden his musical horizons, so he invented a way for the Internet community to help. The Web site and company he started, originally called MusicStrands, taps into the power of social networking to help users discover new songs, artists, or even whole genres.
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(InfoWorld) - Google is trying out a new look on its South Korean Web site that goes further from the company's famously clean design than anything tried before. Google has been quietly tinkering with the design of its Web site for some time. Most recently, the company added a toolbar with text links at the top of its flagship site, just above the company's logo and search bar. The new site design introduced in South Korea replaces the toolbar with an array of logos -- including a row of animated icons that expand when the mouse rolls over them -- that add a dose of color, and clutter, to the site. Eric Schmidt, the chairman and CEO of Google, announced the new look duringÂ a keynote speechÂ Wednesday at the Seoul Digital Forum, saying Korean users were ready for the new design, which he described as more sophisticated. Schmidt didn't say whether the company planned to use the same design on other Google sites. The changes toÂ Google's South Korean siteÂ represent a departure from the traditional look of the company's Web site. Originally designed to be purely functional, with nothing that would slow the site down, the clean look of Google's search engine was embraced by the company's earliest users, helping to endear the site to them. As the range of Google's services has expanded in recent years, the company has looked for ways to include them on the main Web site and promote them to users. The South Korean Google design includes icons above the search bar, for Web search, image search, news search, blog search, and Google Groups search. The row of animated icons below the search bar lead to Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar, Google Notebook, Google Toolbar, Google Desktop, and Picasa. As more services are rolled out in South Korea, such as Google Maps, these will be added to the site, Schmidt said. Â ADVERTISEMENTIBM Information On Demand 2006Industrial Industry Leaders, please join us at IBM's premier information management global event, IBM Information On Demand 2006, October 15-20, Anaheim, CA. More IBM business and technical solutions content in one place than ever before! Select from  over 800 sessions. Register today!
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Viacom snaps up a popular guitar game's maker on MTV's behalf.
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By Josh Nelson, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Iowa  Dec. 17--TAMA -- When the mood strikes him, Dan Hartman will climb on stage with his guitar and strum out a few chords.
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MILWAUKEE, June 11  /PRNewswire/ -- Your music video could be viewed by users from all corners of the globe. Unsigned singers from around the world can now upload original music videos at http://www.algeka.com/, the Web's home for the coolest new music.
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Travel: Audio slideshow: A tourist guide to North Korea.
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Playing Hendrix for a night has become the new karaoke.
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South Korea has become one of the worldâs most credit-card-friendly countries. With cards everywhere, however, the challenge is to attract consumers.
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Plus: Mashups for the masses and HD Video in a Digital Camera.
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Music videos from artists like  Madonna, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Sean Paul will be legally  available for the first time on YouTube, a popular online video  sharing site, after signing its first commercial partnership  with Warner Music Group .
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Google, the world&#39;s biggest Internet search engine, will expand its presence in South Korea&#39;s fast growing online video content market, officials said Tuesday.