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Samsung Stirs Up a New Mobile Platform...for the platform. "By opening Samsung's mobile platform, we will be able to provide rich mobile experiences on an increasing number of accessible phones," says Hosoo Lee, executive vice president at Samsung Electronics. Details about bada... In this article: Samsung, Samsung Electronics, Wired.com, Linux kernel, and Europe |
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Hack a Day | October 18, 2009
Samsung TV firmware hacking
...to work with for many developers. So far they've implemented NFS and SAMBA for sharing files over the network, improved playback from USB devices, and unlocked the ability to use non-Samsung WiFi dongles. In order to make changes to the...
In this article: Samsung, Linux kernel, and USB Drive
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Wikipedia | September 16, 2009
Free60
...complete Linux kernel and filesystem would be inserted. The readcd method was initially restricted to only Hitachi branded DVD-ROM drives, but now also supports Samsung branded drives. All other commercially used drives are assumed...
In this article: Xbox 360, Linux kernel, Linux, Xbox, Microsoft, Dvd-rom, King Kong, and Ubuntu Linux
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News items on ZDNet | August 21, 2009
Linux kernel dev team grows, Torvalds drops off the chart
Sony, Nokia and Samsung are all mentioned as adding code that supports consumer electronic equipment, with other code coming from Volkswagen for automobile networking and Quantum Controls BV, which makes navigational devices for yachts.
In this article: Linux kernel, Linus Torvalds, Linux Foundation, IBM, Red Hat, Google, Zdnet News, Volkswagen, Samsung, and Nokia
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Embedded Linux
...environment for Linux-based mobile phones and "converged devices"; the LiMo Foundation, founded in 2006 by Motorola, NEC, Panasonic, Samsung, DoCoMo, and Vodafone to establish a set of interfaces and standard reference components to improve...
In this article: Linux Foundation, Linux, Linux kernel, MontaVista Software, Motorola, MontaVista Linux, Newlib, Dietlibc, and Uclibc
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Juice Box
...px and runs muClinux, a microcontroller version of the Linux kernel. It has 66MHz ARM7TDMI architecture Samsung processor, 2 MBytes or 8 MBytes of RAM and 8MB of ROM. It was marketed as a portable media player for kids. The player only...
In this article: Juice Box, Linux, Cartoon Network, Linux kernel, Mattel, Game Boy Advance, Samsung, Nickelodeon, and South Dakota
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The Samsung Group (Korean: 삼성 그룹) is a multinational conglomerate headquarted in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea. It is the world's largest conglomerate with an annual revenue of US$173.4 billion in 2008 and is South Korea's largest chaebol. The Samsung Group is composed of numerous international affiliated businesses, most of them united under the Samsung brand including Samsung Electronics, the world's largest electronics company, Samsung Heavy Industries, the world's second largest shipbuilder and Samsung C&T, a major global construction company. These three multinationals form the core of Samsung Group and reflect its name - the meaning of the Korean word Samsung is "tristar" or "three stars".
Samsung has been the world's most popular consumer electronics brand since 2005 and is the best known South Korean brand in the world. Samsung Group accounts for more than 20% of South Korea's total exports and is the leader in many domestic industries, such as the financial, chemical, retail and entertainment industries. The company's strong influence in South Korea is visible throughout the nation, which has been referred to as the "Republic of Samsung".
- Name:
- Samsung Group
- Type:
- Public
- Location:
- Samsung Town in Seoul, South Korea
- Founder:
- Lee Byung-chul
- Founded:
- 1938
- Industry:
- Conglomerate
- Key People:
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- Lee Kun Hee: Former Chairman and CEO
- Lee Soo-bin: Acting president, CEO of Samsung Life Insurance
- Revenue:
- US$173.4 billion (2008)
- Net Income:
- US$10.7 billion (2008)
- Assets:
- US$252.5 billion (2008)
- No. of Employees:
- 276,000 (2008)
- Subsidiaries:
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- Samsung C&T, etc.
- Samsung Electronics
- Samsung Heavy Industries
- Motto:
- Imagine the Possibilities
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