News Roundup
2008/03/28 21:26Another Korean wireless technology called Wireless Beacon-enabled Energy Efficient Mesh (WiBEEM) has been adopted by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and the International Standards Organization (ISO):
The WiBEEM, which merges sensors and wireless communication, could be used to provide "smart parking" services, resolve the problem of wireless blackout zones in buildings as well as keep track of children and people that may need immediate medical attention over a broad area. Smart parking enables drivers to locate empty spaces in parking lots.
Students from MIT's Sloan School of Management recently visited Korea to learn more about Korea's IT industry:
Yesterday, the group stopped at SK Telecom¡¯s public relations center in Bundang, Gyeonggi to check out TD-SCDMA, a third-generation, or 3G, mobile telecommunication standard. They witnessed how TD-SCDMA enables cell phone users to take control of an entire house with a single handheld gadget, doing everything from shutting gas valves to feeding the cats.
Daum Communications the second largest portal in Korea faced an embarrassing situation with hackers grabbing customer data and then not announcing the breach for eight months.
The JoongAng Daily has an amusing statement on Daum's response on their improved network security:
The official also said Daum beefed up its security, claiming all of its systems are now immune to hacking.
While the Korea Times has the details on the supposed cause of the leak:
According to the company, an ID and password of a customer service agent was mistakenly left on a public PC. The suspect came across the ID and used it to look inside the log.
Daum said it has blocked access to the system from the outside immediately after they found out about the information leak.
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