What's New From Korea - Vol. 21, NO. 4 July

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   Hauri Inc. aspires to become a global anti-virus solution company alongside Symantec, McAfee and Ahnlab with its ViRobot Expert 4.0. ViRobot Expert 4.0 is an anti-virus software that is integrated into Windows Explorer. ViRobot within Windows Explorer supports Logs, Backup Bin, Inbox and Configuration functions, enabling users to scan for viruses more effectively.
  What distinguishes ViRobot from other software is its superior ability to scan e-mails for viruses and its mailbox check-up functions. ViRobot enables PC users to scan attachments and detect viruses while they are receiving emails on a real-time basis. It scans e-mail messages as they are downloaded from the POP3 or Microsoft Exchange server. Virus-infected attachments are blocked before they even reach the user’s computer.
  In general, anti-virus software is not able to detect viruses that are absent from an embedded, defined list. However, ViRobot search engines are designed to identify unknown viruses in all platforms (DOS, Windows, Macro, Java etc.), enabling users to catch any new viruses created.

Hauri Inc.
   Yuhan Yanghang Bldg. 8th Fl., 49-6, Daebang-dong,
   Dongjak-gu, Seoul, Korea 156-754    Tel: 82-2-828-0820
   Fax: 82-2-828-0840
   Homepage: www.hauri.co.kr

   The 2Gbit NAND Flash memory developed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. allows consumers to store large amounts of data in portable devices such as digital cameras, PDAs and digital audio players.
  The NAND Flash memory is small in size and powerful enough to be a convincing replacement for hard disk drives and magnetic tapes, the main storage devices for digital camcorders and digital audio players. Using NAND Flash memory enables manufacturers to design more compact, lighter and higher performance products.
  Samsung’s new flash memory device consumes low levels of power, so extending the amount of battery life available. It is also non-volatile, meaning extant data will be secured even when the power source goes off.
  Samsung developers take pride in the relatively tiny size of the device. For instance, the 2Gb Flash memory is half the cell size of Toshiba’s latest 1Gb Flash memory.
  NAND Flash memory is the fastest growing segment of the semiconductor industry. Through this product, Samsung aims to dominate the flash memory sector by 2005 and thus consolidate its position as the no.1 manufacturer of memory chips.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
   22nd Fl., Samsung Main Bldg. 250, 2-Ka Taepyung-ro,
   Chung-gu, Seoul, Korea 100-472    Tel: 82-2-727-7846
   Fax: 82-2-727-7469
   Homepage: www.samsungelectronics.com

   The demand for satellite antennae is constantly growing. However, commonly used parabolic antennae are ineffective and present considerable restraints to installation due to their large size. Moreover, parabolic antennae have relatively small search angles for detecting satellite signals.
  The MFS-M (Microface Satellite Mobile) Antenna, by contrast, is ideal for receiving satellite Internet and satellite broadcasts in moving vehicles: it is compact enough to be installed in automobiles and has a complete 360-degree search angle.
  Instead of being constructed of copper or aluminum like most antennae, the MFS-M Antenna is made of metal-coated plastic. Because of its resultant lightweight and half-spherical shape, the antenna can easily be fixed on, or removed from a vehicle. The antenna comes equipped with an automatic satellite tracking system. Consequently, it minimizes data loss by tracing satellites on a real-time basis when moving at high speeds or turning sharp curves. Users can enter information on the satellite they wish to access and receive real-time satellite signals while in transit.
  With rising interest in leisure and travel, Microface Inc. forecasts a steady demand for antennae suitable for vehicles.

Microface Inc.
   108-12 Mukhyeon-ri, Hwado-eup, Namyangju-si,
   Gyeonggi-do, Korea 472-846    Tel: 82-31-594-6780
   Fax: 82-31-594-6783
   Homepage: www.mface.com

Generally speaking, only the results of the leading athletes are recorded in sporting events such as marathons and triathlons where accurate time keeping determines the winner. Those of the remaining majority are not recorded. Now, with the aid of SpeedChip’s Multi-Reader Sports Data Processing System, a maximum of 20,000 individual records can be recorded in real time. Not only can it measure gross time (the time run from the firing of the starting pistol to when the athlete crosses the finishing line), it can also measure net time (the time run from crossing the starting line to crossing the finishing line) along with split times (the times taken to complete a section of a particular course). SpeedChip’s timing system makes it possible to time thousands of runners instantly using radio frequency technology. Each runner wears a little timing chip that stores unique user information. The timing chip is activated as participants pass the starting line or other marker points. Participant information is then sent from the chip to a computer where event results can be analyzed systematically. The system also provides a digital image capture of each participant crossing the finish line.
SpeedChip is the first company to develop this system in Korea and the second in the world after ChampionChip of the Netherlands.

SpeedChip Co., Ltd.
   Jaseon Bldg. 3rd Fl., 792-72, Yeoksam-dong,
   Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea 135-080
   Tel: 82-2-472-2526
   Fax: 82-2-472-2527
   Homepage: www.speedchip.com