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Thermaltake's brain-melting Level 10 PC chassis gets real, unboxed

via engadget.com

It is a "I-am-a-computer-geek" design, but the designer's creative idea is worth to get A+.

Each compartment can be open seperately, for more easy-to-access for maintenance or upgrade. It also helps cooling-down residual heats.

South Korea's KCC finally clears iPhone for Sale

FINALLY!!!! AFTER LOOOOONG WAITING,,,,

South Korea's KCC (equivalent to FCC in US) finally clears iPhone for Sale, loosening regulations regarding LBS.

KT, after long negotiation against Apple, is planning to introduce iPhone to Korean consumers in early November, rumor said.

related articles: Engadget

Digital music market in Korea

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Collapse of Traditional music industry

Music Industry shrank from $400 M market in 2000 to less than $100 M market in 2006, while Digital Music Industry grew to $340 M in 2006 from $91 M in 2001. It is mainly due to piracy music distribution through P2P. Korea's high penetration rate of broadband service helped prevailingness of P2P in some degree. 

Telco's Rock'N Roll

During crashing market, Telecom and internet companies aggressively acquired music lable companies. SK Telecom, Korea's #1 wireless carrier, acquired YBM Seoul Music in 2006. Bluecode acquired DoReMi media in 2005. Only 2 music lable company among top 5 music lable company in 2005 survived in 2006. (SM Entertainment, Yedang Entertainment are survivors.)

How did Telco and internet companies corrupted online music market? Let's see the composition of digital music market in Korea.

In 2005, ringtone and ring back tone market took 80% of digital music market. There is no "music" market in digital world in Korea. There are only ringtones, ring back tones, and BGM's.

(There is still a hope, though. Download / streaming music is growing.)

Online piracy is still a problem

Piracy music is still counts $400 M market, which is about the size of all digital music market, or 5x times larger than traditional music market in Korea. Key to the digital music industry toward growth is how to turn illegal music listners to legal users, eventually paying listners.

BMW's fuel efficient concept car

BMW to show its fuel efficient concept car in Frankfurt auto show in September 2009.

BMW fuel efficient introduction

         

Visual Effects: 100 Years of Inspiration

A concise short film on visual effects... Thanks to all the people who worked hard to give us great pleasure.



The movies included in this clip span over 100 years of cinema history:

  • 1900 - The Enchanted Drawing
  • 1903 - The Great Train Robbery
  • 1923 - The Ten Commandments (Silent)
  • 1927 - Sunrise
  • 1933 - King Kong
  • 1939 - The Wizard of Oz
  • 1940 - The Thief of Baghdad
  • 1954 - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
  • 1956 - Forbidden Planet
  • 1963 - Jason and the Argonauts
  • 1964 - Mary Poppins
  • 1977 - Star Wars
  • 1982 - Tron
  • 1985 - Back to the Future
  • 1988 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit
  • 1989 - The Abyss
  • 1991 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  • 1992 - The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
  • 1993 - Jurassic Park
  • 2004 - Spider-Man 2
  • 2005 - King Kong
  • 2006 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
  • 2007 - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
  • 2007 - The Golden Compass
  • 2008 - The Spiderwick Chronicles
  • 2008 - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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South Korea's first rocket lifts off !!!

Today South Korea successfully launched its first space rocket - Naro. 


Go Naro! Go Naro!