Map Apps for Your iPod

Map Apps for Your iPod

Getting around Seoul (and the rest of Korea) has just gotten easier with these four easy-to-use and free iPhone/iPod Touch apps. by Stafford Lumsden Daum Maps Daum was first to jump on the app bandwagon with its map application simply called “Daum 지도” (or Daum Maps). It provides maps, satellite views and route-planning information for [...]

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Blog of the Month: The Marmot’s Hole

Blog of the Month: The Marmot’s Hole

An obvious choice, but it had to be made. The Marmot’s Hole (rjkoehler.com) has grown from the personal blog of American expat Robert Koehler to the most widely read English-language blog about Korea. Mr. Koehler first came to Korea in 1997, and since then he has gotten to know the country as a teacher, grad [...]

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Farewell to Windows: The Ubuntu Option

Farewell to Windows: The Ubuntu Option

Once the realm of hackers and code monkeys, the Ubuntu version of Linux has finally come of age in terms of ease of use. Picture this: you have just left Yongsan, having put down well over a million won for a new laptop: 15-inch screen, RAM out the wazoo and enough space on your hard [...]

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[VIDEO] WordPress 3.0 Has Been Released!!!

[VIDEO] WordPress 3.0 Has Been Released!!!

Okay, if you’re not a blogger or a technophile, you may not care, but you should. Wordpress started out as an open-sourced blogging platform, but it has grown into one of the most popular open-sourced website platform in the world, with over 200 million sites using the Wordpress platform.

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Blog of the Month: ZenKimchi.com

Blog of the Month: ZenKimchi.com

We hope you have enjoyed the tremendous writing that goes into our food reviews as much as we have. We actually found our food writer in another magazine, got in touch with him just ‘cause you never know what’s going to happen, and sure enough he was put on the free market the next month [...]

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iPad and Netbook Go Screen to Screen

iPad and Netbook Go Screen to Screen

The Apple iPad vs the Asus Eee PC 1008HA by Alaric Willi The iPad should be landing in Korea any day now. (The arrival of the iPad has been delayed. -Ed) But before you go out and spend your hard earned savings on what is essentially a large iPod Touch with iBooks, take a hard [...]

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Rosetta Stone Expands Its Offerings in French, Italian, German and Spanish

Rosetta Stone Expands Its Offerings in French, Italian, German and Spanish

Rosetta Stone Inc., a leading provider of technology-based language-learning solutions, announced that the company will enhance its award-winning Rosetta Stone® Version 3 solutions with the addition of Levels 4 and 5 in French, Italian, German and Spanish (Spain). These new levels include extended, more complex conversations and grammar, expanded vocabulary, and additional opportunities for speaking [...]

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New Gear: Cameras to Go

New Gear: Cameras to Go

When you travel, one of the key things you will take with you is probably a camera. There are several things you should consider when choosing a travel camera: • what kind of environment you are going to • whether you will be able to charge your battery • how much space you have to [...]

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Tech News: February 2010

Tech News: February 2010

by Alaric Willi A friend of mine recently suffered a terrible loss: the death of their hard drive along with all their precious memories. It was after this incident that I began to ponder the idea of how to avoid such problems occurring again. The answer is simple – eliminate the need to rely on [...]

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New Gear in January 2010

New Gear in January 2010

by Paul Kang Apple iPhone Lands in Korea At long last, KT has brought the iPhone into Korea. The prices depend on what contract you are on. You can choose from the original 3G-8GB, the 3GS-16GB, or 3GS-32GB (the “S” stands for “speed”). Get a piece of Korean Apple fan boy history. Retail price without [...]

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