Asian phone vendors relying on Google’s Android operating system could increase their exposure to rival mobile platforms
Samsung Electronics has filed patent lawsuits against Apple over the US firm’s iPhone and iPad in a tit-for-tat case.
Prices for key technology components spiked as the toll on Japan’s infrastructure mounted after Friday’s devastating earthquake and tsunami.
Global companies faced disruptions to operations after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan destroyed vital infrastructure.
China, pushed to bring North Korea to heel after last week’s attack on the South, told Pyongyang their relationship had withstood "tempests".
North Korea said on Saturday it would start a uranium enrichment programme and vowed to weaponise all of its plutonium.