Dell Inc forecast fiscal fourth-quarter sales that missed analysts’ estimates as falling personal computer sales hamper the company’s efforts to diversify into more profitable products for data centres.

Advanced Micro Devices, the long-struggling competitor of giant rival Intel, is facing yet another crisis amid a shifting technology landscape and declining demand for personal computers.

Chinese workers who often spend more than 60 hours per week assembling iPhones and iPads for Apple will have their overtime curbed and their pay increased following an audit.

SONY’S tablet computers failed to excite reviewers, who criticised the pricing and quality of the devices, underscoring the battle Sony faces regaining its consumer electronics crown.

IT took just minutes for the earthquake and tsunami to devastate Japan’s northeast. Rebuilding will take years — if it can be afforded.