A Chinese labor watchdog has accused Samsung of violating laws pertaining to labor rights in the country.

According to China Labor Watch, HEG Electronics, where Samsung mobile phones and DVD players are assembled, forces employees to work for unreasonably long hours and child labor is prevalent in the factory.

The Chinese labor watchdog said, "The Company has clearly violated Chinese labor laws. A serious light needs to be shined on these issues."

With the high-profile jury trial in the Apple-Samsung patent-infringement lawsuit scheduled to begin on Monday, July 30, Judge Lucy Koh - who is presiding over the case at the US District Court in San Jose – told the two companies on Friday that most documents in the case must be public.

Despite the fact that there presently is no clarity about which documents in the case will be made public and which will not, the court’s order implies that Apple and Samsung will have to disclose certain pieces of information to the public during the jury trial.

Samsung Series 9 NP900X3C-A01 portable ultrabook has several striking features that allow it to standout in the crowd of rival machines.

The 13-inch Samsung Series 9 ultabook is incredibly light & thin. It weighs just 2.6 pounds, and is slightly thinner at its thinnest point than the new 13-inch Air Acer, Aspire S5, and Dell XPS 13.

South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung is developing a new Windows RT-based tablet computer, according to a fresh report by Bloomberg.

The report claims that the Samsung's upcoming Windows RT, ARM-based based tablet will use a Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU, and should be available in October along with the debut of Microsoft's Windows RT operating system.

The South Korean manufacturer has its own Exynos ARM CPU, but it is known for often using processors from other manufacturers for its handsets and tablet computers.

After a notably impressive introduction at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona back in February, the Android-based Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet is apparently close to being launched in the US.

Despite the fact that there has been no official disclosure of the US release of the Galaxy Note 10.1, the indication that the launch of the tablet is in the offing has recently come from Amazon, which has made the device available for pre-sale orders.

South Korea-based consumer electronics giant Samsung has defended its Galaxy S III, saying Apple's complaint about its latest Galaxy smartphone is "without merit".

Cupertino-based Apple recently filed a complaint in a California court, accusing the Samsung Galaxy S smartphone of infringing on at least two of its patents. According to Apple's complaint, the new smartphone infringes on iPhone patented features such as sliding lock and auto-correct on texting.

After filing a motion against Samsung over its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in May, Apple has now intensified its patent dispute with its biggest rival by suing the company to block the US sales of Samsung's eagerly-awaited Galaxy S III smartphone.

Via its latest complaint, filed earlier this week in a California court, Apple is seeking an injunction on the basis of the argument that the Samsung Galaxy S III handset - which was unveiled by Samsung in early May at an event in London - infringes on at least two of its patents pertaining to data-tapping and unified search technologies.

In an attempt to reach an out-of-court settlement on the several patent lawsuits which Apple and Samsung have filed against each other, the Apple CEO Tim Cook and the Samsung CEO Choi Gee-sung - along with their general counsels - began their two-day court directed discussions on Monday.

The talks between the two CEOs - who were summoned and directed for the discussions by federal court judge Lucy Koh last month - are being mediated by a magistrate judge.

Facebook’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg turns 28 on Monday, and he is all set to bring investors roughly $100 billion initial public offering (IPO) gift.

Many people believe that Zuckerberg’s young age is his biggest asset. David Kirkpatrick, who chronicled the social-networking giant’s early history in “The Facebook Effect”, says one can’t build a company like Facebook at an old age.

Speaking on the topic, 59-year-old Kirkpatrick says, “I don’t think you could build a company like this if you were an old guy like me.”

According to a recent announcement by Samsung, the company's smartphone-tablet hybrid Galaxy Note - which was launched in the US and Europe a few months back - has finally hit the Australian market.

The part-phone, part-tablet Galaxy Note will be available in Australia from this week from Optus and Vodafone with a price-tag of $899 outright. While the Optus offer for the device includes $0 on its 2-year $79 cap plan; the Vodafone offer includes $5 on its 2-year $59 cap plan.