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North Korea plans to launch a satellite mounted on a long range rocket to mark, next month to mark the hundredth birthday of its late founder Kim II Sung, according the state media reports. The country will be celebrating the late former president's birth centenary on April 15, with huge celebrations across the country.

Apple has confirmed that the new iPad, the third generation of its category, will launch in the U.S. and nine other countries on Friday, March 16, at 8 a.m. local time. Here are all the information on the device's pricing, availability, trade-in offers and roundup of reviews from mainstream publications.

A report in DigiTimes on Monday cited unnamed sources within Taiwan-based smartphone manufacturers, who claimed that the next generation iPhone will be released in the second half of 2012 and will very likely contain an embedded 4G LTE radio.

The European Union, United States and Japan formally asked the World Trade Organization on Tuesday to settle a dispute with China over Beijing's restriction on exports of raw materials, including rare earth elements critical to major industries.

Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is financing an Internet TV network that will include an interview show with former CNN television host Larry King in a project that could be running before October, according to the network and a Slim spokesman.

The tech giant Apple has released its third generation tablet - the 'New iPad', on March 7 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) in San Francisco. And just as what many rumors indicated, a new Apple TV set top box was also announced at the event.

Watch video here of a new Apple iPad 3 concept that is wowing techies on the day the company's long-awaited new tablet is expected to be launched.

Today is the big day for Apple fans, and for all of those following the news about an iPad 3, or, more likely, an iPad HD. Apple is expected to unveil, among other things, a next-gen iPad and a next-gen Apple TV. Both products are parts of Apple's new ecosystem of iDevices, which are all centered around one thing: HD.

Today is the big day for Apple fans, and for all of those following the news about an iPad 3, or, more likely, an iPad HD. However, if you're looking for a live stream from San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, you might want to stop looking.

Molson Coors Brewing Co said on Tuesday it will launch Coors Light Iced Tea and other new products, as the beer company fights to win a greater share of the struggling beer market.

A new startup, Dollar Shave Club, launched a promotional video Tuesday in an attempt to gain the attention of thrifty young Americans in search for cheap razors. The startup seeks to provide consumers with $1 razors shipped to their homes (plus $2 for shipping and handling). Watch the ad here.

Apple will unveil its next-gen iPad in less than 24 hours, but the company will reportedly launch the device on Friday, March 16. Whether the tablet is called the iPad 3 or the iPad HD, we won't officially know until tomorrow at 10 a.m. Pacific.

Apple loves big surprises, and there's a great chance that the iPad 3 unveiling will also showcase some new, unexpected products and services to launch in the near future. Here's what Apple might have in store for fans come Wednesday.

Things are getting ugly as Apple’s March 7 event draws closer. The event is highly expected to display, for the first time, the Apple iPad 3, but with a lawsuit between Apple and Proview looming, there could be a problem getting the iPad 3 on the store shelves. Proview first sued Apple in China over the iPad trademark, which saw the device being pulled from store shelves temporarily, but now the fight is spilling over onto Apple’s backyard, a fight that could hamper sales of the iPad 3.

LivingSocial, the second-largest daily deal company behind Groupon Inc , plans to launch its first credit card in coming months to help merchants attract repeat customers, Chief Financial Officer John Bax said on Thursday.

Nissan Motor Co <7201.T> plans to launch cheap automobiles tailored for emerging markets under its old Datsun brand in 2014, The Nikkei reported on Thursday.

Microsoft debuted the final beta version of its new operating system, the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. There's no date given for when the final version may launch, but Microsoft showed off some great new features at MWC 2012. Windows 8 is available for download now, and it runs best on tablet devices because of its inclusion of touchscreen technology. Windows is completely redesigned, and with it, interoperability between mobile devices and desktops is closer to reality.

Apple's next-generation tablet, presumably called the iPad 3, could cost about $70 to $80 more than the current price of an iPad 2, if the newest report from MacRumors proves true.

Seven months after the closure of the News of the World, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is returning to the Sunday tabloid market in the UK with the launch of the new edition of the Sun Feb. 26.

Greece's parliament was expected to endorse a debt swap with private bondholders on Thursday that forms the core of its 130-billion-euro bailout, despite new protests against tough budget cuts demanded in return for the rescue deal.

Japan's largest IT services vendor Fujitsu plans to launch a wide range of smartphone and tablet devices for the first time in Europe, the Financial Times reported on Monday.