Asia's sharply rising currencies and an upcoming election in military-run Myanmar are set to dominate an annual regional summit in Vietnam this weekend.
A newly built supercomputer in China appears poised to take the world performance lead, another sign of the country's growing technological prowess.
The headline feature of Nintendo's forthcoming 3DS videogame system is the ability to play 3-D games without the need for eyewear, but it is the device's ability to locate other players that may prove critical to its success.