Not surprised that tech companies would be affected by Japans earthquake but it is surprising how many and how hard.  Check out this brief about the companies involved. One of the hardest hit appears to be Sony forcing them to close plants.  InChannelNews you can read all about it. It will touch things like smartphone assembly to blu-ray players in computers and CE products. Read all about it in David Richards and the Computer Daily News report from Sunday.

More info about whats going on from the techies at www.end2endsupport.com and www.gotavirusbug.com.