Thinking about buying electronics or a new computer soon? The quake in Japan could affect electronic prices world wide. Up to 40% of the supply of Lithium-ion batteries, LCDs, and flash memory comes from Japan. Even on many things where it says "assembled in China", the actual parts are manufactured in Japan. As supplies diminish we could see a world wide price hike for the next 6 months...
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