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Google moves in on Yahoo

Google opens a new online market place called DoubleClick Ad Exchange in a bid to get a larger piece of the display advertising market dominated by Yahoo

Dell to pay US$4 million for deceptive business practices

Dell misled customers by promising cheap financing while charging high credit rates, says New York

Singapore boosts free Wi-Fi speed

Singapore's free Wi-Fi service, Wireless@SG, got a speed boost this week as the government agency that oversees the service outlined plans to add new features to the network, including...

Canadian, U.S pilots seek ban on lithium batteries in planes

Citing several incidents of onboard fire involving lithium batteries, an airline pilots union is demanding a temporary ban on lithium battery shipments. The proposed ban, however, would also stop passengers from carrying devices using lithium batteries...

Internet slows down following Asian undersea cable trouble

A serious cable fault temporarily disrupted Internet traffic on the APCN2 undersea cable network

Apple may patch serious SMS vulnerability on iPhone

The iPhone is more secure than MacOS X-based computers, but SMS may be a critical weakness

Acer, Palm seen as possible Dell acquisition targets

Dell increased its cash reserves by 16 per cent during the first quarter in a preparation for acquiring another company

Conficker passes quietly, but threat isn’t over

The activation of the Conficker.c worm at midnight on April 1 passed without incident, but security researchers said users aren't out of the woods yet. The people behind Conficker may simply be biding their time

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