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Australia, Canada approve Yahoo!-Microsoft deal

WASHINGTON - Australian and Canadian competition authorities have approved the Internet search and advertising partnership between Yahoo! and Microsoft, the companies said on Tuesday.

Google to digitise Iraq Museum archives: CEO

BAGHDAD - US Internet giant Google will soon begin digitising artefacts and documents at Iraq’s National Museum, its chief executive said on a visit to Baghdad on Tuesday.

’Jail broken’ iPhones hacked by new virus

Hackers have built a virus that attacks Apple Inc’s iPhone by secretly taking control of the devices via their Internet connections, security experts said.

Tweets or bleats? Tool measures importance on Twitter

You’ve got followers and post regularly, but ever wondered how popular you are on Twitter? An online tool that evaluates “tweets” can tell.

News Corp, Microsoft hold talks on locking out Google

Microsoft has held talks with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp over a possible plan for the software giant to pay the media company to remove its news websites from Google, a report said on Monday.

Harnessing the power of salt, Norway tries osmotic power

OSLO - After wind, sun, currents and tides, a company is preparing to make clean electricity by harnessing another natural phenomenon, the energy-unleashing encounter of freshwater and seawater.

Computer hackers leak e-mails, fuel climate debate

Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online — stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change.

Smartphone growth to continue

BARCELONA - The wireless chip industry expects smartphone market surge to continue, with British microchip designer ARM saying growth would likely even accelerate further next year.

eBay completes Skype sale

WASHINGTON - Online auction giant eBay announced Thursday it had completed its sale of Skype to an investment group that includes the two founders of the Web communications company.

Google PC will start in 7 seconds or less

MOUNTAIN VIEW - New Google Inc software will start up a computer as fast as a television can be turned on, the search company said on Thursday as it showed off its Chrome operating system designed for PCs that do their work on the Web.