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ONLINE jobs agency Seek has increased its presence in Asia after paying $23.5 million to more than double its stake in a Malaysia-based jobs website.

To say RIM's first touch-screen smartphone -- the BlackBerry Storm 9500 -- was a disappointment would be putting it mildly. Despite really wanting to like the original effort (after all, a touch-screen BlackBerry did sound cool), the "clickable" touch screen was clunky, the software was full of issues, there was no Wi-Fi and typing was a frustrating experience. But RIM is now back with a second effort: the BlackBerry Storm2 9520 smartphone

Google will launch on Tuesday evening Google Apps Marketplace, providing a venue for third-party, cloud-based applications to supplement Google's own online applications.

AN attempt by the Opposition to halt Senate discussions on legislation designed to cleave Telstra in two has failed.

Affected customers can expect compensation.

Don't expect Jonathan Schwartz to go quietly.

Cisco Systems introduced its first major new routers in six years and said they can be configured to handle internet traffic up to 12 times faster than rival products.

Leading business software provider MYOB has bowed to market pressure and will join the software-as-a-service cloud later this month. Its popular accounting package will be hosted on Microsoft's new cloud service platform Azure.

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