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  • One cent laptop offer a mistake: Compaq Aust

    In a move that has outraged users, Compaq Australia will not honour a one cent laptop deal mistakenly advertised on its Web site as a result of a system glitch.

  • Compaq admits processing one-cent laptop sales

    Despite its initial denials, Compaq Australia now admits that it did in fact process the payments of customers who bought Presario laptops for just one cent as a result of an online pricing hiccup

  • Compaq Australia faces lawsuit over one cent laptops

    Compaq Australia may be facing a class action lawsuit from irate customers who feel duped by the hardware manufacturer's accidental Web site promotion of Presario laptop computers costing just one cent.

  • Sharing personal information for a price

    Netizens are getting hip to the seedy backroom marketplace where their names, addresses, and personal buying habits are peddled like cheap watches ... and they want in.

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