Vittorio Hernandez

A district court in San Jose, California, released over the weekend its decision on a class-action lawsuit file in 2010 by iPad owners over an Apple and AT&T promotion for unlimited 3G data plans for the iPad 3G.

While Australia's liquefied natural gas (LNG) is expected to profit when it starts export of the commodity, consumers, however, may be at the losing end with price of LNG expected to triple.

After 47 years of competing in the Miss World Beauty pageant since 1966, a Filipina finally brought home the crown on Saturday, Sept 28, 2013, in Bali, Indonesia. Miss World 2013 is Miss Philippines Megan Young, a 23-year-old actress, VJ and model who started her show business career in 2005 at the age of 15 in a reality talent search.

The victory of Miss Philippines Megan Young in the Miss World 2013 beauty pageant in Bali, Indonesia was not a surprise for many Filipinos because the beauty showed a strong performance even at the start of the pageant.

The trauma that Miss Teen USA Cassidy Wolf faced as a result of an extortion attempt from a man who hacked her computer at home and threatened to release her nude photos may be over.

The Australian share market defied the gloomsters today, to notch up a third consecutive session of gains taking stocks to a fresh five year high. It was also the seventh weekly win for the share market.

Friday morning has seen the ASX200 maintain the constructive tone that has been a feature of recent days. The index appears to be accepting prices at higher levels on improving volume. At lunch time on Friday the market remains within sight of the best levels of the last fortnight. Equally significant is the fact that multi year highs are a part of the picture, with the index hitting new 5 year highs this morning. This last point is significant when considering the general back drop which is bei...

Sexting scandals have been destroying careers of politicians. First, there was New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner and Sydney Leathers. Their version in New Zealand is Paul Findlay, the political party People's Choice bet in Hagley-Ferrymead, and a 15-year-old.

Microsoft is continuing its aggressive attempt to beat competitor Apple by expanding its trade-in programme for old Apple devices in exchange for vouchers that could be used to buy new Microsoft gadgets.

Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush showed his support for same-sex marriage by attending on Saturday the wedding of lesbian couple Helen Thorgalsen, 60, and Bonnie Clement, 55, in Maine.

An Australian prison will soon have a celebrity inmate, a very sexy one at that, having been a Playboy model and actress in the 1980s and early 1990s.

U.S. President Barack Obama is under increasing pressure from Americans for the White House to rejects any deals with Canada that would pave the way for the operation of the Keystone XL pipeline project by TransCanada, even if Ottawa is promising to be tougher on carbon emissions.

The Australian share market has managed to finish higher for a second consecutive session, despite another night of selling on Wall Street and generally weaker sentiment across the Asian region. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) finished the day's trade up 18 points or 0.3 per cent to 5288.2pts.

The resolve of yesterday's buyers has been tested today in early trade on Thursday. Similar circumstances to Wednesday were in place at the open of trade after US stocks ended lower for a 5th day on the trot. The declines for US indices weren't sinister, although the related statistics were less than encouraging, for example the SP 500 finished at the lows of the day; more importantly the index settled below the 1700 mark. As a result the local market saw selling from the outset, at its wo...

The Australian Dollar is higher as the greenback is feeling the pressure over the approaching federal budget.

Since Microsoft just unboxed the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 tablets, the tech giant has no immediate plans to release yet the speculated Surface Mini. CNET reports that the likely timetable for the Surface Mini would be sometime in 2014.

We've seen a slight squaring off of risk plays, with equities marginally lower. Despite the minor selling, most asset classes just continue to maintain some fairly tight ranges as global markets remain in a lull phase. US fiscal negotiations are also keeping some investors at bay and prompting some caution in most asset classes. There was limited reaction to a US durable goods report which came in at +0.1% versus 0% expected. New home sales data also came in relatively in line with consensus....

Amazon introduced on Wednesday its third generation Kindle Fire tablets, marked by the letters HDX. The new tablets features 7-inch and 8.9-inch screens and have a mid-October shipment schedule.

In US economic news, orders for durable goods - goods expected to last more than three years - rose by 0.1pct in August, in line with expectations. Excluding defence and aircraft, orders rose by 1.5pct, just short on the 1.9pct expected rise. New home sales soared by 7.9pct in August to a 421,000 annual rate, in line with forecasts.

Prison rapes would hopefully be reduced significantly in New Zealand jails with a new policy by the government to give transgender convicts and accused the option to choose if they would be sent to a male of female facility.

Having learnt its lessons from the botulism scare caused by tainted milk products made by Fonterra, New Zealand is not taking any chances this time and immediately halted the export of another major agricultural product.

South Korean tech giant Samsung is joining the gold rush started by rival Apple by coming out with its own version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 gold series. In fact, Samsung is doubling the competition by making two models - the gold brown and gold pink S4.

The Australian share market closed higher on Wednesday, following three sessions of losses and after a mixed night on global share markets. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) added 40.6pts by close to 5270.1pts, just 7 points lower than the intra-day high.

Apple iPhones are on the high-end of the market, which explains why Android-operated smartphones from Samsung, HTC and LG dominate the smartphone global market.

A spoof advertisement by 4Chan on an alleged iOS 7 update that will make iPhones waterproof has become viral and damaged a lot of Apple phones.

The ASX200 has started in strong fashion in Wednesday ignoring the weakness seen in the US overnight. The initial setup for local trade was less than optimistic after the Dow closed around the worst levels if its session.

The Australian Dollar is slightly lower amid more signs that the US economic recovery may not be all that strong.

Japan looks east instead of south.

In US economic news, consumer confidence fell from 81.8 to 79.7 in September, short of forecasts for a result near 79.9. The Case Shiller home price index rose 0.6pct in July to be up 12.4pct on a year ago. The FHFA home price index rose 1.0pct in July and8.8pct over the year and the Richmond Fed composite index eased from +14 to zero in September. The Redbook chain store sales index also was 3.6pct up over the year, compared with a 3.4pct gainin the previous week.