Vittorio Hernandez

An outdoor party for a 30-year-old man on Saturday turned into a tragedy when a crocodile attacked and ate one of his guest, a 24-year-old man from Darwin while they swimming across the muddy river.

Another celebrity fell victim to Internet death claims - and this time the rumour had some credence because A-lister actress Angelina Jolie recently underwent double mastectomy, making some fans believe she succumbed possibly due to complications related to her surgery.

Bob Filner will resign on Friday, Aug 30, as mayor of San Diego, California. He was actually forced to leave office after less than nine months on the job when the city council, in a 7-0 vote, pressured him to step down over sexual harassment complaints.

The public reaction toward Warner Brothers' selection of Ben Affleck to play Batman in a new movie with Superman, still to be portrayed by Henry Cavill, has become funnier with more memes Warner's choice of Ben.

Hours after Warner Brothers announced the casting of Ben Affleck as Batman in a new superheroes that would feature the Caped Crusader and Superman, still to be portrayed by Henry Cavill, the social media world was flooded by mostly negative reactions of movie fans to the choice.

Today closed out another busy week for the Australian stock market. The ASX 200 index climbed from the open of trade and by the end was 47.7 points higher after a strong session in the US overnight.

In a bid to eat a large slice of the tablet pie, particularly the share of Apple's iPad, Amazon kept on discounting their Kindle Fire tablet the past few weeks. On Thursday, Amazon cut anew the price of its refurbished Kindle Fire 8.9-inch model.

The Australian share market is rebounding in early trade following a positive session on offshore markets overnight. The NASDAQ rose more than one per cent despite a computer glitch which stopped trading for three hours.

A computer glitch hit on Thursday the Nasdaq Stock Market for three hours. Being the second downtime this week, it raised anew concerns over the fragile state of the bourses.

A report on Thursday said that the Free Speech Coalition, a porn industry trade association, issued a moratorium the previous day pending the results of more tests on a porn star suspected of being HIV positive. The XXX-rated performer was unnamed at that time.

Gold Fields agreed to buy three high-cost gold mines in Australia from Barrick Gold, the world's largest gold producer, for $300 million.

There is now a list of drug manufacturers and dealers in New Zealand engaged in the production of synthetic recreational drugs. The list is dominated by adult shops, while the names of some of them such as Pillz & Thrillz sound like their specialty is getting their customers high.

A better than expected reading on the health of China's manufacturing sector wasn't quite enough to push local shares into positive territory today. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) slipped by 0.5 per cent, with the mining sector the biggest drag.

The Australian share market is under selling pressure in the early session, following weakness on US markets overnight and as investors awaited a reading on Chinese manufacturing.

The fireplace is considered one of the most romantic places in the house, next to the bedroom. However, in Montreal, a major city in Quebec, Canada, the fireplace as well as wood-burning stoves would be banned by 2021.

All eyes are on Samsung as the South Korean tech giant releases on Sept 4 its Galaxy Gear smartwatch. In its review of the upcoming device, Computerworld pointed out that more than a timepiece, the gadget would offer a wide range of sensors and enough horsepower to put to shame midrange smartphones.

A 30-second advertisement for the Lenovo Yoga tablet has gone viral in YouTube. In just one day since the video was posted, it has been viewed almost 170,000 times.

The Taiwan-made HTC One has been topping the list of tech reviewers since it was released in the market because of its game-changer features, although it has also been criticised for its irreplaceable battery and being difficult to fix.

A Canadian dentist is teaming up with American scientists in a plan to clone one of the most popular Beatles member, John Lennon, using DNA from his tooth.

The Australian sharemarket is a little higher after a 0.6 per cent slump yesterday. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) is up 0.2 per cent. Most sectors are higher; however significant weakness in the mining and energy sectors is holding the market back.

British authorities have banned 23-year-old Robert Newman of Devizes, Wilts, from all the farms in the country because of his perversion of having sex with a goat.

A Twitter scandal is looming over the Holy See because of a female PR consultant whose semi-nude photo is circulating on the Web and her controversial Tweets on the microblogging site.

Mining giant BHP Billiton (ASX: BHP) has committed $2.6 billion for the development of the Jansen potash project in Canada. The commitment comes at a time that BHP logged a 30 per cent drop in prices due to lower commodity prices and uncertainty over the market for this fertiliser ingredient.

The ongoing trial of the two former Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) cadets for filming having sex with a female cadet has been reduced to a he said, she said type of argument.

New Zealand's White Island Volcano, off the Bay of Plenty Coast, erupted on Tuesday morning, Aug 20, at 10:23 am. The eruption, which sent steam into the air reaching 4 kilometres above sea level, lasts for about 10 minutes.

After a flat start to the week, the Australian market lost ground, with the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) falling by 0.7 per cent and finishing well below 5100.0. It was always going to be challenging to buck the trend from last night, with both US and European equity markets losing ground. The Dow Jones Industrials fell by 0.5 per cent overnight, dropping for the 12th time in 16 sessions.

Controversial Brazilian actress, model and TV host Daiana Menezes appears to be over the domestic and financial problems that hounded her the past few months. Her cover photo of the men's magazine, UNO, for the September 2013 issue, shows a very happy Daiana with no apparent traces of the tax problems and husband problems she grappled with a few weeks back.

Other phone manufacturers should double their efforts to come up with more smartphone to enjoy a bigger share of the global market that South Korean-Tech giant enjoys.

Aussie men, be forewarned! A cyber syndicate is victimising horny Australian males who love not only to visit porn Web sites but also to actively participate in Webcam activities such as stripping or jacking off.