Vittorio Hernandez

A new study made by a 14-year-old student warns users of iPad 2 with pacemakers not to place the tablet too close to their chest or risk their lives.

A song by a popular Filipino band, Rivermaya, rendered by controversial former Glee star Charice Pempengco, has gone viral on YouTube with more than 16,000 hits so far after a few days it was posted.

Although she is already 56, singer La Toya Jackson believes it is not too late for her to celebrate yearly Mother's Day. However, the sister of the deceased King of Pop Michael Jackson is not becoming a mum by giving birth the natural way but through adoption.

Mothers' Day 2013 would be an unforgettable date for former Glee Star Charice Pempengco if her planned public admission over national television that she is a lesbian would push through.

The much awaited admission by international singer Charice Pempengco that she is a lesbian, expected to be made over the weekend in a Philippine gossip show, would likely be the talk of tinseltown and social networking sites.

A 15-year-old autistic Australian male lost both his hands over the weekend after a homemade bomb was lobbed at him at a backyard west of Brisbane by a group of young people playing behind a house in Dampier Street in Leichardt. Another report said the improvised devise was given to him which immediately exploded in his hands.

Apparently tired of speculations about her gender preference, former Glee star Charice Pempengco is reportedly set to admit in a TV interview likely to air over the weekend that she is indeed a lesbian.

Friday's session largely boiled down to a tug of war between the resources and banks. As has been the case all week the miners won and financials underperformed. At face value Friday's performance appears underwhelming. The ASX200 finished with a gain of almost 8 points, having squandered an early lead of 44 points at its best levels which were seen in late morning trade. Investors appeared happy for some book squaring ahead of the weekend after the market gained 1.7% in the last 5 days.

The main talking point in the early part of Asian trade has been the sharp rally in the US dollar as the Wall Street day was winding down. Many unilluminating rationalisations for the move have been offered, most of them turning around the US Fed's mindset towards quantitative easing. The better reading overnight in relation to the number of US unemployed claiming benefits was seen as adding credence to this view.

It ain't easy being famous, particularly if your ticket to fame if your large ... private parts. That was what 42-year-old actor Jonah Falcon felt which he expressed in an MTV that has become viral in YouTube.

After its initial successful foray into gadgets with the tablet Kindle, ecommerce site Amazon is joining the smartphone battle by coming out with two handheld devices.

Since everyone has a mother, mum songs have been sung over the years by different singers from various music genres. Mother-themed movies are also favourite themes in Hollywood.

From its size to its strength and pixels, screens have become the new battleground for flagship smartphones as manufacturers come up with the best display to make more sales.

Although Australia's political mother, Prime Minister Julia Gillard, is a single woman who has never been married and never had kids, the country down under is still one of the best places to be a mum.

The results of a New South Wales (NSW) parliamentary committee inquiry on the possible legalisation of medical marijuana use in the Australian state is slated for release on May 17, next Friday.

While Facebook is considering opening the door of the world's most popular social networking site to annoying and unwanted pop-up video ads, Firefox is turning off its portal to third-party cookies in upcoming versions of the popular browser.

After the Thursday launch of the affordable 2G touchscreen smartphone Asha 501 in India, Finnish tech firm will bring the same phone to UK for its May 14 debut in Europe.

The Australian share market closed flat today, following subdued Chinese inflation data and volatile jobs numbers.

The Australian market has extended its gains following much better than forecast job numbers and an unsurprising inflation report in China. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) is up 0.2 per cent or 11.7 pts to 5,189.6, making it the third day of improvements this week. There were 50,100 jobs added in April, 34,500 of which were full-time positions. The unemployment rate eased from 5.6 per cent to 5.5 per cent and the participation rate (the percentage of working-age Australians either employed or loo...

American astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon, urged the U.S. to lead the way in colonising Mars by establishing a human settlement on the red planet.

Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) expects to benefit from the rising demand for steel by China with higher iron ore sales, a company executive said at an international conference in Singapore on Wednesday.

Pope Francis told nuns on Wednesday to live up to their titles - that is as spiritual mothers - and not focus on their state of life which is as old maids.

The possibility of more members leaving the world's most popular social networking site looms amid reports that Facebook plans to place pop-up ads when members open their account to read News Feeds from their friends.

The ASX 200 Index closed at a near five year high today, as investor sentiment was boosted by record closes on the US Dow Jones and S&P 500 Indices, as well as better than expected Chinese trade data. The ASX 200 closed just shy of 5200 points, its best finish since June 30, 2008.

The Australian market is rising thanks to a better than expected Chinese trade surplus and US shares closing at record highs. The All Ordinaries index (XAO) is up 0.7 per cent or 35.8 pts to 5,158.5. A US$18.16bn trade surplus in China at 11.49am (AEST) pushed local shares slightly higher initially while the Australian dollar recorded a more obvious rise to US101.9 cents.

Sony unveiled on Wednesday a $549 laptop, indicating a shift in pricing strategy for the electronic giant. The Japanese firm introduced the Vaio Fit, a 14-inch laptop that is thin, light and has aluminium body.

Microsoft has sold over 100 million copies of Windows 8 since it started to ship the new operating system six months ago on Oct 26, 2012. The information, reverses previous observation that the new OS was not moving in store shelves as fast as the manufacturer and industry expected it despite the operating system being designed primarily for touch command.

Despite the favourable reviews of new smartphones such as the HTC One, Sony Xperia and Nokia Lumia 920 as well as tablets such as the Surface Pro, the smartphone and tablet market remains largely a battleground between Samsung and Apple.

Will Australia ever have an aboriginal or indigenous prime minister? This teasing question was thrown to Aussies through a full page advert in the Saturday edition of The Australian.