Vittorio Hernandez

St. Thomas Aquinas, a Catholic prep school in Florida, is one of more than 2,000 schools to adopt Chromebooks for education, according to Google's Global Education Evangelist Jaime Casap.

Experts forecast over the weekend that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will retain the record-low 3 per cent overnight cash rate when it meets on Tuesday for its monetary policy decision.

Adult film actress Coco Brown wants to make history by being the first porn star to travel to outer space. To show how serious is her intention to be known outside baring her body, Ms Brown paid ￡64,000 to be part of a private Dutch space mission in 2014.

Even if mining magnate Gina Rinehart lost $965 million in 2012 and is no longer the world's richest woman, with $17 billion in her treasure chest, she is still Australia's richest person.

Despite the denial by a prostitute that she had sex with embattled MP Craig Thomson, the lawmaker representing Dobell continues to be hounded by public perception that he had extramarital affair with women engaged in the flesh trade.

The positive atmosphere around the local stock market has continued to build at the end of the week. In the last 2 days there have been a number of setbacks, yet the upward momentum of the index has prevailed.

Following on from a quick pullback yesterday, the local market is improving for the 11th time in 12 trading sessions. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) is up 0.7 per cent or 36.6 pts to 4937.6. The market is anticipating economic news out of China between 12pm (AEDT) and 12.45pm (AEDT) which could drive markets this afternoon.

The lawyer of disgraced independent MP Craig Thomson disclosed on Friday that the lawmaker was strip searched by New South Wales police after his arrest on Thursday.

A Queensland passenger train lost its brake on Thursday at 7:55 a.m., causing the train to run off the tracks and ram into a station toilet in Cleveland, east of Brisbane. The accident caused damaged to the toilets and injured 14 people.

A new social photo-taking game app launched by CollegeHumor has been launched for iPhone and it's called Bout. The photo-taking app challenges players to compete with each other by submitting images that answer funny prompts.

Escaping from the temple ruins and dungeons while dodging traps beats out the powers of super-powered birds. Imangi Studios made history with Temple Runs2 as it became the fastest growing mobile game, displacing Rovio's pet app. Temple Run 2 soared with 50 million downloads in just 13 days from its release.

The debut of Blackberry 10 and its carrier unit Blackberry Z10 delivered new features, new improvements, and overall changes from its previous generation. Blackberry specialises in maximum security and is mainly used for corporate functions due to its great email features, business tools, and scheduling. iPhone 5 delivers not only the latest technology when it comes to hardware but also fluid and smooth performance for its user.

Financially hard-up Australians could expect better treatment from their banks beginning February 2014 when the updated Code of Banking Practice takes effect.

A former Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) manager appears to have become wealthy by filching old currencies supposed to be burned. Evidence of the theft was accidentally discovered by another RBA employee who appeared on Thursday before the Melbourne Magistrate Court.

Like sugar, global prices of coal are expected to go up in the coming months as an aftermath of the flooding of the Australian state of Queensland on the last week of January.

Riding on the popularity of Psy's Gangnam Style which continues to gain more hits, the world-famous Philippine dancing inmates from Cebu Province made a video performing the dance before 2012 and it has garnered so far more than 6.4 million hits in just four months.

As beautifully as the sun shines, it always sets. This is one way to poetically describe what took place on the Australian sharemarket today. After 10 consecutive sessions of gains, the local market slipped into negative territory. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) eased by 0.4 per cent or 18.1 pts to 4901.0.

New South Wales police arrested on Thursday embattled MP Craig Thomson over 150 fraud charges the independent lawmaker is facing over his alleged mishandling of Health Services Union (HSU) funds.

The Australian share market seems unlikely to make it 11 wins in a row, following falls on Wall Street overnight. Despite a flat start and entry into positive territory, stocks are in the red at lunchtime in the East. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) is down 15.7pts or 0.3pct to 4903.4.

The mayor of a city, where a very tough smoking ban law is being proposed, expressed apprehension over becoming the laughing stock of the world over fears that the measure could not be enforced.

Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old honor student and majorette at King College Prep High School and who attended the Obama inaugural in early January was shot dead on Tuesday.

In 2012, a record of 700 million units has been shipped across the globe with Samsung and Apple owning half of the market, according to the new research of Strategy Analytics.

Research in Motion (RIM) indeed polished their operating system and the result is that Blackberry 10 offers a fresh new look for the audience. The anticipation by many of the Blackberry comeback has been paid well with the overhauling and reinvention of the mobile operating system reflecting the effort, blood, tears and sweat of its contributors.

Symbian OS was the dominant smartphone computing platform until 2010 when Android OS conquered its territory. It was once under the full control of Nokia and many of their smartphone units run the OS.

Due to the tough measures proposed by Melbourne Councilor Richard Foster, City Mayor Robert Doyle has said that it may not be enforceable even if he favours the measure.

Farmers and other stakeholders in Australia's sugar industry have expressed concern over the bitter taste the current Queensland flood will have on prices of this sweet commodity.

On the same day that Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced Sept 14 as the day for the country's federal election, a major business group challenged politicians to focus on six key issues.

The Australian share market made it ten wins in a row today, the longest winning streak since 14-28th July 2009 when stocks had 11 sessions of gains. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) rose 8.3pts or 0.2pct to 4919.1pts, its highest level since late April 2011.

The local market is improving for the 10th straight session, with the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) 0.2 per cent or 11.8 pts higher to 4922.6. July 2009 was the last time the market enjoyed such a long winning streak and shares are trading at their highest levels in 2 months.