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Lifestyle, which varies from person to person, was introduced as a term in the 1950s which defines the way a person lives. A specific lifestyle reflects an individual's attitudes, values, or world view and it means the forging of a sense of self and creation of personal identity.

A report from the Centre for Internet Safety of the University of Canberra said that Australians are among the world's heaviest Internet users, which makes them the most vulnerable to virtual stalkers.

Samsung seems to be full of surprises packed with many new devices this 2013. Before, the question was "Is it a phone, a tablet?" but this time it is "What is it that is sort of a phone and sort of a tablet?" Well, the answer would be Fonblet.

Will HTC really unbox the M7 anytime soon? Another image leak, purportedly “an accurate depiction of the HTC M7,” just came out, again driving up speculations that the One X/Droid DNA replacement is set for a Q1 2013 market debut.

Flurry of leaks is driving deserved attention to the upcoming BlackBerry 10 handsets, the initial pack of which Research in Motion (RIM) intends to unveil on January 30.

Java fault-finder Adam Gowdiak found a vulnerability to the Java 7 update 11 and claims that Oracle should "bring security research to the new level." The Oracle's most recent patch shows vulnerability to hackers which may affect users without their knowledge that their computers or mobile devices are being hacked or penetrated by another individual.

Samsung has nudged most of its tablet stable into the JellyBean 4.1 fold, announcing last week that the Galaxy Note 10.1 and the all the Galaxy Tab 2 variants will be updated to the not-so-latest Android flavour.

Facebook recently got an update and it features Voice Messaging in its app for Android. The users can expect full support for voice messages and faster image rendering. Facebook users can also share their friends' stories directly on their own timelines which before was exclusive to the desktop version.

Due to reports that traces of horse meat were found in hamburgers sold in some of UK and Ireland supermarkets, McDonald's Australia launched a new app that would allow diners to track where the ingredients came from, including if horse meat was used.

To mark the first year anniversary of police storming into the Auckland mansion and arrest of former Megaupload owner Kim Dotcom over online piracy, Mr Dotcom launched on Sunday a new portal - mega.co.nz.

Nokia is opening up new market fronts for the Lumia 620, hoping to stumble on fresh revenue sources by bringing the Lumia-flavoured Windows Phone 8 handsets to wider audience reach.

The fourth Galaxy Note is on the way. It will be known as Galaxy Note 8.0 and Samsung intends to debut the new small tablet via the Mobile World Congress scheduled for Barcelona staging in late February.

Apple’s iPhone 5S, according to KGI Securities, will come out by Q3 2013 sporting the A7 28 nanometre chip architecture. While the forecast is not pointing to a sure-fire iPhone release, it should be interesting to pit the likely specs of the refreshed iPhone against Google’s flagship smartphone, the Nexus 4.

South Korea’s LG appears all prepped for a major 2013 push as rumours intensified that the Nexus 4 manufacturers is gearing up for a salvo of Nexus gadget releases, which could include a 5-inch serving of the Google smartphone plus a Nexus 7.7 tablet.

Facebook dashed this week rumours that it will roll out a smartphone which will possibly challenge the iPhone. Instead, the most popular social networking site rolled out the graph search. Despite the denial of a Facebook smartphone, speculations would likely go on and these features are what many FB fans would want to see in such a device.

It's usual for Apple devices such as smartphone and tablets to be cloned by Android-based ones, but this new China-made tablet was probably inspired by Asus and Google-made Nexus 7.

Sprint Galaxy Nexus just received an Android 4.2 Jellybean update available live from Google servers.

Trading on Rio Tinto's (ASX: RIO) stock opened on Friday at $64.50, a 1.45 per cent drop from Thursday's closing price of $65.55, indicating the minimal impact of the Thursday night announcement of Tom Albanese's departure as chief executive of the mining company.

Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus is getting the Android JellyBean 4.2 update but the patch needs to be downloaded manually and at the moment intended only for Sprint subscribers.

CEOs - they are powerful, rich, intelligent, loved, envied, feared, and sometimes fired.

From chief executive officer to jobless - that's what these nine CEOs recently experienced in the past few months which created headlines and shocked the corporate world.

Australia's mining industry was rocked on Thursday night, not by volatile iron ore prices or another tax on resources, but by the sudden firing of Tom Albanese as chief executive of Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO).

Apple is heavily inclined for a third quarter refresh of the iPhone 5 by Q3 2013, by that time to be known as iPhone 5S, centred on A7 chips and retaining the 4-inch screen size, a new report said.

An IT company investigation over apparent hack attempts from China uncovered a thriving and secret outsourcing operation by the firm's top software developer. The probe found that the employee, identified as Bob, spent the whole day watching cat videos while paying Chinese developers one-fifth of his salary or about $850 a month.

The upcoming HTC M7 closely resembles Apple’s iPhone 5, based on the Android smartphone’s leaked image render published on Wednesday by Unwired View.

Nexus 7 was recently picked up for U.S. distribution by AT&T and T-Mobile, allowing American buyers of the unlocked Google-Asus tablet to connect via the two telcos’ HSPA+ network.

Push-to-talk (PTT) service is similar to a walkie-talkie with radio devices and usually has a limited range. In mobile devices, PTT can have unlimited range using an Internet connection and individuals conversing can be from both ends of the world. GroupVox developed their PTT service app which allows Facebook users to send text messages to one another and voice messages similar to a walkie-talkie.

Tablet devices may take over the existence of laptop computers in the future due to its great potential on delivering mobility, functionality, and battery life. Unlike laptops and netbooks, tablet devices are light and usually thin with capabilities to make office documents and presentations, multimedia functions, and have loads of applications.

Samsung and AT&T finally released over-the-air (OTA) the JellyBean 4.1.1 update for the Galaxy S3, which delivers exciting new features to the hugely popular smartphone courtesy of the smooth platform collaboration between Android and TouchWiz.