Arlene Paredes

Setting the screen display aside, HTC One VX is a pretty solid smartphone in terms of hardware. It runs on a 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor and 1GB of RAM. It has a 5 megapixel rear camera, with secondary VGA camera for video calls.

There is no better tablet for Amazon shoppers than the Kindle Fire HD 8.9. But that is only true if your primary use for your tablet is browsing and viewing Amazon items – and you do not want a smaller tablet. Here are the specs of the latest version of Kindle Fire HD.

Students at St Thomas More College at Sunnybank in Brisbane are mourning the death of one of their own. Seventeen-year-old Harrison Kadell died of drowning in a resort pool in Fiji. Here are eight of the things we learned from the news round-up.

Once Upon A Time Season 2 is proving to be at least ten times better than its first season.

UFO sighting reports persist despite the lack of guaranteed answers from experts - whether in aviation or general science. For the eager UFO observers, there will be a time for clear answers in the future. Meantime, they will photograph and film seemingly strange and unidentified flying objects in the hopes of capturing the image that would disclose, once and for all, the presence of extraterrestrial spacecrafts within Earth territory.

Do aliens walk among us? Every now and then, there are paranormal "proofs" being disproved. And there are those that linger to the curious mind. Watch the accompanying video to see where you might categorize this alleged alien sighting.

The Mentalist Season 5 is almost halfway through. The fictional CBI still doesn't know who Red John is, but we do know a couple of things about Patrick Jane's nemesis. How long would series creator Bruno Heller keep the viewers guessing?

"Game of Thrones" Season 3 is set to air via HBO in March 2013, but fans could hardly wait. HBO on Sunday teased its millions of viewers with a "first look" video clip on the production of GOT Season 3.

Facebook user Nolan Daniels (not necessarily his real name) on Friday claimed winning $239 million Powerball money, and shared a photoshopped photo - supposedly of himself - with the winning lottery ticket. He encouraged users to share the photo. In return, he would give a million dollars to a random user.

Once Upon a Time Season 2 will take a break after Sunday’s episode, which means big scenes are expected to unfold in the fall finale of the series. Can Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Emma (Jennifer Morrison) beat Cora (Barbara Hershey)?

Facebook Photo Sync allows you to effortlessly upload photos you have snapped with your Android or iOS device. What should you be cautious about? The Photo Sync was in limited testing in August. Now it is operational to some select users before a full rollout. Here are some user tips.

"How I Met Your Mother" may or may not end in 2013. There is still no definite answer despite the CBS network's hopeful stance before the current season premiered in September. As far as Alyson Hannigan is concerned, a ninth season will be good news.

Grey’s Anatomy star Jesse Williams tweeted Tuesday, “Big big episode this week.” In Shondaland, when an episode is “big,” someone usually dies. But previous reports have indicated the next death won’t occur until 2013. So, why is this week’s episode big for Williams?

It is official: Kristen Bell will be seen in the Gossip Girl finale. But what should fans expect? Bell has been rendering her great-for-dramatic-taunting voice to the series since it began in 2007. In a tweet, Bell expressed what being Gossip Girl's voice meant to her.

Ricky Martin will be joining Delta Goodrem, Seal and Joel Madden as judge-mentor in The Voice Australia 2013. Martin recently topped a poll by Broadway.com on the "Sexiest Man on Broadway." But he only has until the end of January to play Che in Broadway's "Evita." Elena Roger, who plays Eva, and Michael Cerveris, who plays Juan Perón, will also exit the production.

The Big Bang Theory Season 6 is back with a fresh episode Thursday night in U.S. television. Are you wondering what happens next after the "I love you" scene between Penny and Leonard?

Phillip Phillips' "The World From the Side of the Moon" sold 169,000 copies in its first week of release. The American Idol 2012 winner debuted on Billboard 200 at fourth place, but it was the Top Rock Album in the same week.

Gotye on Thursday night took home four ARIA Awards, including the Best Male Artist award, which he also won last year. Clearly, the artist that served the world with one of the catchiest break-up songs ever is still Australia's favourite pop icon. Kimbra, who recorded the hit "Somebody that I Used to Know" with Gotye, won the ARIA for Best Female Artist for the second consecutive year, too.

A Facebook community page called "Theories of the deep understanding of things" tested the social network's ability to discern which images are considered "indecent material" under its terms of service. The result showed Facebook can definitely make mistakes in classifying certain images as indecent.

A UFO mass sighting was reported Tuesday at the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON). The witnesses were at Scottsdale, in Maricopa County, Arizona when they saw the strange-looking light hovering outside their home.

Sydney could experience a warmer day than usual with temperatures rising to as high as 31 degrees this Friday, according to meteorologists. Yet this is not the worst. Weather could still get even warmer by Saturday.

Nicki Minaj is no longer bickering with fellow American Idol judge Mariah Carey, but she definitely has some things to say to former judge Steven Tyler. Reacting to Tyler's thoughts on her artist radar system, Minaj took to Twitter to express some resentment.

Miley Cyrus is reportedly working out a pre-nuptial agreement with her fiancé, Liam Hemsworth, although she says she already feels married to the young actor. A source revealed to media that Cyrus merely wants to secure custody of her dogs in case her marriage to Hemsworth fails. Meanwhile, Cyrus talks "regrets" with the media.

"Emily Owens, M.D." a newcomer in medical drama series, has just been cancelled by The CW, TV Line confirmed. 'Owens' debuted to only 1.7 million total viewers last month. Its latest episode (S01xE06) last Tuesday had a million viewers.

Texas astronomers at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy have found the most massive black hole ever recorded, and it measures 17 billion times the mass of the sun. The team's findings are in the Nov. 29 issue of the journal Nature.

A scary prank has gone viral within days after its footage was uploaded to YouTube. Brazilian variety show "Programa Silvio Santos" pulled the elevator prank, which starts the minute its targets walk into the building.

ASUS is reportedly set to launch a 7-inch Android tablet that will compete against Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HD. Rumour has it that Asus, which manufactured the Nexus 7, will unveil its own tablet at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January 2013.

Neil Patrick Harris is delivering a different kind of fun in his own web series called, "Neil's Puppet Dreams." The series debuted Tuesday on the Nerdist Channel on YouTube. The first episode is called, "Neil Patrick Harris Dreams The Lullabye."

"Sex and the City" (SATC) will come back to U.S. television with fresh episodes, only this time, viewers will see a much, much younger Carrie Bradshaw. Anna Sophia Robb plays high school Carrie Bradshaw on The CW's "The Carrie Diaries." The young Bradshaw's life is hoped to reconcile to the 30-something writer on SATC, which had a very successful run on HBO.