Erik Pineda

A new study conducted by the Chinese think-tank China Development Research Foundation (CDRF) has urged the government to soon drop its controversial one-child policy that is imposed on every family with little exception.

The Star Wars storyline will remain faithful to its roots despite fears from hardcore fans that George Lucas yielding the franchise baton to Disney could lead to artistic decline.

Thirty-nine fallen soldiers after and a war bill amounting to around $10 billion, Australia is all set for the gradual drawdown from the Afghan Mission that started in 2001, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said on Wednesday.

Windows 8 is rolling out in stunning fashion, attracting millions to install the newest version of the Microsoft operating system barely a week after its launch, company chief executive Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday.

Apple’s iPad Mini will reign supreme in the 7-plus inch tablet class but it will not kill competitors like Amazon’s Kindle Fire and Google’s Nexus 7 – the smaller iPad is way too pricey to do that.

Chip technology firm ARM spilled out on Tuesday its new line of processors that were aimed to capture more tech market segments apart from its present dominance in the mobile device sector.

The Star Wars saga continues, thanks largely to Disney and if future plans roll out just fine global viewers will be regaled by Episode 7 on 2015, capping the multi-billion dollar deal that would extend the Star Wars franchise for new generations to see.

The earth shook in the Apple board room this week and the disruption claimed two senior executives deemed by the Board of Directors to leave the company.

Heading into the last quarter of 2012, the smartphone industry remains largely a duopoly by Apple and Samsung, with the two giants gobbling 108 per cent shares of profits as of September 2012.

A new study is advocating a switch from wholesale tax levied on wine, likely increasing the cost of alcohol-based drinks for the average Australian but reducing at the same time problems directly attributed to the product.

How is Windows 8 faring so far? If Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer is to be believed, products running the cross-platform operating system are getting their shares of ‘wow’ compliments from admirers.

Google unwrapped on Monday three fresh devices that were meant to make shopping a tad more exciting for the holidays and they came emblazoned with the now popular Nexus brand, which means Google engineering prowess has been poured bit time for these gadgets.

Labor Senator Don Farrell has relinquished the top senate spot in South Australia on Tuesday, saying his move should dispel suggestions that the ruling party is troubled by factionalism and sexism.

Microsoft’s Windows 8 has so far generated mixed reviews though tech experts were somewhat in agreement that the cross-platform OS was not as intuitive as that of Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is on offensive mode these days following strings of opinion polls that showed his plummeting popularity and that of the Coalition’s diminishing edge over the Labor-led government.

E-readers revolutionised the way consumers purchase books or more appropriately, the device altered the whole business of delivering book titles to avid readers worldwide.

Nokia is waging war and making a beachhead first is foremost to the Finnish firm's near-term goal of at least surviving in the smartphone territory, which at the moment is presently dominated by Apple and Android handsets.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard is riding high as the latest Newspoll-News Ltd survey pointed to her steady popularity with a significant bonus – Labor, the party she leads, is surging too and has effectively erased the possibility of a humiliating defeat come the federal election on the latter part of 2013.

China’s National People's Congress Standing Committee has moved for the inevitable on Friday, it struck out the name of Bo Xilai from the list of deputies serving in the foremost Chinese legislative body.

Labor is likely to boost its primary votes if the party would reinstall Kevin Rudd as leader, a secret union-sponsored survey said earlier this week, pointing to the likelihood that the former prime minister may consider another leadership challenge.

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel are fully-equipped to serve missions and conduct operations whenever and wherever they are deployed by the government, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said on Friday.

For two quarters in a row, Apple failed to even equal market expectations, departing from its famed reputation of measuring up or even exceeding the figures churned out by market analysts.

Samsung Electronics has again romped its way to record sales numbers in Q3 2012, pocketing $US7.4 billion in operating profits mostly on the back of close to 60 million Android smartphones the tech giant has shipped out in the period.

The controversial mining tax remains poised to deliver Australia’s surplus target, Treasurer Wayne Swan insisted on Thursday, despite reports of zero revenue following the program’s roll out on July 1 this year.

WikiLeaks’ founder Julia Assange is reportedly sick and Ecuadorian embassy officials in London have appealed to British authorities to grant the Aussie whistleblower safe passage so he can be brought to a hospital.

It’ll be gadgets galore this holiday season as tech firms flooded the market with new toy devices, meant to lure the young and old, that are expected to be snapped up in huge numbers by Christmas shoppers.

Personal computers will inevitably be relegated behind the pacesetting smartphones and tablet computers, research firm Gartner said in a new report made public on Wednesday, adding that mobile phones are likely to emerge as the preferred computing tool by 2013.

The spotlight is on Microsoft this time as it launches Windows 8, leaving the tech world wondering if smartphones and tablet computers running on the new operating system would measure up with Apple and Android devices.

Australia has joined forces with government cyber warriors from the United States and the United Kingdom to increase nations’ capabilities of thwarting attempts by unscrupulous hackers to breach the security protocols of computer systems maintained by public and private entities.