Erik Pineda

Come December this year, cigarettes in Australian stores will be sold in drab and plain packaging following the High Court’s affirmation on Wednesday that the legislation passed by the Parliament in 2011 did not contravene the constitution.

From computer innovations, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has refocused his attention on sanitary concerns, which he believes is the key to eliminate diseases that wipe out millions of people around the world each year.

Crowd funding websites may offer one of the coolest means to earn some big bucks but Australia’s corporate watchdog issued an advisory on Tuesday outlining the risks and responsibilities that come with getting involved on such projects.

Julian Assange’s asylum application to Ecuador will be known within the current week following reports that the Latin nation’s president has indicated of an imminent decision on the plea of the WikiLeaks founder.

The Norway massacre that killed 77 people on July 2011 was wholly preventable, a new commission report on the incident said on Monday, faulting the Norwegian authorities for their monumental lapses that allowed a lone assailant to maim and kill almost unhindered.

Refugee processing facilities in Nauru and Manus Island, located in Papua New Guinea, would be up and running soon enough as Prime Minister Julia Gillard formally requested on Tuesday Australian access to two nations.

Google has commenced reengineering efforts on Motorola Mobility, signalling serious intents on the part of the tech giant to turnaround at the soonest possible time an ailing firm it bought for more than $12 billion in May this year.

Giant tobacco firms are attempting to re-invent their products in the face of relentless onslaughts coming from government regulators and health experts, which have been actively pushing to limit the world’s smoking incidence in the past decade, report said.

Airlines’ current policy of ‘special seating accommodation’ for unaccompanied minor or children should be revised or scrapped altogether, a male nurse said following what he described as a humiliating ordeal during his ride with a Qantas Airways flight last June.

The collapse of popular BitTorrent site Demonoid appears to be in the final stage as TorrentFreak reported over the weekend that domain names associated with the file-sharing website were currently up for sale.

As the number of asylum seekers ballooned to more than 600 in August alone, a political solution on the matter remains elusive as the Coalition reiterated on Monday its opposition to the Malaysian component of the border protection stand off.

A permanent point man for Facebook in Australia should be appointed soon, the giant social media firm said on Monday following its confirmation that an interim head has been tapped to run the company’s local operations on daily basis.

Google intends to employ new search algorithm that would shore up the appearance of legitimate web content providers to the tech giant’s search pages, boosting what the company said chances by music, movie and software producers to lure more buyers away from bootleg sources.

Manchester United debuted Friday on New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and ended up garnering total market value of $US2.3 billion yet beneath the impressive numbers, analysts feared that the hugely popular Red Devils could go the same way that Facebook’s IPO did – fizzling out too soon.

The wife of a prominent Chinese politician, former Politburo member Bo Xilai, has admitted that she conspired with an aide to poison a British businessman in November 2011 for fear that the latter was a threat to her son, a report by China’s foremost news agency said on Thursday.

What is it like working with Google? Benefits abound that employees not only enjoy work site freebies such as free foods and health services but also assurances that life after death for Googlers’ family members will not be too difficult.

The Australian High Court affirmed the conviction of a man earlier sent to jail for authoring an e-book self-help manual that details steps on alleged terror activities such as bomb making and assassination.

Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has reaffirmed commitment by the government of slicing the country’s corporate tax to further encourage investment inflows, promote higher production and prompt wage growth.

The Coalition can continue blaming the carbon tax for the spiralling cost of electricity in Australia but Prime Minister Julia Gillard is bent on employing federal weight to prod state authorities into definite actions that would bring down households’ energy burden.

Honda has unveiled, at least in photos, the 2013 version of the hugely popular Honda Accord mid-sized sedan, which the Australian branch of the Japanese carmaker said will hit Aussie roads by the second half of the following year.

Hacking activist group Anonymous vowed to exact revenge on the Ukrainian government for its ongoing efforts to crackdown on the global operation of popular torrent file sharing site Demonoid.

Abortion in New Zealand will keep its present form and functions following a decision released on Thursday by the country’s Supreme Court, which upheld an earlier ruling that says assessments handed down by abortion consultants cannot be reviewed by the Abortion Supervisory Committee.

Qantas Airways has implemented flight manual and software updates that govern standard operational procedures on its real-time cockpit environment, which the national carrier said were moves meant to eliminate “process errors.”

The Australian Treasury painted on Wednesday a robust local banking industry that has spawned profitable settings more players and therefore further inflow of investments.

In order to effectively cutback on their power generation outlays, state governments would do well to subscribe to the federal energy retail law, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said on Wednesday.

Samsung has officially rolled out the Galaxy Note 10.1 but Australia may have wait a little bit more on the device as the Asian tech giant said only consumers in Germany and the United Arab Emirates will get their hands on the new product.

Flesh trade in the mining region of Queensland got a legal boost this week as the state’s Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) ruled in favour of a sex worker who was banned by a local motel from conducting her business at the establishment.

With a total haul of 22 medals as of Tuesday this week, Australia may well end up as one of the top finishers in the soon-to-be concluded London 2012 Olympics.

With a total haul of 22 medals as of Tuesday this week, Australia may well end up as one of the top finishers in the soon-to-be concluded London 2012 Olympics.