Erik Pineda

Prime Minister Julia Gillard said on Thursday that remote areas in Australia will soon enjoy wireless broadband access with the sealing of the $280 million deal between NBN Co and U.S.-based ViaSat Inc.

South Korea earned praises this time as it hinted the likelihood of backing down from its earlier announced plan of resuming whale hunting in pursuit of scientific research.

Global shipments of personal computers shrunk anew in the June quarter, underscoring the weakening interest on the device that has been the tech world's hero product since Apple, IBM and Microsoft launched their initial units in the early 1980s.

Planning to quit smoking? Be advised that there may be subsequent gain in weight in the process, according to results by a comprehensive study conducted by British and French experts.

The infamous hacking group, Anonymous, has found another worthy cause by declaring cyber war with Web sites known to process exchanges of child pornography, a report by tech news site ZDNet said on Tuesday.

Labor must clearly define its distinction from the Australian Greens but a veteran figure of the ruling party said today that ongoing stoush between the federal partners was wholly unnecessary.

What we have at the moment is a cash rate lower than what is deemed appropriate by the central bank, according to Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Deputy Governor Philip Lowe.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard was playing politics when she picked Brisbane to play host for the 2014 G20 summit, top officials of New South Wales said on Wednesday.

The institution that breeds Australia's future military officers has been wracked by sexual misbehaviours and other abuses that date back from 50 years ago, according to the newly-published report of law firm DLA Piper.

U.S. authorities will have to wait until next year before they can get a hold on Megaupload owner Kim Dotcom following decision by a New Zealand court to postpone his extradition hearing for March next year.

Boeing said on Monday that it is poised to eat up on the seven-year lead of its European rival, Airbus, with the full unleash of two premier offerings - the fuel efficient 737-MAX and the elegant 787 Dreamliner.

The country's mining boom has created an underground economy in Queensland, which mostly caters to the sexual needs of workers, police authorities in the state said.

A British court was far from convinced that Samsung's Galaxy product lines derived too much of their looks from the iPad and iPhone, as claimed by tech titan Apple, rejecting the latter's arguments that the South Korean company was deliberately capitalising on Apple's incredible success with its products.

An estimated $113 million were lost over the past five years to online-based scams that according to the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) had victimised thousands of Australians.

Samsung and Google got some legal breaks over the weekend following decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington to allow the temporary sales of the Galaxy Nexus smartphone.

The Queensland government appears to be choosing its battles based on the whims of influential mining billionaire Clive Palmer, Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has alleged.

LG Electronics believes that its edge on flat panel TV technology could soon make it the biggest global player and dominate a market that has been witnessing flagging sales over the past two years.

Major telcos called on federal authorities to expedite the availability of new network spectrum that would further boost Australia's 4G services, reports said.

The United Nations said in a new report that cash holdings being enjoyed by the more than a thousand billionaires could tremendously uplift the plight of nations still struggling with poverty.

Apple prides itself as the tech world's foremost innovator and trendsetter but that could change soon as the company is reportedly set to issue a smaller iPad edition, the very product ridiculed by the late Steve Jobs.

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) cleared a former media aide of Prime Minister Julia Gillard from any wrongdoing despite the information that he leaked to Canberra protesters during the Australia Day celebration early this year.

Ahead of its official Q2 financial result later this month, Samsung said on Friday that it could net operating profit of $6 billion plus in the period, giving the group 80 per cent spikes from the figures it registered in 2011.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard said on Friday that the Multi-Party Reference Group she convened "to address asylum seeker and refugee issues," is all geared up for work, with its cross-party composition filled up save for the slots reserved for the Coalition.

Barely a week after it came into full swing, talks of revising the carbon tax swirled as Independent MP Rob Oakeshott further pushed on his campaign for the federal government to drop the $15 floor price from the scheme.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard condemned on Thursday the announced plan of South Korea to resume whale hunting after more than two decades of moratorium on the contentious activity that captures and slaughters the giant sea mammals.

Virgin Australia said on Thursday that it inked a $2.2 billion deal with U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing for the delivery of 23 737-MAX-8 over the next 10 years, beefing up the fuel-efficient fleet of the country's second largest carrier.

Resigned Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond admitted before the British Parliament that bank personnel may have been involved with low balling or rate fixing since 2005 but insisted that he no direct knowledge of the illegal practices until three years ago.

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) revealed yesterday the name of the SAS member killed in Afghanistan earlier this week as Sgt Blaine Diddams, a 22-year veteran in the military service, 17 years of which were spent with the Special Air Service Regiment.

Soon enough American consumers will be able to purchase an HIV self-test kit that could effectively and quickly tell if they were infected with the AIDS-causing virus.