Erik Pineda

The Galaxy SIII is all set to take full-collision course against the world's most preferred smartphone, the iPhone 4S, as Samsung simultaneously launched this week its flagship mobile phone units in key Asian and European markets.

YouTube emerged this week as the winner in a four-year legal tussle that attempted to paint the Google subsidiary as a willing party on internet practices that border on unfair competition.

The United Nations is reportedly preparing a cyber security alert that warns nations on the high security risks attributed to the recently detected computer malware 'Flame' even as some IT experts downplays the virus' actual capability.

The Labor government has dealt with the controversies that arose in the aftermath of the enterprise migration agreement (EMA) extended to the Roy Hill iron ore project owned by Australia's richest Gina Rinehart.

Home sales in the country saw an uptick in April, as shown in the new Homes Sales Report issued on Tuesday by the Housing Industry Association (HIA), but the surge could prove insufficient to ward off creeping threats of recession in the sector.

Singapore has proven that city-states can flourish and for Chris Anderson, urban sites will be the place that the world will heavily rely on as its population expands and its resources feel the demand of greater pressure.

The latest Newspoll numbers delivered wide smiles to the Australia Labor Party, which today was afforded considerable boost on its primary vote, with the weekend survey showing climbs of up to five points in the department.

The country's defence academy, breeding ground of Australia's future military officers, was once gain wracked by a new sex scandal involving two cadets currently training in the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA).

China has announced over the weekend the arrest of a murder suspect, who local media reports have tagged as responsible for the brutal killings of at least 11 individuals, most of them young men residing in and around Yunnan, a province located southwest of the country.

Optus will soon retire a portion of its network services and hand-over some of its existing client-base to NBN Co in exchange for a deal with the federal government that could leave the telco $800 million richer.

Technological breakthroughs have vastly improved man's life expectancy but in the manufacturing sector the introduction of automation appears to have pushed down thousands of workers into brink of unhealthy condition.

Labor whip Joel Fitzgibbon has already absolved himself, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said over the weekend, but the Coalition maintained that the man tagged as the source of renewed restiveness in government leadership must be sacked.

This could mean another round of iron ore shipment surge for Australia as China announced on Friday its approval of the $US11-billon steel project proposal submitted by Shanghai-based Baosteel Group.

Advertisers take notice. Views of online advertisements have been gradually migrating on mobile devices as shown by a new report issued on Thursday by Internet advertising firm Millennial Media.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has ordered for a sweeping overhaul of security measures on Australia's key waterfront areas following reports from police authorities that confirmed the operations of criminal groups in Brisbane and Melbourne.

Australia has failed so far in raising the quality of life prevalent among the indigenous people living in the Northern Territory, according to the latest human rights review released this week by Amnesty International (AI) in Australia.

Rio Tinto remains on track to expand its iron ore operations despite earlier indications from the mining giant's CEO, Tom Albanese, that at a certain period the company will temporarily slow down on its output plans.

The worsening financial crisis in Europe, according to Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) owner Andrew Forrest, appears more disturbing than it ought to be, no thanks to the sensational media coverage trained on the struggling economic region.

The Australian government vowed to repeal efforts by giant tobacco firms to frustrate its aim of further limiting the flow of cigarette products in the country.

Growth will be Hewlett Packard's (HP) core vision over the next two years and the company's new business plan includes the upcoming release of a Windows 8-powered tablet computer later this year and the phased separation of thousands of workers.

Passive smoking has been blamed by medical experts for the deaths of more than half-a-million around the world and soon enough a big number of the fatalities could include individuals who were inadvertently exposed to second-hand smoke their parents when they were young.

The World Bank has picked on Australia for its over-dependence on its resource exports to China, which could eventually hamper growth in the Asia-Pacific Region to 7.6% this year.

Despite the surveys suggesting that Aussie voters were not inclined to give the Labor-led government a fresh mandate in 2013, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has reasons to smile these days following the approval attached to her economic policy by the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Microsoft is all set to deploy a re-engineered Windows system on its new Windows 8, which replaces the highly successful Windows 7.

China appears to be heading Japan's way as a Chinese conglomerate revealed on Monday a $US2.6 billion deal that would give the group majority ownership of AMC Entertainment Holdings, one of the biggest operators of cinema complexes in the United States.

Maverick Senator Nick Xenophon wants the federal government to follow the way of New South Wales, Queensland and West Australia and establish a body similar to that of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).

The Coalition has downplayed reports that its likely win in next year's general elections would lead to a federal government that is not tax-friendly with tech titans maintaining local operations in Australia.

Arguably, Apple tops the list as one of the leading global companies, with its products desired by millions around the world, and a new study not only affirmed that stature but also crowned the American firm as the most valuable brand over the past 12 months.

The bulk of Australian troops will be out of Afghanistan by 2014 as scheduled but Prime Minister Julia Gillard has assured the Asian nation that her commitment will be sustained further in the form of development aids.