Those whiz-bang smartphones your carrier is pushing are in the minority. According to a recent report by iSuppli Corporation, mobile phone subscribership worldwide will grow to four billion by 2010, up from 2.6 billion this year. The report states that the vast majority of this mobile growth will come in the form of low-cost handsets [...]

Inappropriate advertising contributes to many of kids’ ills — including obesity, anorexia, underage drinking and having sex too soon — and Congress should crack down on it, the American Academy of Pediatrics says.

An anti-smoking "wonder pill" that claims to be the most effective treatment yet was launched on Tuesday. Nearly half of patients who took Champix gave up in just three months, making it twice as successful as other methods.

NASA announced Monday its strategy and rationale for robotic and human exploration of the moon, determining that a lunar outpost is the best approach to achieve a sustained, human presence there.

Australia and New Zealand should work towards a full union, or at least have a single currency and more common markets, a federal parliamentary committee says.

An online survey has found strong opposition to a proposal to raise the mandatory retirement age in order to address the huge deficit in the national pension fund.

After national media reports about a controversial liposuction procedure that removed a massive amount of fat from an obese 12-year-old Texas girl, leaders in plastic surgery caution the operation is an unacceptable and potentially dangerous treatment for weight loss in anyone, child or adult.

Geneva-based luxury personal communication company, GoldVish combines exclusive jewellery, haute couture and the ever-developing world of technology to develop very glitzy and very expensive mobile phones.

China expects to produce more than 100 digital movies in 2006, almost double last year’s 52, a film administrator told Xinhua Monday.

The "figures" from a new Juniper Research report, "Mobile Adult Content: Text, Images & Video, 2006-2011," were picked up by news outlets around the world. Stories involving pornography are like that. What always seems to surprise everyone is how much money it generates.

Superior hotel amenities once brought to mind elegant spa facilities or a private beach. But over the past five years, the world’s most luxurious lodgings are increasingly upping the ante. Helipads, undersea restaurants, and expanses of gold leaf that stretch farther than in any castle are some of the details that exclusive hotels are offering [...]

School is in full swing, so that can mean only one thing: It’s time for reading, writing … and social networking.

In Germany plans have been suggested to build a new playground – not for children, but for elderly people.

A British pastor of the Moonies church faces jail for masterminding a world-wide shark poaching and smuggling racket. As a result of his illicit trade, many exotic fish fanciers in the UK may be in for a shock. What they bought as an unusual addition to their fish tanks could grow to 7ft long.