Bhaskar Prasad

For achievements in science, technology and innovation, 12 people were awarded the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation award.

Microsoft Corp. is claiming that more than 50 per cent of Android devices are now subject to licensing agreements, according to a claim by legal representatives of the company, Brand Smith and Horacio Gutierrez.

Actres and singer Zooey Deschanel opened Game 4 of the World Series by offering up a flawless rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, Sunday evening.

A New Jersey mayor is facing a sex scandal after someone claiming to be a disgruntled male prostitute posted pictures of him sleeping in his underpants to the Internet.

Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain now says he supports a federal constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage across the United States, reversing an earioer position.

Vengeance 2011 is the professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE that took place on October 23, 2011 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. It is the 12th event under the Vengeance/Night of Champions chronology and the first event under the Vengeance name since the 2007 edition.

Libya's new rulers declared the country free from Moammar Gadhafi's 42 years rule Sunday as thousands gathered in Benghazi for the formal announcement of liberation.

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey, killing at least 138 people as buildings crumpled into rubble. The death toll was expected to rise as rescuers sifted through the rubble and reached outlying villages.

Unemployment rates fell in California with construction, government, transportation and other once-troubling sectors showing signs of improvement.

The Lingerie Football League has approached Michael Jackson’s 13-year-old daughter in hopes of drafting her as a teen spokesperson.

By the end of this month or shortly thereafter, the $99 HP TouchPad may become available by means of a new production run, according to The Next Bench, a Hewlett-Packard Co. blog.

The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Friday to condemn Yemen’s bloody crackdown on peaceful protesters and endorsed an initiative aimed at securing President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s commitment to leave office.

A leading anesthesiologist told the jury at the manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, that the late singer's life could have been saved had his chin been lifted.

In a blunt message to Pakistan, United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, on Friday, demanded greater cooperation to help squeeze the Haqqani network responsible for attacks in Afghanistan, saying Islamabad could not keep snakes in its backyard to strike its neighbours.

Patrick Swayze's wax figure was unveiled at Madame Tussauds wax museum in Hollywood by his widow, Lisa Niemi, Tuesday.

Samsung and Google introduced the Galaxy Nexus at an event in Hong Kong. The smartphone was scheduled to be launched last week, but was postponed possibly as a tribute to the late Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs. Motorola Droid RAZR, claimed to be the world's thinnest smartphone, was released this week.

OK! Magazine has announced in their cover story that Jessica Simpson is pregnant.

Just a few moments before his death, former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi told the rebel troops who captured him from a drainage pipe in his hometown of Sirte Thursday: 'Do you know right from wrong?

A cadaver dog searching the home of missing baby Lisa Irwin, who disappeared 17 days ago, has picked up the scent of a dead body in her parents' bedroom, according to a newly released document in the case.

Apple spends at least $188 in component costs to make each of iPhone 4S, according to consultancy and research firm IHS iSuppli.

The death of deposed autocrat Muammar Gaddafi has brought an end to a regime that ruled the country for 42 years. Though the pictures of celebration have been flashed across all media channels, doubts still remain on whether the whole of Libya is rejoicing his death.

Three Louisiana State University football players have been placed on suspension after testing positive for synthetic marijuana.

Moammar Gadhafi was killed by Libyan revolutionary fighters in his home town of Sirte Thursday, after weeks of fierce battle.

Given the likelihood one of the biggest rivals of the iPhone 4S will be the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, it will be interesting to have a comparison of the features of the two competitors.

The dictator's once-powerful family is now scattered to various fates.

While iOS 5 is already jailbroken on a number of devices iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad, and iPod touch An iPhone 4S jailbreak is, unfortunately, still some time off.

Born in a desert near Sirte in 1942, Muammar Gaddafi, the mercurial and eccentric strongman, was the longest-serving leader in both Africa and the Arab world, having ruled Libya since he toppled King Idris I in a coup at the age of 27.

Don't shoot, don't shoot were the last words of slain Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi who was known for savage killing of dissidents during his reign of 42 years in the North African country.

Moammar Gadhafi was killed by the Libyans he once scorned as rats. He succumbed to wounds, some seemingly inflicted after his capture by fighters who overran his last redoubt on Thursday in his hometown of Sirte.