IBT Staff Reporter

The features we wanted from the rumored iPhone 5 and the smartphones that actually have those features.

Quotes and tributes of world leaders, celebrities, tech leaders and company top executives on the death of Steve Jobs.

France, Belgium and Luxembourg agreed a rescue plan for Dexia SA on Sunday ahead of a planned board meeting expected to decide on a break-up of the first lender to fall victim to the euro zone crisis.

Israeli scientist Dan Shechtman from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology received the Nobel Prize for discovering quasicrystals. He will be receiving 10 million-kronor, or $1.4 million, in monetary rewards. All of Israel celebrates in his accomplishments as this scientific breakthrough brings the small country great pride in their technological innovation.

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Venus Express spacecraft has identified a thin layer of ozone surrounding the planet Venus, raising questions once again as to whether the Morning Star could possibly be harboring life on its rocky surface.

Follow Christopher Columbus' first voyage to America and discover not only what he found in the 15th century, but also what you can find today.

With the hype of the iPhone 4S dying out and the realization there is no iPhone 5, Samsung may be able to capitalize on the Apple ennui with the upcoming Nexus Prime.

The Microsoft Corp. has finalized its acquisition of communications company Skype. The European Union approved the plan this week, and Microsoft is hoping there will be no more delays in the process.

The U.S. men's soccer team has, finally, recorded its first win under new coach Jurgen Klinsmann. Clint Dempsey (who plays with Fulham Football Club in England's Premier League) scored on 36 minutes, in an exhibition match against the Honduras on Saturday, to hand Klinsmann his first win in his fourth game in charge of the U.S. national team.

French and Belgian prime ministers began talks aimed at finalizing a rescue of Dexia bank ahead of a planned board meeting expected to pave the way for a breakup of the first lender to fall victim to the euro zone crisis.

Since 2005, the Draconid meteor shower has not appeared. Shooting stars should appear on this Saturday night, and scientists are predicting there will be up to 500 to 1,000 meteors per hour.

The business jet industry is expecting 2012 to mark its first year of growth in deliveries since the financial downturn, but more pain could still be ahead for the low end of the segment that has been hardest hit.

Greece is at a crossroads and will need to implement much stricter structural reforms than seen so far, IMF mission chief to Greece Poul Thomsen was quoted as saying by a German paper on Saturday.

The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 in 10 innings on Friday to reach the National League Championship Series (NLCS) by claiming their best-of-five divisional playoff series 3-2.

Saudi Arabia's inflation levels are not worrying and will continue to decline, the country's central bank governor Muhammad Al-Jasser said on Saturday.

France and Belgium are set to finalize the breakup Sunday of Dexia, the first bank to fall victim to the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis, with global credit risk exposure of 512 billion euros ($691 billion).

France and Belgium were set finalize the break-up Sunday of Dexia, the first bank to fall victim to the euro zone sovereign debt crisis, with global credit risk exposure of 512 billion euros ($691 billion).

Talks between bitter rivals Georgia and Russia over Moscow's bid to join the World Trade Organization ended without agreement on Saturday, and Georgia said it would block Russian accession unless Moscow's position changes.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will thrash out differences with French President Nicolas Sarkozy Sunday over how to use the Eurozone's financial firepower to counter a sovereign debt crisis threatening the global economy.

California Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday signed a bill giving illegal immigrant college students access to state-funded financial aid, the second half of two-part legislation known as the Dream Act.

European banks may need more than 100 billion euros ($135 billion) to withstand the sovereign debt crisis, Ireland estimated on Saturday ahead of a meeting between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy to work out how to recapitalize the lenders.

With a new name, a new venue and an emphasis on actors and directors from lesser-known parts of Asia, this South Korean port city is moving decisively to assert its status as the region's pre-eminent film industry destination.

Hedge fund manager John Paulson lost more money in September thanks to ill-timed bets on an elusive economic recovery that left one of his biggest funds off 47 percent, two people who saw the numbers said on Saturday.

Belgium and France will hold talks to determine the fate of stricken Franco-Belgian bank Dexia in Brussels on Sunday, Belgian caretaker Prime Minister Yves Leterme said after a meeting of core members of his cabinet on Saturday.

Former Beatle Paul McCartney will wed for the third time on Sunday when he and New York heiress Nancy Shevell are married in a civil ceremony in London, British newspapers reported.

Zsa Zsa Gabor, the Hungarian-born actress and celebrity who became a symbol of Hollywood glamour, is in very unstable condition at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles after a medical emergency on Saturday, her husband said.

Tens of thousands of fans rocked on Saturday to Michael Jackson hits at a tribute concert his brothers hoped would shed a positive light on the late King of Pop after so much controversy.

The New York Times has sold the film and television database Baseline StudioSystems to Project Hollywood, the company announced late on Friday.

European banks may need more than 100 billion euros ($135 billion) to withstand the sovereign debt crisis, Ireland estimated on Saturday ahead of a meeting between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy to work out how to recapitalize the lenders.