IBT Staff Reporter

The iPhone 4S has garnered an extraordinary demand when the preorder of the Apple smartphone was greeted by a bump.It was not a smooth start for the iPhone 4S buyers when the preordering process kicked off at 12:01 a.m. (PDT) on Friday. Apple's online store experienced intermittent errors shortly after the deadline, according to CNET, and error messages frustrated the customers. Eventually Apple switched to a reservation system that allows buyers to reserve a device while pushing...

It turns out that Venus, surprisingly, sports an ozone layer in its atmosphere just like Earth and Mars do, according to a new discovery made by the European Space Agency's Venus Express spacecraft

There is general agreement that European banks will need fresh capital well in excess of 100 billion euros ($133.8 billion) and it will likely come from a variety of sources, including the euro zone rescue fund, Ireland's finance minister said on Saturday.

Newly recorded gamma-rays emit 100 GeV of energy.

New technique in stem cell research advances field.

Apple has been really taken a bite this time, albeit a bitter one. The company's co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs passed away at 56 years of age after losing his battle against a rare form of pancreatic cancer.

Tech site This Is My Next has obtained a leaked image of an internal AT&T memo that says that AT&T is working with Apple to update the network indicator for AT&T's iPhone 4S to read '4G.'

We all know the shape - a small white rectangle with rounded corners, a screen, and a circular control. The first iPod debuted in November of 2001 and put all other portable music players to shame. It didn't try to be like the other guys, with their dubious interfaces and The Matrix-y black exteriors; instead, the iPod was its own kind of cool - obnoxiously so - with a minimalist white exterior and unapologetically Mac-centric interface design. In a way, the iPod was a representation of Apple...

A tenuous layer of ozone has been discovered in the atmosphere of Venus. Astronomers say this may greatly contribute to our search for life on other planets.

Draconid meteor shower set to put on good show, yet viewing conditions are not at their best.

International astronomers recently detected pulsed gamma rays at the Crab Nebula with energy levels higher than pulsar models can recognize.

The world will never be the same following the death of the 56-year-old tech visionary Steve Jobs, who has often been hailed as one of the greatest of American innovators.

The U.S. government on Friday announced steps to clamp down on who can access classified information, seeking to avert another WikiLeaks-scale breach of military documents and diplomatic cables.

The funeral for Steve Jobs was taking place on Friday, Oct. 7, with a small private gathering, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Behold, for an unusual outburst of Draconid meteors is about to streak across the sky. The Draconid meteor shower, which was last seen in 2005, is expected to peak with as many as 500 to 1,000 meteors per hour Saturday.

World number two Rafael Nadal and British number one Andy Murray will face-off against each other in the final of the Japan Open after coming through their respective semifinals unscathed.

Spain comfortably won, 2-0, over the Czech Republic to maintain its perfect record in Group I of Euro 2012 qualifiers.

Ten-man England secured their place in the Euro 2012 Finals with a 2-2 draw with Montenegro at the Pedgorica Stadium in Montenegro.

The United Auto Workers union has summoned local officials representing some 26,000 Chrysler Group LLC workers to Detroit as contract talks with the No. 3 U.S. automaker near a turning point.

Larger-than-expected jobs growth in September has Wall Street economists thinking the United States is unlikely to tip back into recession any time soon although economic growth will remain tepid, according to a Reuters poll on Friday.

Moody's Investors Service said Friday it may cut Belgium's Aa1 sovereign credit rating, citing its struggles to rein in high levels of public debt and concerns about long-term funding risks.

Johnny Depp's Infinitum Nihil and Illumination Entertainment are developing a movie based on the life of Dr. Seuss -- and Depp may play the lead role, TheWrap has confirmed.

Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Colombia's second-richest person with an empire that reached into beer, aviation, media and forestry, died in New York on Friday at age 87, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said.

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.

Don't worry too much about the cast members of the recently axed All My Children -- the ones who aren't signing on for the online version of the show appear to be finding work at other soaps.

The new Kevin Dillon sitcom How to Be a Gentleman just got rude treatment from the network.

Talks between AFTRA and record labels have broken down.

Top leaders at the United Auto Workers union have called local bargaining units representing Chrysler Group LLC's plants in the United States for a Monday meeting, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday.

The U.S. government's budget deficit in the fiscal year that ended on September 30 was $1.3 trillion, equal to 8.6 percent of gross domestic product, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said on Friday.