IBT Staff Reporter

The beauty of Apple products secured Steve Jobs a place in history long before his death, but design professionals said the depth of his influence on their profession goes much deeper than the minimalist look of an iPhone.

While the world mourns Steve Jobs' death, Westboro Baptist Church said it plans to protest his funeral. The irony? The church sent the message out using the iPhone.

Stock index futures eased on Friday after a three-day Wall Street rally as investors awaited a closely watched monthly report on employment, which is expected to show moderate gains after last month's flat reading.

Sony Corp will merge two of its wholly owned manufacturing subsidiaries, resulting in the closure of an equipment plant north of Tokyo and the eventual layoff of about 100 contract workers, the company said on Friday.

Equities were expected to steady on Friday after sharp gains in the previous session, with futures for the S&P 500 staying flat, for the Dow Jones gaining 0.08 percent and for the Nasdaq 100 falling 0.07 percent.

Equities were expected to steady on Friday after sharp gains in the previous session, with futures for the S&P 500 staying flat, for the Dow Jones gaining 0.08 percent and for the Nasdaq 100 falling 0.07 percent.

Credit rating agency Moody's downgraded Britain's part-nationalized banks Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland on Friday, although Britain's finance minister said UK banks were well-placed to cope with a European debt crisis.

European stocks rose on Friday and the euro clung to gains from a 2-cent rally after euro zone policymakers moved to shore up struggling banks and fend off a financial crisis, while markets positioned for U.S. employment data due later.

An Australian court is now expected to rule next week on Apple's plea to temporarily ban sales of Samsung Electronics Co latest computer tablet on grounds that it infringed on its iPad patents.

The death of Apple Inc's strong-willed co-founder and Chairman Steve Jobs has put the secretive company's small board at crossroads.

PGA Tour rookie Brendan Steele and fellow Americans Briny Baird, Garrett Willis and Matt Bettencourt stole the limelight from Tiger Woods by charging into a tie for the Frys.com Open lead on Thursday.

Tiger Woods came into this week's Frys.com Open with lofty hopes after finally regaining full fitness but the former world number one was betrayed by woeful putting in Thursday's opening round.

California Attorney General Kamala Harris remains open to a deal with large U.S. banks in multi-state mortgage negotiations provided it involves a stronger proposal from lenders, the Wall Street Journal reported.

In an odd twist, California business groups applauded Governor Jerry Brown for signing legislation on Thursday to create a new layer of government regulation they say will lessen the burdens imposed by future regulations.

CBS television will broadcast a special report about the Amanda Knox case that includes a letter written by the American student while behind bars for murder in Italy, as well as video diaries made by her best friend.

Back in June, everyone was talking about the Wii U, Nintendo’s first video game console with high-definition graphics unveiled at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles.

While broadcasters and advertisers dodged a huge bullet when the NFL solved its labor issues, it doesn't look like they will be as lucky with the NBA.

Tareq Salahi, the dumped husband of Real Housewives star Michaele Salahi, is seeking emotional closure by auctioning off some of his personal life

The third victim of the fall 2011 television season has fallen.

European stock index futures rose on Friday, following a bounce in Asian shares, and the euro clung to gains from a 2-cent rally after euro zone policymakers moved to shore up struggling banks and fend off a financial crisis.

Should a film made using the motion-capture technique qualify as an animated movie at the Oscars, or is it something else?

Low-income Californians will no longer need to be fingerprinted when they apply for food stamp assistance, under legislation signed into law on Thursday by Governor Jerry Brown.

While the United Kingdom has finally joined the rest of Europe in first-class dining -- just look at all the mouth-watering dishes Steve Coogan puts away in The Trip -- the old joke was that airplane food was the national cuisine of England. And it's that world of tinned vegetables and pork pies that made a foodie out of chef and author Nigel Slater, whose memoir is the basis for Toast.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's lawsuit against Dick Clark Productions -- originally scheduled for this past September -- may not go to trial until next July, documents filed in a Los Angeles federal court Thursday revealed.

An attorney for Michael Jackson's in-house doctor challenged a crime scene investigator on Thursday and suggested she conducted a shoddy examination of the bedroom where the Thriller singer stopped breathing in 2009.

Man on a Ledge is getting some room to jump.

Samsung Electronics said its quarterly profit should top the most bullish market forecasts, with smartphones becoming its main profit engine despite intense competition from bigger rival Apple.

U.S. employment likely grew only modestly in September, with hiring too weak to pull down a lofty jobless rate and dispel recession fears.

Samsung Electronics said its quarterly profit should top the most bullish market forecasts, with smartphones becoming its main profit engine despite intense competition from bigger rival Apple.