IBT Staff Reporter

According to a Bloomberg report, Samsung will be delaying the release of the new Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Australia under an agreement with Apple, until the patent lawsuit between the two companies is resolved. This is an interesting move by Samsung, and almost seems to suggest that the lawsuit isn't going well for Samsung. However, if federal judges in multiple countries come to the same conclusion that Samsung "slavishly" imitated the design and technology used for the iPad and iPho...

Apple iPad is not only the most popular choice in the tablet market but also the most efficiently designed device, according to a recent review of IHS iSuppli on Aug 1.

A Sacramento man has died after eating ground turkey that was linked to an outbreak of salmonella food poisoning.

Former FrontPoint Partners hedge fund manager Dr. Joseph Chip Skowron might be preparing to plead guilty, a court filing showed on Tuesday.

Pregnant mothers' exposure to strong electromagnetic fields may increase the risk of developing asthma for their baby according a new study conducted by US researchers.

Moody's Investors Service said it had confirmed the United States' triple-A rating but assigned it a negative outlook after lawmakers passed a deal to raise the U.S. borrowing limit and reduce the deficit.

The Senate finally voted 74-26 to raise the debt ceiling to over 2 trillion dollars this afternoon and slash federal spending by a similar amount. As soon as President Obama officially signed the bill in the White House to allow the nation to continue borrowing money while increasing citizen taxes, he told America "Everyone is going to have to chip in. It's only fair."

A Sacramento resident has passed away after eating ground turkey that was linked to an outbreak of salmonella food poisoning.

The debt ceiling bill passed the House by a vote of 269-161 and the Senate with bipartisan support by a vote of 74-26. The legislation was quickly signed into law by President Obama Tuesday, averting a U.S. default and government shutdown.

Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday confirmed its Aaa rating of the United States, citing the decision to raise the debt limit, but assigned a negative outlook that could pressure lawmakers to cut the U.S. deficit.

Britain will signal on Wednesday that it intends to legalize copying of CDs or DVDs onto digital music players or computers for personal use, a government source said on Tuesday.

Heidi Montag and husband Spencer Pratt have fallen from their stardom on "The Hills" and say they wish they could take back much that made them famous. The couple, known also together as "Speidi", attracted attention from the MTV scripted reality show "The Hills." Both found that their lives were turning in stressful directions based on publicity stunts that kept them in the public's eye.

Fitch upheld its AAA rating on the United States on Tuesday after lawmakers approved spending cuts to avoid a U.S. default, but it warned the world's largest economy must cut its debt burden to avoid a future downgrade.

A new salmonella scare is ravaging the nation as news spreads of one death and 77 illnesses that have been reported since March. The CDC is suspecting that the specific strain, Salmonella Heidelberg, is tied to ground turkey.

U.S. auto sales ticked higher in July, but the industry's top salesmen cautioned the prospect for a second-half recovery remained clouded with consumers hurting in a weak economy.

Charlie Sheen's character on the hit sitcom Two and a Half Men is rumored to exit the show in a coffin. Rumors have spread online that the creator of the show, Chuck Lorre, is planning on killing off Sheen's character, Charlie Harper.

State governments would have to identify persons forming corporations under legislation that was reintroduced on Tuesday in the Senate, taking aim at shadowy shell companies and anonymous corporate owners.

The S&P 500 turned negative for the year on Tuesday as the wrangling over the U.S. debt ceiling faded and investors turned their attention to the stalling economy.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday gave a speech to pro-Kremlin youth in which he accused the United States of acting like a "parasite" on the global economy by massing up uncontrollable debts that threaten the financial system of the world.

Google may be planning on adding its Dealmap acquisition to its Wallet service.

Major automakers posted July U.S. sales that ticked higher from the slump of recent months, but failed to dispel doubts about the strength of the economy and the mood of American consumers.

Broadband speeds on average are within 80 percent of what major Internet service providers advertise, a big improvement from two years ago, according to a government study.

A new research is saying that an innie belly button is home to at least 60 to 100 species of organisms. Among the findings besides bacteria were "fungi" and "interesting yeasts".

A multi-state outbreak of Salmonella poisoning linked to ground turkey has spread across the nation, killing one person while more than 75 have been sickened, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, along with the U.S. Department of Agriculture?s Food Safety and Inspection Service who are investigating the outbreak.

Consumer spending dropped in June for the first time in nearly two years and incomes barely rose, signs the economy lacked momentum as the second quarter drew to a close.

Pregnant mothers' exposure to strong electromagnetic fields may increase the risk of developing asthma for their baby according a new study conducted by US researchers.

Celina Cass, an 11-year-old whose body was found by divers in the Connecticut River., will receive an autopsy Tuesday. Law officials said that the girl's death was considered "suspicious" but did not explain why.

JPMorgan Chase & Co and UBS AG , emboldened by a favorable court ruling, urged a federal judge to throw out many claims by the bankruptcy trustee seeking billions of dollars for victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme.

Fitch upheld its AAA rating on the United States on Tuesday after lawmakers approved spending cuts to avoid a U.S. default, but it warned the world's largest economy must cut its debt burden to avoid a future downgrade.