IBT Staff Reporter

Research firm Gartner lowered its view on global PC market growth for 2011, saying consumers in developed markets were choosing tablets like Apple's iPad over small laptops.

Stock index futures pointed to a weaker open on Wall Street on Wednesday, extending losses to a sixth straight session, with futures for the S&P 500, for the Dow Jones and for the Nasdaq 100 down 0.4 to 0.6 percent.

After a series of Kinect hacks in recent months, Intel has used the Microsoft Kinect camera along with other open source software to enable photo-realistic rendering of 3D models into 3D images that are indistinguishable from a photograph.

According to the Australian parenting website, 'Raising Children Network', health problems associated with childhood obesity are so severe, that there are concerns the current generation of parents in Australia will outlive their children!

The launch of Nintendo Co Ltd's next-generation Wii console failed to address investor concerns the firm is missing the gaming market's shift to social networking, sending its shares tumbling to a five-year low.

The outlook for Britain's prized triple-A credit rating remains stable but weaker growth and slippage in the government's fiscal plans could lead to a reassessment, credit ratings agency Moody's said on Wednesday.

Hollywood is home to some rather strange happenings - one of which is the 'really short marriage'. Out here, it doesn't take much time for an I Do to turn into an I Don't!

Blood-curdling screams, sinister shadows, a mystery revealed in a heart-shattering moment...for those with a preference for terror-filled thrills, Alfred Hitchcock is the man to turn to. This master of suspense has kept a whole generation of cine-goers at the edge of their seats with his cunning and skillful unraveling of tantalizing tales.

Big-screen musicals have always had a way of holding the entire family spellbound with their catchy songs and wonderful story lines. Go ahead, dim the lights, settle the kids down with some crunchy popcorn, and treat them to these ageless family classics.

Women fake orgasms in bed to protect their own insecurities and fear of intimacy, according to a new research study, the Livescience magazine reports.

Allowing a brief U.S. debt default to force government spending cuts is a horrible idea that could destabilize the world economy and sour already tense relations with big creditors like China, government officials and investors said on Wednesday.

Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez has dispelled rumours linking him to Real Madrid and insisted that he is loyal to manager Sir Alex Ferguson and that he wants to repay him.

Danish Queen Margarethe II and H.R.H Prince Henrik of Denmark began their six-day tour of the United States on June 6, 2011 by attending a reception in their honour at the Danish Ambassador’s residence.

Start-up Vidyo unveiled a low-cost video-conferencing product on Wednesday that could intensify competition and hurt margins for Cisco Systems Inc and Polycom Inc.

Asian stocks fell on Wednesday and the dollar wavered after uninspiring comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke added to worries about the slowing global economy.

Citigroup Inc will sell a $1.7 billion portfolio of private-equity assets to European buyout firm AXA Private Equity, as the U.S. bank looks to focus on its core businesses, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Data storage firm EMC Ltd has offered to replace millions of potentially compromised SecurID electronic keys after hackers used data stolen from its RSA security division to break into Lockheed Martin's network.

Digital activist group Anonymous Operations has hacked website of Indian government information technology organization in protest of political corruption and police violence against peaceful protester in New Delhi on wee hours of June 6.

Gap Inc is turning to women's designer Diane von Furstenberg to help sell baby and kids clothes as it tries to reverse fashion missteps that have eroded sales.

Sophisticated technology, less staff at stores and more gang activity are all contributing to more U.S. stores being hit by organized crime, according to a survey by an industry group.

After not discovering any bodies, A Texas Sheriff's Captain says authorities will investigate the self-professed 'psychic' who told authorities there was a mass grave in a farmhouse in a Liberty County town.

Nintendo Co Ltd on Tuesday unwrapped a new touchscreen controller as part of its next-generation Wii aimed at winning back hardcore gamers from rivals such as Microsoft Corp's Xbox, drawing praise from gaming critics but disappointing investors.

Satoshi Furukawa, a Japanese astronaut, has said that he will try to grow cucumbers aboard the International Space Station (ISS) when he arrives there later this week.

President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged European countries and bondholders to prevent a disastrous default by Greece and pledged U.S. support to help tackle the country's debt crisis.

Despite consumer education campaigns to reduce the food poisoning cases caused by salmonella, infections have steadily increased for the last few years according to federal FoodNet report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Facebook has quietly expanded the availability of technology to automatically identify people in photos, renewing concerns about the privacy practices of the world's top social networking service.

Ford Motor Co is aiming to expand its presence in the fast-growing auto markets of India and China with an eye toward increasing the number of vehicles it sells per year by 50 percent by the middle of the decade.

A county judge, a Texas public safety official and a county Sherriff's Captain said on Tuesday evening no bodies had been found at a Texas farmhouse after local authorities received a tip from a self-confessed psychic that there was a mass grave on the site.

Stocks extended a losing streak for a fifth day on Tuesday on mounting concerns about the economy after bearish comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.