IBT Staff Reporter

Bloody crackdown against demonstrators is set to cost the Libyan government heavy as officials withdraw while soldiers deflect towards protesters in the first signs of the Moammar Gaddafi's regime beginning to crumble.

Microsoft hopes that the move will show that it is embracing, not shunning homebrew developers.

Refiners Holly and Frontier Oil agreed to merge in an all-stock deal valued at nearly $3 billion, to create an independent refiner serving the mid-continent, Rocky Mountain and Southwest refining markets.

Justin Bieber has gotten himself a 'mature' haircut, sending fans to Twitter pouring out on the disappearance of the hair flip.

Apple's iPad sailed through 2010 without much opposition as a worthy competitor from either Android or Windows camp failed to emerge to challenge its hegemony.

Malware on mobile phones could be the next big target for criminals.

Rapper Bun B has threatened legal action against the designers of a line of T-shirts bearing his likeness and that of his late UKG bandmate, Pimp C

The School, which has a long history of association with Libya and its ruling powers, especially Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, is reconsidering its connections with the Libyan state.

Workers at a factory in east China's Suzhou industrial park, producing touch screens for Apple on contract have reportedly written a letter to Steve Jobs, conveying their grievances surrounding cases of chemical poisoning caused by a certain ingredient used in production.

Technology giant Apple has accepted that workers in China became seriously ill when their factory illegally swapped a cheaper toxic chemical, according to the Apple Supplier Responsibility 2011 Progress Report released on Tuesday.

She has been offered the lead role in the ABC serial

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has announced the creation of a national commission with the objective of giving a boost to teaching and research in the humanities and social sciences.

Fitch Ratings on Monday downgraded Libya's credit rating by one notch to BBB in the midst of escalating violence in the oil-rich North African nation.

While discussion over WikiLeaks' 2011 Nobel run continues, social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook deserve nobel prize for facilitating pro-democracy protests in Middle East, North Africa and even China.

Former Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink could be on his way back to replace Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea according to a report in ESPNsoccernet.

A school turns to Global Positioning System (GPS) technology to curb habitual skipping of classes by students.

Luxury carmaker Jaguar unveiled the C-X75 Concept car at the 2010 Paris Auto Show. The car C-X75 Concept is capable of reaching 100kph (62mph) in 3.4 seconds from standstill, it will also not harm the environment as it creates zero emissions during urban use.

He may play Clark Kent’s dad.

Toyota Motors will introduce home battery chargers for electric and plug-in hybrid cars next year, the Nikkei business daily reported.

A powerful solar flare has triggered the largest space weather storm in four years, could be equivalent to a global hurricane Katrina that would cost up to $2 trillion dollars in damage to communications satellites, electric power grids and GPS navigation systems, scientists said yesterday

Students seeking to enroll in basic foreign language courses at the University of California Berkeley will have 30 additional offerings to choose from in academic year 2011-12, thanks to an infusion of over half a million dollars in foreign language education.

Apple will release new MacBook Pros to celebrate Steve Jobs' birthday, according to reports citing many insiders.

BHP Billiton agreed to acquire all of Chesapeake Energy's interests in the Fayetteville Shale play in central Arkansas for $4.75 billion, marking its entry into the US shale gas business.

Shares in Australian banks and insurers fell between 1.4 and over 2.7 percent after a strong quake hit New Zealand's second-biggest city of Christchurch on Tuesday for the second time in five months.

Just ahead on Monday's President's day, a USA Today/Gallup polled 1,015 adults from February 2-5, 2011 to determine who was the preferred President. Each poll participant was at least age 18 and older, living in the continental U.S., and selected randomly.

Amid concerns over Seagate's next-generation hard drive come questions on the future of data storage.

After the Egyptian government shut off the Internet attention has turned to Libya and Bahrain, both of which have had some of the worst unrest in the last week.

Various members of the United States Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee recent defended their cyber security bill saying it didn't promote the notion of a kill-switch.

From John Lennon in 1973 to Lady Gaga a few weeks ago, the list of alleged copy-cats is long.