IBT Staff Reporter

The rivalry between Google and Apple continues to heat up as the two tech giants reported progressive development for Android and Apple App Store. Apple holds the lead with over 15 billion downloads while Android grew rapidly with over 4.5 billion. The increased number of Android smartphone and tablets flowing into the stores will attempt to even the playing field with Apple's iOS devices.

Casey Anthony's safety after Sunday's release faces a serious threat, with numerous reports of attacks on those who hold indirect relationship to Anthony.

Casey Anthony's father George Anthony made it clear that his daughter Casey will not be welcome home upon her release, reports Fox News.Mr. Anthony has also joined a campaign for a law that would have made his daughter guilty for failing to report Caylee's disappearance or death.

NASA's Dawn spacecraft orbits the asteroid vesta after a four year journey of getting there.

Europe's banks would be 80 billion euros ($113 billion) short of capital under a tough test of their health, more than 30 times the amount demanded in an official test, according to a leading analyst.

We are sorry, Rupert Murdoch said in British newspapers on Saturday, as News Corp tried to quell the uproar over a phone-hacking scandal that has shaken the company and claimed its top two newspaper executives.

ITC says HTC infringed on two Apple patents in the latest ruling. HTC plans on appealing.

After securing the signatures of Gervinho and Carl Jenkinsson, Arsenal continue pursuing a defender and an attacker, although their primary focus is to persuade Samir Nasri and Cesc Fabregas to stay.

We are sorry, Rupert Murdoch said in British newspapers on Saturday, as News Corp tried to quell the uproar over a phone-hacking scandal that has shaken the company and claimed its top two newspaper executives.

We are sorry, Rupert Murdoch said in British newspapers on Saturday, as News Corp tried to quell the uproar over a phone-hacking scandal that has shaken the company and claimed its top two newspaper executives.

Cool photos of Arctic adventure

The Tour de France moves into one of its hardest stages of the race as the peloton goes from St. Gaudens to Plateau de Beille in Stage 14.

Do you have astraphobia when Lightning Strikes?

Speculations around Mac OS X 10.7 Lion's release date have overflown and then ebbed. July 14, the date which most tech sites predicted as Lion's release date, came and went with no one hearing Lion's roar.

Rachel Uchitel apparently went out with Jamie Dingman

Stocks will be hard pressed to turn the tide of recent selling next week as political jousting over raising the United States' debt ceiling intensifies.

We are sorry, Rupert Murdoch said in British newspapers on Saturday, as News Corp tried to quell the uproar over a phone-hacking scandal that has shaken the company and claimed its top two newspaper executives.

A study conducted by New York researchers have found that grape seed polyphenols an antioxidant may help prevent the development or delay the progression of Alzheimer's disease.

The handwritten manuscript is an unfinished novel by the author.

Games continue to be the most popular app category

The Los Angeles Police Department made a wise choice. Over 30 celebrities responded to their earnest plea to send out Twitter messages urging Californians to avoid the 405 Freeway when Carmageddon dooms this weekend

President Barack Obama will decide on Saturday whether to summon lawmakers for a new round of debt and deficit talks, weighing the chances of progress as both sides stick to their positions on spending and taxes.

Casey Anthony, the most hated woman in America, or the world, will be released from the Orange County Jail on Sunday, July 17. To the most hated woman in America, hundreds of death threats were sent to her via Facebook and Twitter.

A National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration revealed that a strong EL Nino in future could imperil the US east coast with rising sea levels and more destructive storm surges.

Google continues to wow the world, this time with some real pluses. In its Q2 earnings announcement, the search engine giant revealed that its revenue grew 30 percent year-on-year in the second quarter to $9.03 billion, according to the company's report released on Thursday. Google+ has gathered 10 million users in its first two weeks of beta test.

The US Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico issued a warning on Friday of a possible violence outbreak in the city by drug cartels that could be targeting US interests.

Not long after Rebekah Brooks resigned as CEO of News International, the British newspaper arm of News Corp., Dow Jones & Co. CEO Les Hinton offered his resignation to Rupert Murdoch on Friday.

A Florida woman was accused of burning her 18-month-old son with bleach and was arrested on Wednesday and charged with three felony charges of aggravated child abuse.

Three months after Kate Hudson (32) and Matt Bellamy(33) got engaged in April, Kate has given birth to a bonny baby boy and has named him Bingham Hawn Bellamy.