IBT Staff Reporter

As part of the US administration's efforts to reduce U.S. oil imports by one-third by 2025, the US Department of Energy has announced new funding and partnership with Google to promote electric vehicles.

Sen. John McCain, who visited the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi on Friday, called for the United States and every other nation to recognize the rebels fighting against forces led by Col. Muammar Gaddafi and for responsible nations to arm them.

Theme park operator Six Flags Entertainment Corp said an arbitrator ruled in favor of certain claims made by its former Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey Speed.

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon use HTML5 based browser technology to create a hyperactive time-lapse high-resolution video and image sequencing feature.

The latest Google Android-based smartphone made by Samsung will bring a serious challenge to Apple's venerable iPhone 4, and the upcoming iphone 5.

Mining giant Rio Tinto said on Friday it would pay the government of Guinea $700 million after reaching an agreement to resolve all outstanding disputes over blocks 3 and 4 of its Simandou iron ore project.

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has pinpointed Chelsea over Arsenal as the greater threat to their pursuit of a 19th league title.

Prof. Ferdinand Porsche developed the world’s first hybrid car, first advanced electric car, and all-wheel drive car a century ago, and now Porsche brings a recreation of his Semper Vivus to New York.

NASA has released breathtaking photos of the earth in honor of Earth Day, here are ten of the best.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval on Friday said he will announce an appointment to replace Sen. John Ensign, R-NV ahead of the senator's resignation date of May 3.

The Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland set a record for the most intense beam of particles ever fired and come a step closer to confirming the Higgs boson, otherwise known as the God particle.

The New York International Auto Show in 2011 will run from Friday April 22nd until Sunday May 1st at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. The official ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held on Saturday April 23rd.

Tenet Healthcare Corp's board rejected the latest $3.3 billion offer from Community Health Systems , saying the price grossly undervalues the company.

Two days after Amazon's cloud hosting service was taken down, company engineers are reporting that things are starting to look up.

LOS ANGELES - Charlie Sheen now has his own mobile app.

President Barack Obama said Thursday that bringing change had been more difficult than a lot of us expected, after a group donors interrupted a campaign speech to protest in song the detention of the soldier that allegedly released a trove of government cables which eventually were obtained and disseminated by Wikileaks.

A virtual forest sprouting on Times Square's renowned billboards, 1,000 free rain barrels for gritty city backyards and a parade of clean energy vehicles including hybrid garbage trucks are all helping New Yorkers go green for Earth Day on Friday.

Greenpeace says a number of tech giants have dirty data centers, which consume large amounts of energy from non-renewable sources.

Renault F1 driver Robert Kubica, who almost lost his right hand in a life-threatening rally accident, said he would leave the hospital in the next ten days.

Manchester United right back Rafael is fit enough to feature against Everton on Saturday, while Darren Fletcher has recovered from his virus to return to training.

Anonymous is finally speaking out against speculation that it was responsible for the recent issues facing Sony's Playstation Network.

Due to unprecedented foreclosures and price declines, many investors are flocking to remove the area's massive glut of homes on the market.

An team of researchers has discovered a way to make a polymer that heals itself, which could revolutionize coatings.

The Nissan LEAF is the first of four 100% electric vehicles Nissan has announced, part of our worldwide commitment to becoming a leader in the effort to build a sustainable, low-carbon society.

U.S. Sen. John Ensign, R-Nevada - facing the possibility of public hearings and legal proceedings stemming from an affair made public in 2009 and ramifications leading to alleged conflict-of-interest violations by a former aide - said late Thursday he would resign, effective May 3.

Rising sales of smartphones and tablets boosted profit at touchscreen chipmakers Cypress Semiconductor and Synaptics Inc even as their traditionally strong PC market continued to slow down.

In its public filing to the FCC yesterday, the company admits that its network has been increasing constrained as more and more high-bandwidth devices have connected to its network.

Samsung Electronics Co has filed patent lawsuits against Apple over the U.S. firm's iPhone and iPad in a tit-for-tat case after Apple claimed Samsung's smartphones and tablets slavishly copied its products.

When Amazon.com and eBay report quarterly results next week, investors will try to determine how well the e-commerce rivals' expensive fight for shoppers is paying off.