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New telescope to be in South Africa, Australia
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- Australia and South Africa will share hosting of a giant radio telescope made up of thousands of separate dishes and intended to help scientists figure out the make-up of the universe, the international consortium overseeing the project announced Friday....
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Yahoo kills 'Livestand' just 6 months after debut
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Yahoo is killing a tablet magazine called Livestand just six months its debut on the iPad....
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Dragon makes history with space station docking
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- The private company SpaceX made history Friday with the docking of its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, the most impressive feat yet in turning routine spaceflight over to the commercial sector....
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Apple CEO Cook gives up $75M in stock dividends
NEW YORK (AP) -- Apple says CEO Tim Cook is giving up $75 million in dividends on restricted stock....
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New telescope to be in South Africa, Australia
AMSTERDAM (AP) -- An organization planning to build the world's largest and most sensitive radio telescope says it will be constructed in both Australia and South Africa....
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Alibaba.com $2.5B privatization bid approved
HONG KONG (AP) -- Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group's $2.5 billion bid to take its Hong Kong-listed unit private was cleared Friday by minority shareholders, easing the way for CEO Jack Ma to gain more control over his company's destiny....
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Morgan Stanley may refund some Facebook investors
NEW YORK (AP) -- Morgan Stanley, the lead investment bank in Facebook's troubled initial public offering, will compensate retail investors who overpaid when they bought Facebook's stock in Friday's IPO, according to a source familiar with the matter....
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Fox sues Dish Network over ad-skipping DVR service
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Broadcaster Fox is suing Dish Network over a service that offers commercial-free TV....
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Times-Picayune to cut paper to 3 days a week
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The Times-Picayune, one of the nation's oldest newspapers, will no longer offer print editions seven days a week and instead plans to offer three printed issues a week starting in the fall. The change means New Orleans would become the largest metro area in the nation without...
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New Google data shows Microsoft's piracy problems
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google's Internet search engine receives more complaints about websites believed to be infringing on Microsoft's copyrights than it does about material produced by entertainment companies pushing for tougher laws against online piracy....
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Facebook launches iPhone camera app
NEW YORK (AP) -- Facebook's rocky initial public offering hasn't stopped life at the world's biggest online social network. On Thursday, the company unveiled a camera app for the iPhone....
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Say cheese! NASA Mars rover photographs own shadow
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Even robots like to have fun. NASA's rover on Mars showed off its playful side by snapping a picture of its own shadow. It's the latest self-portrait since the rover, named Opportunity, landed on the red planet in 2004....
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Facebook shares stabilizing, but probes mount
NEW YORK (AP) -- Facebook's initial public offering is the subject of two congressional inquiries and mounting lawsuits as the social network enters its fifth day of public trading on Thursday....
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Yahoo seeks to shake up search, Web browsing
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Yahoo is joining the battle to redefine Internet search and taking aim at building a better Web browser, too....
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Scotland Yard deploys mobile fingerprint devices
LONDON (AP) -- Scotland Yard says it's equipping its police officers with handheld fingerprint devices, something the force says will help identify suspects in a matter of seconds....
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Play on: Google posts synthesizer tribute to Moog
NEW YORK (AP) -- Bob Moog's synthesizer helped change the sound of modern music. On what would have been his 78th birthday, Google is paying tribute to the man with a virtual version of his famous Moog on their homepage - and it's completely playable....
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Key moments in Hewlett-Packard's recent history
On Wednesday, Hewlett-Packard Co. announced plans to cut about 8 percent of its work force, or 27,000 workers, by October 2014. It comes as the maker of personal computers struggles to compete with mobile devices....
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HP to cut 27,000 jobs to save up to $3.5B annually
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Hewlett-Packard plans to jettison 27,000 workers as the growing popularity of smartphones, the iPad and other mobile devices makes it tougher for the company to sell personal computers....
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Commercial space race gets crowded behind SpaceX
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A privately built space capsule that's zipping its way to the International Space Station has also launched something else: A new for-profit space race....
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Review: OnLive Desktop brings the PC to tablets
NEW YORK (AP) -- So you love your iPad, but you wish you could work on Microsoft Office software, watch Flash video and generally have more of a PC-like experience? OnLive Desktop is one way you can....
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Japanese video game author wins Spanish prize
MADRID (AP) -- Japan's Shigeru Miyamoto, considered the father of the modern video game, has been awarded Spain's Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities....
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Regulators probe bank's role in Facebook IPO
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Regulators are examining whether Morgan Stanley, the investment bank that shepherded Facebook through its highly publicized stock offering last week, selectively informed clients of an analyst's negative report about the company before the stock started trading....
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Why Facebook still doesn't look cheap
NEW YORK (AP) -- If you were thinking of picking up a few shares of Facebook last week, when it went public at a price of $38, you might be seriously tempted now that the stock has fallen $7 in two days....
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Beam them up: Ashes of 'Star Trek' actor in orbit
WASHINGTON (AP) -- James Doohan, Scotty from "Star Trek," spent his acting career whizzing through the cosmos. Gordon Cooper was one of America's famous Mercury seven astronauts. And Bob Shrake spent his work life anonymously helping send NASA's high-tech spacecraft to other planets....
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New ad zapper has TV networks worried about sales
NEW YORK (AP) -- The maker of a new DVR that lets consumers zap away broadcast TV commercials at the touch of a button suggested Tuesday that the networks are being short-sighted in opposing the technology....
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