Posted: 5:02 PM The U.S. government says Apple Inc. wants to rush its New York antitrust lawsuit over the price of electronic books by finishing evidence gathering by year's end.

Updated: 6:30 PM Microsoft has unveiled Surface, a tablet computer to compete with Apple's iPad.

Posted: 1:34 PM Facebook is buying Face.com, a facial-recognition technology company that helps people tag photos on the Web by figuring out who is in them.

Posted: 4:45 PM Smartphones set to be released this month by Samsung and Sony will have the ability to they'll learn things when you touch them to pre-programmed "tags."

Updated: 5:30 PM A new study says U.S. retail sales of video-game hardware, software and accessories fell 28 percent in May to $517 million. It's the sixth-consecutive month of decline.

Posted: 11:35 AM Yelp is feeding its online reviews of restaurants and other local merchants to Microsoft's Bing search engine in a move to compete against Zagat ratings on Google.

Posted: 11:30 AM NASA's latest X-ray telescope was boosted into orbit Wednesday to begin a two-year mission.

Posted: 7:46 PM Verizon Wireless is phasing out nearly all of its existing phone plans and replacing them with pricing schemes that let families and other subscribers share a monthly data allowance over as many as 10 devices.

Posted: 1:07 PM After years of seeing video capture officers in a bad light, police departments nationwide are trying to use the medium to their advantage.

Updated: 11:56 AM An internet research firm says the results of a new study indicate marketing on Facebook can help increase sales.

Posted: 3:05 PM Fresh off a disappointing initial public offering, Facebook is getting a big boost from Apple, which is building the social network deep into its iPhone and iPad software.

Posted: 11:08 AM Cybersecurity researchers say they've uncovered a new link between the infrastructure-wrecking Stuxnet program and the recently-discovered Flame virus.

Posted: 2:06 PM Foursquare is getting a makeover that turns the focus to this sort of exploration.

Posted: 9:55 AM Facebook's deflated stock is inching lower once again even as the broader market is advancing.

Posted: 4:30 PM Oracle will distribute more than 100 business software applications over the Internet as the company tries to adapt to a computing shift threatening to turn it into a relic.

Posted: 2:00 PM Business social network LinkedIn is confirming reports that some of its users' passwords have been stolen and leaked onto the Internet.

Posted: 10:14 AM The prototype space shuttle, Enterprise, traveled up the Hudson River from Jersey City, N.J., on Wednesday.

Posted: 10:10 AM Google is expected to unveil the latest improvements to its digital maps amid reports that the navigation service is about to lose its prized perch on Apple's iPhone and iPad.

Posted: 10:33 AM Oracle is buying social intelligence company Collective Intellect Inc. for an undisclosed sum to expand its social media tracking services.

Posted: 2:07 PM Research In Motion's stock is below $10 for the first time since December 2003.

Posted: 1:55 PM NASA has received a pair of giant identical telescopes from the National Reconnaissance Office.

Posted: 9:36 AM Since the IPO, Facebook's stock has fallen on six of the 10 trading days. It is edging lower again Monday.

Posted: 6:24 AM New enhanced parental controls could allow kids under 13 to have Facebook.

Posted: 9:52 AM Facebook's stock is falling with the broader market following a weak jobs report that showed the U.S. economy adding far fewer jobs than expected.

Posted: 9:37 AM The CEO of AT&T says cellphone plans that count only data usage are likely to be introduced by someone in the industry in the next two years. In such a scenario, phone calls would be considered just another form of data.