Silicon Valley-area city becomes factory town again, with help of high-tech manufacturing
FREMONT, Calif. (AP) -- In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than $60,000 each....

A year after IPO, stock still stagnant, Facebook looks to become an advertising giant
NEW YORK (AP) -- It was supposed to be our IPO, the people's public offering....

Report: Yahoo board to meet Sunday to vote on proposed $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr
NEW YORK (AP) -- Yahoo may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to attract more traffic and advertisers to the Internet company's website and mobile applications....

Review: Toshiba brings 'Retina' quality high-resolution screen to Windows laptop
NEW YORK (AP) -- Last year, Apple added a visually stunning option to its MacBooks: screens with ultra-high resolution. These "Retina" displays reveal four times as much detail as any Windows laptop screen ... until now. Toshiba just released a new laptop line with a Retina-level display....

Ex-Groupon CEO Mason 'takin' care of business' with motivational album, plans for new company
NEW YORK (AP) -- Former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason is diving into several new ventures, including indulging his inner rock star with an album of "motivational business music."...

Canadian minister visits N. Calif. on a campaign to lure Silicon Valley tech workers north
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- The Canadian government has launched an aggressive campaign to lure Silicon Valley tech workers frustrated by U.S. visa policies northward, just as Congress wrestles with a long-sought overhaul of America's immigration system....

Syria's pro-Assad hackers hijack Financial Times blog, Twitter feeds in latest media attack
LONDON (AP) -- A clutch of Twitter accounts and a blog maintained by the Financial Times were hacked Friday, the latest in a series of cyberattacks claimed by the Syrian Electronic Army, a pro-government group which has regularly targeted media organizations it sees as sympathetic to the country's rebels....

Facebook's timeline: A history of the social network's hits and misses
Facebook made its debut on the stock market a year ago on May 18 in one of the largest IPOs in history and the biggest for any Internet company....

Popular 'Sonic the Hedgehog' video games coming to Nintendo systems
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Sonic the Hedgehog is rolling with Nintendo....

INFLUENCE GAME: Tech industry, big labor wrangle over high-tech jobs for foreigners
WASHINGTON (AP) -- To the U.S. technology industry, there's a dramatic shortfall in the number of Americans skilled in computer programming and engineering that is hampering business. To unions and some Democrats, it's more sinister: The push by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to expand the number of visas for high-tech foreign workers is an attempt to dilute a lucrative job market with cheap, indentured labor....