Several brokerages stop taking Facebook IPO orders

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors who want Facebook Inc shares when the No. 1 online social network goes public later this week may have lost the opportunity. TD Ameritrade and Fidelity's brokerage arm both stopped accepting orders of Facebook shares as of Tuesday evening, according to representatives for each of the companies. Morgan Stanley & Co did the same, according to three advisers at the firm who declined to be named because they are not authorized to speak to the press. E*Trade Financial also stopped accepting orders as of 4 p.m. ...

Activision, EA settle lawsuit over execs' leaving

The legal battle between gaming giants Activision Blizzard Inc. and Electronic Arts Inc. is over, with the companies announcing they have settled a case that accused EA of improperly recruiting two executives who oversaw the creation of the smash videogame "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2."

Watch a paralyzed woman control a robotic arm with her mind
Cathy Hutchinson hasn't been able to move her body for the past 15 years. But thanks to a brain implant from a Brown University team of neuroscientists, she's recently been able to pick up a bottle of coffee on her own by … Continue reading →

Watch: TechBytes: Bing, Android, Games
The new look for Microsoft Bing will stress social media, as Google does.

Mammoth 'Butchered' by Ancient Man
A young woolly mammoth, found remarkably well preserved in the tundra in Siberia, may have been attacked by lions -- but scientists say there are signs it was then butchered by ancient humans.

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon: Do You Need A Business Ultrabook?
You’re ready right? For the ultrabooks, of course. While HP kicked off the spring laptop refresh season with its new HP Envy Spectre XT ultrabook last week, Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Carbon ultrabook is just coming out of hiding. And it might just be the business-grade ultrabook...