Apple, Samsung CEOs set for court talks
 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The chief executives of Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd are used to running the show at their global tech empires, but they will be in for a different experience when they arrive at a San Francisco federal courthouse on Monday. Apple's Tim Cook and Samsung's Choi Gee-sung, whose companies are embroiled in bitter patent litigation, have been instructed by a federal judge to appear for court-supervised mediation. A joint court filing in April said that "as directed by the Court, Apple and Samsung are both willing to participate" in the discussions. ...
Alibaba Buys Back 20 Percent Stake From Yahoo for $7.1 Billion
Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba has bought half of Yahoo's stake in the company -- 20 percent of Alibaba's shares -- back from Yahoo for $7.1 billion. Watch: TechBytes: Facebook Ads, Amazon Job Surge
General Motors pulls advertisements from Facebook.
  'Mario Tennis Open' Opens on the Nintendo 3DS
On May 20th "Mario Tennis Open" goes online, offering fierce on-the-go 3D tennis matches by way of the Nintendo 3DS.
Zuckerberg's Status Update: Married
Newly minted billionaire Mark Zuckerberg had an important status update Saturday evening: Married.
The 28-year-old tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend, the recently graduated Dr. Priscilla Chen in a private ceremony at the couple's home in Palo Alto, Calif.
SpaceX Launch Aborted at Last Moment
It was to have been the dawn of a new era, private companies launching into space and on to the International Space Station. The first such launch was set for before dawn this morning, and it came tantalizingly close. But the SpaceX rocket never got...
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