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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Facebook is set to launch its initial public offering.

Court won't reduce student's music download fine

A former Boston University student who was ordered to pay $675,000 for illegally downloading and sharing 30 songs on the Internet says he will continue fighting the penalty, despite the Supreme Court's refusal Monday to hear his appeal.

Gadgets: Illuminating Speaker Dock
ABC News' gadget roundup this week features an illuminating speaker, carbon fiber ThinkPad ultrabook, and a new Sony camera. Click through for more exciting gadget picks this week.

CISPA: Your Privacy at Risk?
A new piece of controversial technology-related legislation is making its way though the House and now the Senate – the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA. What is the bill and what's going to happen next?

Yahoo clears a hurdle, sells Alibaba stake for $7.1 billion

SHANGHAI/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc will sell as much as half of its 40 percent stake in Chinese e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba Group for $7.1 billion, ending years of fractious talks over how to extract value from its most prized asset. Yahoo also increased its stock buyback authorization by $5 billion to $5.5 billion as a result of the deal but said it might instead opt to distribute some of the proceeds through a dividend. The sale, announced on Monday, gives Yahoo $6.3 billion in cash and up to $800 million of new Alibaba preferred stock. After taxes, Yahoo will clear $4.2 billion. ...