Apple said that shipments of its new iPad to customers who order it online may take two to three weeks but that the tablet would still be available in stores on Friday.

Apple, which has set March 16 as the launch date for all sales of the third-generation iPad, said online pre-orders of the device had been going on since March 7.

Christine Martinez spent the past week frolicking on the Caribbean island of St. Barth after becoming a star by sharing her sense of style at Pinterest.com.

Pinterest has become the Web's hottest young website, particularly among women, by giving people virtual bulletin boards that they decorate with pictures showcasing interests in anything from food to sports, fashion or travel.

Startup Virtual Piggy is rolling out a way for parents to give children online allowances to spend on games, iPod accessories or other stuff tailored for Internet-loving youngsters.

Virtual Piggy chief executive Jo Webber and her team pitched their software to major players including Facebook and online games star Zynga at the Game Developers Conference that ended Friday in San Francisco.

Authorities in Tajikistan on Sunday allowed access to Facebook following an outcry from international organizations over the recent blocking of independent media sites.

"Yes, we've allowed access to Facebook but we don't know how long it will last," said a spokesman for an Internet provider in the Tajik capital Dushanbe.

Chevrolet Europe's president Susan Doherty drives to work every day in an electric car, and thanks to a recharging station at work, she never worries about running out of power.

For most other people, however, it remains a challenge to find electric charging stations to refuel.

A member of the international computer hacking group Anonymous pleaded guilty in court in Britain on Saturday to breaking into and defacing the website of an abortion service.

James Jeffery, 27, said he targeted the site because he disagreed with his sister's decision to terminate her pregnancy, Westminster Magistrates Court in central London heard.

Sweeping medieval fantasy game "Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" and addictive puzzle play in "Portal 2" won accolades at the world's largest gathering of game makers that wraps up Friday in San Francisco.

"Skyrim" was crowned Game of the Year for 2011 at the 12th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards while "Portal 2" won top honors for narrative, audio, and game design.

vClimate change is coming to SimCity.

A new version of the city-building computer game that factors in real-world consequences of energy choices has won endorsements from Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and the director of the Academy Award-winning documentary "An Inconvenient Truth."

Rovio's Angry Birds are taking their battle against the egg-stealing pigs into space and NASA is giving them a boost.

The Finnish videogame company unveiled Angry Birds Space on Thursday, the latest installment of the massively popular videogame.

French engineering giant Alstom Thursday laid the cornerstone for a global hydropower technology center in southern Brazilian to develop turbine models for the Latin American market.

The center, which will become operational in July 2013, is to be housed in Alstom's state-of-the-art hydropower manufacturing plant in Tabaute, located 130 kilometers (80 miles) from Sao Paulo.