Technology Top Stories from Associated Press (AP)

NEW YORK (AP) , General Electric is saying goodbye to 30 Rock , the building and the TV business born there. It's another step in GE's efforts to focus on less glamorous , but theoretically more profitable , ventures such as manufacturing medical imaging equipment, airplane engines and electrical generators.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) , A shareholder rebellion against Dell's proposed $24.4 billion sale to its founder and other investors is gaining more support, fueling a belief that the struggling personal computer maker will have to wrangle a higher price to get the deal done.

One of NASA's renowned research centers has been under a four-year FBI investigation for the possible transfer of secret weapon-system technology to foreign countries, including China, two Republican congressmen have disclosed.

Apple CEO Tim Cook is calling a shareholder lawsuit against the company a "silly sideshow," even as he said he is open to looking at the shareholder's proposals for sharing more cash with investors. Investor David Einhorn sued Apple Inc.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) , Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer thinks the Internet company will be able to please more people with fewer smartphone applications. Mayer told an audience of investors during a Tuesday presentation that she thinks Yahoo will be better served with just 12 to 15 mobile applications, down from a "scattered" portfolio of as many as 75 different programs in recent years.

LOS ANGELES (AP) , Comcast said Tuesday that it's buying General Electric's 49 percent stake in the NBCUniversal joint venture for $16.7 billion several years early, as the company takes advantage of low borrowing costs and what CEO Brian Roberts called a "very attractive price."

Facebook is being sued by a Dutch widow who alleges her husband, who died in 2004, was the inventor of the social media site's "like" button, and that the technology was used without permission. The plaintiff, the unnamed widow of Joannes Jozef Everardus van Der Meer, is represented by the patent-holding company, Rembrandt Social Media, United Press International reports.

An Intel executive is confirming that the company is going to sell a set-top box that brings Internet-delivered movies and shows to a TV set. Erik Huggers, general manager of Intel Media, says the company plans to sell a box that will offer "a vastly superior experience," to today's cable boxes.

LOS ANGELES (AP) , Netflix is buffing up its credentials as a popular way for parents to keep their kids entertained. The subscription video provider said Tuesday that it will team up with DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. to create its first original cartoon series for kids.

TOKYO (AP) , As the yen weakens, famous Japanese exporters from Toyota to Nintendo are getting a boost but the favorable exchange rate also carries risks by insulating some companies from pressure to overhaul their businesses.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) , Guests at one New Jersey casino won't even have to get out of bed in order to place a bet. The Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City said it will become the first casino in the United States to let guests gamble over hotel room TV sets, starting Feb. 18.

HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) , The East Coast woke up under a blanket of snow this weekend and collectively documented the experience on the myriad social and mobile inventions of the past decade. Facebook, Twitter and other technologies make it increasingly difficult to stay isolated , even if you're stuck home alone.

Microsoft and other technology giants have been ordered to stand before an Australian government committee and explain why prices are higher for Aussies than elsewhere in the world. Apple and Adobe executives were expected to join Microsoft's hearing on Monday, hosted by a lower-house committee, according to a Raw Story report.

LONDON (AP) , Britain's accounting watchdog announced Monday that it is investigating the books of British business software maker Autonomy Corporation in the period before it was bought by Hewlett-Packard Co. in 2011.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) , Homeowners on the hunt for sparkling solar panels are lured by ads filled with images of pristine landscapes and bright sunshine, and words about the technology's benefits for the environment , and the wallet. What customers may not know is that there's a dirtier side.