AP Top Technology News  New telescope to be in South Africa, AustraliaMay 25, 20128:18 PM ET PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Australia and South Africa will share hosting of a giant radio telescope made up of thousands of separate dishes and intended to help scientists figure out the make-up of the universe, the international consortium overseeing the project announced.   Alibaba.com $2.5B privatization bid approvedMay 24, 201211:59 PM ET HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group's $2.5 billion bid to take its Hong Kong-listed unit private was cleared Friday by minority shareholders, easing the way for CEO Jack Ma to gain more control over his company's destiny.  Morgan Stanley may refund some Facebook investorsMay 24, 20126:35 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) — Morgan Stanley, the lead investment bank in Facebook's troubled initial public offering, will compensate retail investors who overpaid when they bought Facebook's stock in Friday's IPO, according to a source familiar with the matter.    New Google data show Microsoft's piracy problemsMay 24, 20128:53 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google's Internet search engine receives more complaints about websites believed to be infringing on Microsoft's copyrights than it does about material produced by entertainment companies pushing for tougher online piracy laws.    Facebook launches iPhone camera appMay 24, 20125:34 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook's rocky initial public offering hasn't stopped life at the world's biggest online social network. On Thursday, the company unveiled a camera app for the iPhone.   Times-Picayune to cut paper to 3 days a weekMay 24, 201211:30 PM ET NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Times-Picayune, one of the nation's oldest newspapers, will no longer offer print editions seven days a week and instead plans to offer three printed issues a week starting in the fall. The change means New Orleans would become the largest metro area in the nation without a daily newspaper in the digital age. 
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