Technology Top Stories from Associated Press (AP)

NEW YORK (AP) , Adobe says it is moving to a subscription-based model for the software package it sells to designers, Web developers, video editors and other creative professionals. Adobe Systems Inc. said Monday that it will not release new versions of its Creative Suite software package.

NEW YORK (AP) , TV-over-the-Internet startup Aereo wants a federal court to declare its service legal across the nation. Aereo takes free signals from the airwaves and sends them over the Internet to paying subscribers.

BRUSSELS (AP) , The European Commission said Monday that Motorola Mobility may have abused its dominant market position by denying Apple the right to use technology essential for mobile phones. It is a violation of European Union antitrust rules for a patent holder to deny use to technologically essential patents to companies willing to pay a fair and reasonable price for their use.

NEW YORK (AP) , It's a diplomatic failure at the highest level: Bill Clinton couldn't get Led Zeppelin to reunite. The CBS "60 Minutes Overtime" webcast reported Monday that the former president was enlisted to ask the British rock gods to get back together last year for the Superstorm Sandy benefit concert in New York City. He asked, they said no.

NEW YORK (AP) , BMC Software says it has agreed to be sold to a private investor group for about $6.6 billion in cash. BMC Software Inc. makes system management software for businesses The Houston-based company says that the deal is for $46.25 per share. That's less than 2 percent above Friday's closing stock price of $45.42.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) , MediaTek Inc., Asia's largest chipset designer, said Monday its first quarter profit grew 51 percent from a year earlier, boosted by China's flourishing smartphone market. The Taiwanese company's net profit totaled 3.7 billion New Taiwan dollars ($125 million) in the January-March period on revenue of NT$24 billion.

BEIRUT (AP) , Israel rushed to beef up its rocket defenses on its northern border Sunday to shield against possible retaliation after carrying out two airstrikes in Syria over 48 hours , an unprecedented escalation of Israeli involvement in the Syrian civil war.

A group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army, the same group blamed for hijacking The Associated Press' Twitter account last month, has claimed responsibility for hacking E! Online's account Saturday, tweeting the hoax that Justin Bieber is gay.

PHOENIX (AP) , Alone in the single-seat cockpit and high above the American Southwest, pilot Bertrand Piccard could hear only his plane's gear box and the quiet whine of four electric motors. No noisy jet engines. He's flying Solar Impulse, considered the world's most advanced sun-powered plane.

BEIRUT (AP) , Syria has condemned the Israeli airstrikes against targets around Damascus, saying the attacks aim "to give direct military support to terrorist groups" fighting the government. The Syrian Foreign Ministry also said Sunday in a letter sent to the United Nations and the U.N.

PHOENIX (AP) , Alone in the single-seat cockpit and high above the American Southwest, pilot Bertrand Piccard could hear only his plane's gear box and the quiet whine of four electric motors. No noisy jet engines. He's flying Solar Impulse, considered the world's most advanced sun-powered plane.

Hasbro helps bring Tony Stark's latest movie adventures to a child's hand with its line-up of Assemblers action figures. Offering a collection of 3 3/4-inch-tall, multi-articulated mini masterpieces composed of armored and weapons variations of the Iron Man technology, each figure allows the swapping of its snap-on head, appendages and parts to produce hundreds of hero combinations.

LOS ANGELES (AP) , E! Online says hackers compromised its Twitter and text messaging accounts, sending out erroneous news alerts about Justin Bieber and Angelina Jolie. The Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsibility for Saturday's hack. E! Online said it was working with Twitter to correct the issue, and that an investigation into the attack was underway.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) , Disturbed by the nationwide epidemic of cellphone robberies and thefts, law enforcement officials across the country are looking to the wireless industry to help find a cure. ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) , A solar-powered airplane left Northern California on Friday for the first leg of a planned cross-country trip that its co-pilot described as a "milestone" in aviation history. The Solar Impulse , considered the world's most-advanced sun-powered plane , left Moffett Field in Mountain View just after dawn.