AP - Only a month has passed since ordinary Cubans won the right to own computers, and the government still keeps a rigid grip on Internet access. Read more…

AP - Microsoft Corp. is no closer to buying Yahoo Inc. than when it made its $44.6 billion bid nearly three months ago, leaving the software maker in a quandary over whether the deal is still worth pursuing. Read more…

AP - Consumer navigation devices have gone from expensive gadgets to mainstream gear in just three years, but Europe's largest maker is struggling. Read more…

AP - An executive exodus from troubled online brokerage E-Trade Financial Corp. is continuing, with the chief financial officer's and general counsel's departures announced Friday as the company grapples with massive losses stemming from its hemorrhaging mortgage business. Read more…

AP - Yahoo Inc. plans to make its Web site a social hub by hosting applications from other online services, part of the Internet pioneer's effort to spawn more advertising opportunities. Read more…

Reuters - While Isabella Rossellini enjoyed her foray into new media with her short films about insect sex, she is not sure they could turn a profit, given that so much content is available on the Internet for free. Read more…

Reuters - Thinking of throwing out your old cell phone? Think again. Maybe you should mine it first for gold, silver, copper and a host of other metals embedded in the electronics -- many of which are enjoying near-record prices. Read more…

NewsFactor - The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative wants more kinds of Sugar, and some developers are not sweet on that idea. Sugar is the user interface created for the low-cost laptop developed by a team headed by MIT Media Lab co-founder Nicholas Negroponte. The XO laptop, originally intended for a price point of $100 and incorporating an open-source Linux operating system, is designed for use by children in third-world countries. Read more…

AFP - A Microsoft deadline for Internet service company Yahoo to accept its 44.6 billion-dollar (28.5 billion-euro) acquisition offer expired at midnight Saturday, setting the stage for a hostile takeover bid by the software giant. Read more…

AP - Sarah Brown is unusually cautious when it comes to social networking. The college sophomore doesn't have a MySpace page and, while she's on Facebook, she does everything she can to keep her page as private as she can. Read more…

AFP - "Grand Theft Auto IV" hits streets on Tuesday and is expected to race into record books as the fastest-selling video game ever despite being tailed by critics condemning its violent themes. Read more…

Austrian media reported Sunday that a 73-year-old was discovered to have held his daughter captive in a cellar for 24 years. The report also alleges that he fathered four children by her. Read more…

A new documentary examines religious discrimination in the U.S. military. Should American forces be fighting for God as well as country? Read more…

It's been more than a hundred years since Sigmund Freud introduced psychoanalysis, and in that time his ideas on the mind have gone from the butt of jokes to mainstream acceptance. How do you feel about that? Read more…

Suspected Taliban militants attacked a ceremony attended by the Afghan president, unleashing automatic weapons fire that sent foreign dignitaries and senior government members running for cover. Three people were killed and eight others wounded. Read more…

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama brushed aside a challenge from Hillary Rodham Clinton to debate before the May 6 primaries in Indiana and North Carolina. Read more…

For more than a decade, soy and corn crops have been genetically modified to help farmers control weeds and bugs. Read more…

President George W. Bush poked fun at his potential successors, expressing surprise that none of them were in the audience at the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner. Read more…

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson says Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is "disposed to help" three American hostages who are being held captive by rebels in Colombia. Read more…

Iran"s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Pakistani leaders are expected to discuss security issues in the region, including worsening conditions in Afghanistan, and a pipeline project that could send gas flowing to South Asia and, perhaps, China. Read more…

Police planned to increase patrols and put SWAT officers and specialized units on the streets of Chicago over the weekend, a show of force aimed at deterring violence like the three dozen shootings that left nine people dead last weekend. Read more…

President Bush said tax rebates will start going out Monday, earlier than previously announced, and should help Americans cope with rising gasoline and food prices, as well as aid a slumping economy. Read more…

Patients harmed by Lasik eye surgery told federal health advisers Friday of severe eye pain, blurred vision and even a son's ... Read more…

The Food and Drug Administration is reconsidering the safety of a hormone-like chemical, bisphenol A, or BPA, commonly found ... Read more…

At least four people killed themselves Friday by inhaling fumes from a detergent mixed with other chemicals amid a wave of similar ... Read more…