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In February, North Korea agreed to freeze uranium enrichment and missile tests and allow international nuclear inspectors — and then immediately announced a rocket launch. North Korea watchers are puzzled by the mixed messages and wonder who is calling the shots in a country with a new, untested leader.

Justice Clarence Thomas rarely speaks during a Supreme Court argument. Perhaps he reserves his opinions for private conversations with the other justices. Quiet People can be quite social and sociable. They just don't say much.

Apple's decision to end its online streaming music service will reverberate across music websites, including those of several leading publications. What will the online community do without the songs?

The U.S. recently agreed to provide North Korea with food assistance, and it was hoped that this would help calm tensions in the region. But under its new leader, North Korea is now planning a rocket launch next month that's making everyone uneasy.

Wi-Fi is now available at 35,000 feet. Roughly 1 in 3 domestic planes already has it, and the number is growing. But one industry analyst says that many passengers who could be logging on aren't.

Dozens of websites have been secretly harvesting lists of places that their users previously visited online, everything from news articles to bank sites to pornography. A team of UCSD computer scientists -- a graduate student and 3 professors -- found that the practice of "history sniffing" is possible because of a weakness in web browsers which allows websites to do this.

Dr. James Maskalyk went to contested border town in Sudan with Doctors Without Borders. He treated patients and fended off a measles epidemic with limited resources. His six-month stint affected him more than he expected.

The board of Yahoo Inc. rejects a $44.6 billion dollar buyout bid from Microsoft Corp., saying the offer was too low. Microsoft now must decide whether to increase its offer, launch a proxy fight or simply withdraw. Meanwhile, Yahoo is reaching out to other potential partners.

Google Inc., the company behind the Internet's most popular search engine, files its long-awaited plans for an initial public offering. The prospect of a Google IPO has kept Silicon Valley abuzz all year. Google said it expects to raise $2.7 billion through the stock sale, but the first day of trading is likely months away. NPR's Elaine Korry reports.

Every step we take, every move we make, somebody's watching us. If Greta Garbo — the iconic movie star who famously wanted to be left alone — were around today, she might be a prime customer of the online privacy industry.