Micron to buy Numonyx for $1.27 billion

One of the world’s largest flash memory makers agrees to be acquired by Micron Technology in a deal worth approximately $1.27 billion.

Microsoft’s Scott Charney says company’s identity management system can give consumers the power to control where their data ends up.

We burrow under the ISS’ metal skin and siphon out its most interesting specifications, like some kind of star-hopping alien data vampires. But without the plutonium-coated fangs.

Share with us the most garbled messages “transcribed” from free visual voice mail like Google Voice or YouMail.

While the bulk of mainstream media criticism of gaming tends to focus on the violence, gore, and questionable ethics in combat-centric titles, little is spoken about growing instances of racism, misogyny, and homophobia.

Atlanta-based start-up believes that users will be willing to watch a short video advertisement in exchange for a free MP3 download.

A Spanish-language version of the site is the first non-English translation of the site to be rolled out as part of a new internationalization effort.

McAfee spent three years researching and developing a new vertical interface, and the company has made its consumer security suites far better in the process. Take a tour of what’s new in this First Look video.

Al Gore talks about the smart grid and some of the challenges ahead at VentureBeat’s GreenBeat conference in San Mateo, California.

Watch the Boeing 787 Dreamliner take off from Paine Field in Washington on its first test flight.

Microsoft is making record profits, even as its hardware partners struggle to pick up the tab. Could this be a recipe for greater experimentation with Linux?