Micron to buy Numonyx in $1.3 billion stock deal
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Micron Technology says it plans to buy fellow memory chip maker Numonyx in an all-stock transaction the companies value at $1.27 billion....

Google's e-mail gets social in Facebook face-off
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google Inc. opened a new social hub in its e-mail service on Tuesday, leaving little doubt that the Internet search leader is girding for a face-off with Facebook....

RealNetworks, MTV to spin off Rhapsody
NEW YORK (AP) -- RealNetworks Inc. and MTV Networks said Tuesday that they plan to spin off Rhapsody America LLC, their digital music service joint venture, into an independent company....

AOL integrates Facebook chat with AIM
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- As part of an ongoing effort to improve its user experience, Internet company AOL Inc. is letting users of its AIM instant-messaging service chat with friends on Facebook....

PayPal's India transaction block could last months
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Online payments service PayPal says its suspension of certain transactions in India could last months....

Warner CEO sees e-book `fracas' as helping music
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The head of Warner Music Group expressed hope on Tuesday that the recent "fracas" over the price of e-books would help give content creators such as his company more pricing power over device makers....

Online ad improvement seen in IAC's 4Q loss
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp lost $1 billion in the fourth quarter because it wrote down the value of its search business, but the results beat expectations and offered the latest indication that the online advertising market is improving....

Electronic Arts shares dive on weak outlook
NEW YORK (AP) -- A disappointing outlook from Electronic Arts Inc. sent shares of the video game publisher sharply lower Monday, a sign that significant cost-cuts and layoffs have not ended the company's slump....

Security chip that does encryption in PCs hacked
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Deep inside millions of computers is a digital Fort Knox, a special chip with the locks to highly guarded secrets, including classified government reports and confidential business plans. Now a former U.S. Army computer-security specialist has devised a way to break those locks....

MySpace Music experiments with audio ads
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Hoping to boost revenue, MySpace Music has begun experimenting with audio advertisements that users must hear if they want to listen to music for free online....