More companies are turning to gamification — offering games that let their customers win points for certain activities — as a way to build both loyalty and a trove of data.

The National Science Foundation and the journal Science announce the winners of last year’s contest for the best visualizations in science and engineering.

The death of Micron Technology’s CEO during a solo flight in a hard-to-handle aircraft symbolizes the risky memory chip market that is the company’s bread and butter.

In a news conference, the New England quarterback mentions that while rehabbing last year in Costa Rica, he watched the big game on an illegal site. Is this the final validation for piracy?

Noise-reduction technology from a start-up called Audience accounts for the size of the iPhone 4S chip and keeps Siri off the iPhone 4, analyst Linley Gwennap concludes.

As the Giants battle the Patriots on Sunday, viewers have dozens of ways to keep up with the game–by live streaming, watching on cell phones, or subscribing to apps and social-media feeds.

Tweeting harder to resist than sex, coffee, and alcohol, say researchers from the University of Chicago. Now, let’s just see you try to resist tweeting this story.

In Taiwan, a man dies while gaming In an Internet cafe. Reports suggest no one notices for nine hours. But, regardless of how long he was actually dead, how could it be that no gamer notices until a waitress finally thinks to check?

A research note from Citigroup says Apple CEO Tim Cook is not leaning toward a future MacBook Air with iPad-like features. So, now what?

Why buy when you can rent, borrow, or stream books for a lot less cash?