Facebook has bought the assets of New York-based Drop.io, which ran a cloud-based data storage service. Drop.io's founder, Sam Lessin, a member of this year's Silicon Alley 100, is headed to Facebook.

In a move I can't understand and don't like one bit, Facebook has acquired file-sharing service Drop.io-- and pulled the plug. Specifically, Facebook has "bought most of Drop.io's technology and ...