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If you still think MySQL is too entrenched to be moved from its spot as the number one, open-source DBMS, you might to look at what Wikipedia is doing.

RBS and NatWest write to customers to refund them the cash – plus interest – left behind while withdrawing from ATMs Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest are paying a total of £10m to 300,000 customers who...

Through a combination of strange luck and postal incompetence, the University of Chicago's admissions office received a mysterious package addressed to a "Henry Walton Jones, Jr" late last week. At first, they assumed it...

Tennis star Andy Murray survived a 1996 school shooting in Scotland.

Singapore-based pest extermination firm is in the midst of adopting public cloud services for a common operations system to eliminate duplicate processes and help overcome labor crunch.

Good grief, Charlie Brown, you're looking a little worn out. When our favorite Peanuts character gets a personality transformation à la comedian Louis C.K., the unimaginable happens -- he gets even more somber and dej...

Last year, Google published five digitized and high-res manuscripts from the Dead Sea Scrolls, as part of a collaboration with the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. Now, the company is taking its historical initiative even fur...

The governor on Monday sidestepped a decision about whether a condemned inmate is too fat to be humanely executed by sparing him on the grounds that he had poor legal representation.

We've all heard of Instagram – and its $1 billion price tag. You may also be familiar with Instagram’s predecessor, the retro-styled Hipstamatic, or Path, the former photo-sharing app that is now an everyth...

I was at Bloomberg to explore corporate sustainability data as a fuel for impact investing in transformative innovation. So I sat up when Daniel Doctoroff, Bloomberg's CEO, said the market's movement toward sustainabilit...

"Look wat just came in my x mas gift to self," said Andray Blatche. Look, have your very important Instagram arguments and everything, but think ... If everyone suddenly stopped using Instagram, we'd never know what Andr...

Gold was in another correction mode on Tuesday morning—the third in less than a month—dipping close to $1670; proving wrong those expecting the precious metal to hit $3000 by this year’s end.

Tom Stuker has flown more than 13 million miles on United, as his job as an auto dealership consultant takes him around the world. But he has a rival.

Mark Pincus, CEO of Zynga, is my number four pick for the worst CEO of 2012. Pincus saw an incredible exodus of top executive talent leave the company during 2012, driven out by a combination of imperial ways and unclear...

Argentina forward Lionel Messi signs new contract with Barcelona through 2018

From Solo Practitioner to Super-Size Groups

From Solo Practitioner to Super-Size Groups

Ever find yourself sleeping with your smartphone? If you feel the demands of your career are overtaking your personal life, you’re not alone. With the advance in technology, work can always be with you… if y...

Mr. Stettinius is the new chief executive of Cassidy Turley, a commercial real estate services firm based in Washington.

The Cleveland Indians signed infielder Mark Reynolds on Tuesday.No terms were disclosed, but according to MLB.com, it is a $6 million deal for next season

What brings you joy? Taking a few moments to reflect on this question is time well spent. The feelings in the body, mind and heart that you experience when you are joyful is one of the best parts of being human.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said today that if Republicans can’t reach a deal with President Barack Obama to avert the fiscal cliff, his “plan B” is to have the House vote on a bill to allow ta...