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This post is the first time I am bringing on a guest. The post is by Ron Rofe, the Managing Partner at Vaizra Investments, investors in Powermat, ZeroCater, Docracy, and others. Notably he is also a shareholder in Plariu...

As expected, Facebook this afternoon confirmed in a blog post that it has agreed to acquire the Atlas Advertiser Suite from Microsoft.

For more than four weeks last year, a previously unknown third radiation belt circled Earth before it was annihilated -- along with the entire outer belt -- by a shock wave from the sun.

The 44-year-old actor was spotted with 21-year-old Topshop heiress Chloe Green.

Pope Benedict XVI's Vatican departure made with a variety of goodbyes from cardinals.

NEW YORK -- The word, "hero," is thrown around a lot these days and often used to describe acts that may indeed be considered special in one way or another but fall short of being heroic. If anyone truly earned the right...

The third O'Reilly Strata conference is taking place between February 25 to 28, 2013 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. It's the end of day two, and while my colleagues are celebrating with libations and conversations...

Photos: Pope's Final General Audience in St. Peter's Square

I noted in a previous blog post that Hadoop needed a number of enhancements to make it more acceptable to enterprise users. One of them was simplicity. Indeed, even some of the purveyors of Hadoop distributions privately...

Police say a felon sought in a shooting and crash that killed three people on the Las Vegas Strip is in custody in the Los Angeles area.

Is it silly season already, or did I really read this in the Onion? Seems an organization called One Million Moms is taking exception to an otherwise innocuous GEICO Insurance TV ad because it "plays with the idea of bea...

Jennifer Lawrence's flawless beauty is too good to be true even in her eyes. She has admitted that her new Dior ad campaign has had a few touch ups. The "Silver Linings Playbook" Oscar-winning actress spoke to Access Hol...

Groupon this afternoon said Andrew Mason has been ousted as CEO.

Online coupon site Groupon, after a series of losses and missteps, said today that it is replacing CEO Andrew Mason. Executive Chairman Eric Lefkofsky and Vice Chairman Ted Leonsis have been appointed to the newly create...

Afghan officials announced two new attacks on policemen, the day after 17 local police officers were drugged and killed by Taliban infiltrators.

Digital image sensor provider OmniVision this afternoon posted better-than-expected results for its fiscal third quarter ended January 31 - but it also provided disappointing guidance for the April quarter.

I hadn't planned on posting to my blog during a three-week vacation in India. Then something so outrageous happened that I simply had to write about it.

After months of speculation, Facebook has finally bought the Atlas online ad serving and measurement service from Microsoft. The acquisition, for which Facebook and Microsoft did not provide a price, was reported yesterd...

Tomorrow is a big day. The sequester will automatically come into effect and we will see across the board spending cuts.

Big data software analytics provider Splunk this afternoon posted better-than-expected financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter ended January 31.

Like you, I couldn't believe my ears when I heard about this. But after a little research and a few phone calls, it's easy to see how the idea is not only catching on because of its 12% yield but is also becoming downrig...

Golden State Warriors rookie Klay Thompson might not have thought about the repercussions after he got into a fight during Tuesday night's game against the Indiana Pacers, one of which was that his father would take away...