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GigaOm  about an hour ago:

Stratasys and MakerBot merge in $403 million stock deal -

MakerBot will continue to independently produce products, such as its popular Replicator 2.
GigaOm  about an hour ago:

Did Facebook finally let its server count slip? -

Facebook has never been direct about the number of servers it has, but today at the GigaOM Structure conference, one of its executives let slip that it runs "hundreds of thousands of machines.
GigaOm  about an hour ago:

Europe to send rover to Mars -

The robot, which is capable of working autonomously, will search for signs of life in soil samples. A complementary satellite will monitor the planet's atmosphere for unusual gases.
GigaOm  2 hours ago:

Google’s Jeff Dean talks about infrastructure, focus and recognizing cats -

Jeff Dean, a Google Fellow who helped develop some of the web giant's most innovative infrastructure projects, says focusing on one problem at a time is crucial for success
GigaOm  3 hours ago:

With Dish (mostly) out of the way, the path is clear for Sprint-SoftBank deal -

To close the deal Sprint just needs a shareholder okay and the FCC to complete its review. The question is, though, if SoftBank's interest in Sprint is waning now that Dish has successfully courted Clearwire.
GigaOm  4 hours ago:

Twitter takes another step toward television with Viacom deal -

Twitter and Viacom have announced a partnership that demonstrates the social media site's growing reach.
GigaOm  4 hours ago:

Black Pearl Systems: Check out the secret startup of Ex-Apple hardware guru Tim Bucher -

Former Apple executive Tim Bucher has hired away some key technical leaders from Netflix, Apple, YouTube, Amazon and Intel for a new stealth hardware startup.
GigaOm  4 hours ago:

Building the cloud enterprise: Surviving an industry shift -

The enterprise software industry of today could learn a lot from the consumer desktop software industry of the 1990s.
GigaOm  4 hours ago:

Public Enemy teams up with BitTorrent to promote sharing and remixing -

Always wanted to get a chance to remix a Public Enemy track? Now you can, thanks to a cooperation between the hip hop pioneers and BitTorrent.
GigaOm  6 hours ago:

Wary of private ed tech efforts, Big 10 schools weigh their own online learning network -

A consortium of schools including the Big 10 universities is reportedly questioning partnerships with private ed tech companies and considering creating their own online education network.