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It's not all beer-pong and barbeque at SXSW. Isn't the Interactive portion of the festival supposed to be about sharing ideas?

It may be iPad 2 day, but that doesn't stop the Apple news mill from grinding--now there's a fresh leak from China that hints what the iPhone 5 may look like. It's convincing

In the clearest language to date, Democratic Senator Herb Kohl of Wisconsin signaled heavy scrutiny of Google coming in 2011. An antitrust showdown between the U.S

By now you've probably heard of HTML5, the platform that every browser maker from Microsoft to Mozilla to Google can't stop heralding as the savior of the Internet. Buzzwords aside, developers are excited about HTML5 because it creates a more elegant online experience, enabling users to enjoy the the best aspects of the web--audio, video, multimedia--without having to install external applications like Adobe Flash. In other words, HTML5 allows us to experience the Internet natively, and escape what Mozilla VP of products Jay Sullivan calls "plug-in prison." Sullivan is gung-ho about HTML5, which has become a major selling point of Firefox 4, the browser's latest iteration set launch in the coming weeks

Flipboard , the popular news aggregator/browser app, just got a significant makeover that boosts speed and includes Instagram support and a clever social search.

Meet up with friends! Watch funny YouTube videos! Oh yeah, also, prep for the LSATs... A couple years back, Ashish Rangnekar was preparing for his GMAT exam, while also working a full-time job. "I realized that I was always short of time

Apple 's new iPad is here ! In all 236 Apple retail stores in the U.S.

A new study shows readers of iPad magazines find their attention wandering. A lot. And any way you spin it, that's a tricky finding for both publishers and advertisers.

1. AOL is expected to lay off between 400 and 500 people in the U.S. today (about 8-10% of its staff), as part of its push to make itself more profitable

If you're fed up of reading an Internet peppered with news about Charlie Sheen, then take heart: There's now a browser plug-in that'll censor Sheen-related references for you. If you're fed up of reading a Net full of Apple references, then tough luck--there's real talk that Apple was testing a 64GB iPhone version, as a prototype has leaked. On with the news.

Photo-based life-blogging phenomenon DailyBooth just revealed that it's raised around $6 million in venture capital to grow the young company dramatically.

Apple has some hot products on sale, and its designs push many an envelope. But are its decisions skewing the PC industry somewhat

We wondered if this would be true: An investigation into Verizon's iPhone data performance reveals a sad reality.

It's International Women's Day--and in fact it's the hundredth such event. Google 's

The iPad isn't just just a luxury device for gadget fetishists. The proof may soon be found in airline cockpits, where major airlines are testing out the iPad as a replacement for paper maps and clunky aviation computers