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What to Expect at SXSW 2010

149 votes | submitted 2010-03-14 08:06:51 by adeelarshad82 | 8 comments

SWSW Interactive opened on Friday in Austin, Tex., drawing a crowd of thousands and a collection of speakers that includes director Quentin Tarantino, Twitter founder Evan Williams, and Microsoft Researcher Danah Boyd. Here's what you can expect from it.

Obama Sides with RIAA, MPAA; Backs ACTA

362 votes | submitted 2010-03-14 08:02:21 by asami21 | 150 comments

No copyright and/or patent reform for you, American citizens!

Leo Laporte crowd surfing while live streaming @ Diggnation

1001 votes | submitted 2010-03-14 05:48:45 by jsjohnst | 86 comments

Leo Laporte crowd surfing while live streaming on the Internet at Diggnation Live case. As seen at SXSW 2010 at Stubbs BBQ in Austin, TX!

New Version of Digg Revealed

1105 votes | submitted 2010-03-14 04:29:53 by BuzzEdition | 147 comments

At the “Bigg Digg Shindigg” event at the South by Southwest Interactive Conference (SXSWi), Digg CEO Jay Adelson revealed that the popular social bookmarking site is getting a major overhaul, teasing the audience about new features such as personalized feeds and the return of the Digg leaderboard.

Comcast-NBCU merger: how the regulators will decide

300 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 16:16:22 by DiggUnderground | 25 comments

Representatives from the Department of Justice and FCC were low-key about what they thought about the proposed Comcast-NBC Universal merger at yesterday's Senate hearing. But they offered a road map of how they're going to evaluate the deal. We've got details.

Decoding An Ancient Computer: New Astonishing Truths

519 votes | submitted 2010-03-13 14:48:10 by FailEPics | 54 comments

The mysterious mechanism was discovered in 1900 in the wreck of a Roman vessel off the Greek island of Antikythera. The ship held other treasures that were taken over by the Greek government, but one of the items retrieved by the divers was an odd-looking corroded lump of some kind.

Google 99.9% Sure It's Out of China

671 votes | submitted 2010-03-13 13:49:36 by Burento | 141 comments

Talks with China over censorship have reached an apparent impasse and Google, the world's largest search engine, is now "99.9 percent" certain to shut its Chinese search engine, the Financial Times said on Saturday.

FCC Releases Speed Test Tool

613 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 22:13:19 by Lucas123 | 182 comments

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has launched a broadband test service to help consumers clock the speed of their Internet.

Valve's Gabe Newell shares his thoughts on DRM

834 votes | submitted 2010-03-13 00:51:30 by jaybol | 137 comments

Gabe Newell used his awards speech to speak about his thoughts on the industry... including his thoughts on DRM.

EFF: Fox and NPR Have Something In Common--DMCA Takedowns

334 votes | submitted 2010-03-13 01:22:01 by EMFK | 27 comments

The Fox News Channel boasts that it takes a different approach to news coverage than, say, CBS, NBC, or NPR. But it appears Fox takes the same approach as its competitors when it comes to fair uses of its news coverage in political advertisements.

Google takes aim at Digg and Fark with Reader Play

410 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 13:29:18 by gorgeoussand | 70 comments

Reader Play appears to be Google's attempt at stealing some thunder from aggregators such as Digg, Fark.com and Reddit, which regularly showcase the type of humorous videos and images that are found on Play.

Apple vs HTC: The Real Purpose of Apple

387 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 15:50:43 by mobilebond | 138 comments

Many experts are inclined to believe that Apple’s lawsuit against HTC has another real purpose that is to somehow precipitate Google, whose Android operating system and smart phones based on it are becoming a real threat to the iPhone.

Five insights into the behaviors of social media users

264 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 17:20:30 by LaurenElder | 25 comments

Sometimes it's easy to think we know everything about your everyday Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, or even mobile users. However, we managed to dig up a few tidbits about these people that piqued our interest.

Google's Own Stated List of Competitors Grows from 2 to 10

284 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 17:51:06 by IvanB | 23 comments

"Google sees an Internet far more crowded with competitors than just a year ago. At least, that's what the company is telling government regulators."

Foursquare takes lead in where-am-I apps - CNN.com

222 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 18:40:10 by ijpweb | 28 comments

One year ago, the founders of Foursquare stepped onstage before a tech-savvy crowd in Austin, Texas, to announce their concept: a smartphone app that lets you tell friends where you are.

The War At SXSW: AT&T vs 15,000 Data-Crazed Velociraptors

298 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 14:36:07 by bossm4n | 46 comments

AT&T’s struggles to stay up last year are well-documented. CNN recently ran a piece about how AT&T hopes to avoid a similar fate this year. But actually, “struggles” is way too kind of a word. If you were at SXSW last year and happened to be on AT&T’s network — it was an absolute nightmare.

China Warns Google - " Bear The Consequences"

504 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 13:02:57 by FI5HERMAN | 175 comments

A Chinese minister made the government's strongest statement yet on Google's future in the country, warning that the U.S. Internet company will have to bear the consequences if it stops censoring its Chinese search site.

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