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1Mashup mocks SXSWi's 'geo' obsession, gender imbalance

Two Digg employees have built "Wheretheladies.at," a relatively simple map mashup that tries to figure out which South by Southwest venues are populated by the most females.

Sun March 14, 2010 5:59 PM PDT

2At SXSWi, Facebook flexes its gaming muscle

The social network's annual developer get-together as part of the South by Southwest Interactive Festival focused on how it can bring its Facebook Connect technology to gamers on disparate platforms.

Sun March 14, 2010 1:35 PM PDT

3Venezuelan president calls for Internet regulation

Hugo Chavez says "the Internet cannot be something open where anything is said and done" and demands crackdown on a critical news site.

Sun March 14, 2010 12:47 PM PDT

4Fiorina follows 'Demon Sheep' with heavenly hot air

A new ad for former HP CEO Carly Fiorina's campaign for the Senate takes the extremes of her "Demon Sheep" ad to even more exalted levels.

Sun March 14, 2010 12:20 PM PDT

5How to make Chatroulette a useful video network

There is a way that Chatroulette could become a lot more than a place for people to show off their private parts

Sun March 14, 2010 10:48 AM PDT

6Shirky: Napster tapped into our primate instincts

We don't want to share goods, but we want to share information, the NYU professor says at a SXSWi talk, and Napster transformed music into information.

Sun March 14, 2010 10:36 AM PDT

7'Faster,' 'instant' Digg 2.0 unveiled at SXSW

Digg CEO Jay Adelson surprises the audience by announcing a revamped version of the service with a big slate of new features.

Sun March 14, 2010 12:51 AM PST

8#OMGConan: The big Digg party Twitter hoax

Word begins spreading on Twitter like wildfire that Conan O'Brien was joining Internet TV network Revision3. But it was actually a hoax that hundreds participated in.

Sat March 13, 2010 11:35 PM PST

9Tech finds its place at SXSWi (roundup)

As the Web generation descends on the South by Southwest Interactive show in Austin, several location-based start-ups try to put themselves on the map.

Sat March 13, 2010 6:49 PM PST

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