You are voting for your favorite social news and social bookmarking in the Open Web Awards, a distributed contest to find the best sites on the web. The top three sites in this category will proceed to the final round starting December 17th, and there will be an awards ceremony at the Palace Hotel, San [...]

You are voting for your favorite applications and widgets in the Open Web Awards, a distributed contest to find the best sites on the web. The top three sites in this category will proceed to the final round starting December 17th, and there will be an awards ceremony at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco on [...]

In an attempt to keep up with the vastly changing community of photo/video/audio sharing sites, Microsoft has bought WebFives.

I want to thank you all for your nominations in the previous OWA phase and now Mashable together with 30 other blog partners (including us) have selected most recent user favorites for you to vote – let’s see which one is the best. I like the comparison of the Downlaod Squad – yes, this [...]

Here’s a conversation I have at least 10 times a year.
“Hi mom.”
“Hi Andy. Something’s wrong with the computer.”
“What’s the problem?”
“I dunno. It’s just really slow.”
The problem, more often then not, is dad getting a little trigger happy with some spyware-inducing pop-up ads. However, without being in front of the computer it’s virtually impossible [...]

In what was the predictable next step for VOIP, calls can now be made directly from an Internet browser, thanks to SIP-based flash phone, TringMe.

Quick, quick – I need it now!
We’ve all become products of impatience thanks to an increasingly stressful world. Not to mention, the Internet. To help further our rush-rush mentality there’s Definr; God forbid you have to wait an entire second to find out what leiotrichous means. (For the record, smooth-haired).

Since its inception, MTV has always been considered a trend setter. From the music we listen to, to the sneakers we wear, the music channel has defined what’s hot and what’s not for over two decades. Surprisingly, then. parent company Viacom has lagged behind when it comes to social networking. That is, [...]

Part of the fun of courting potential girlfriends was the mixtape. Maybe because I was a lot better at putting Firehouse back-to-back with Toad the Wet Sprocket then I was at romantic candlelight dinners, I’ve always thought music, right behind food, was the way to a woman’s heart.
Well I’m married now and the [...]

He’s a better businessman and technology leader then dancer. That’s an assessment that we think even Mark Cuban would agree with.