In a support document, Apple tells us that when you eventually send your iPad in to have its battery replaced, Apple will just send you a new iPad instead. The Battery Replacement Service will cost $100.

AU Optronics Corp., the world’s third-biggest maker of liquid-crystal displays, said it submitted an application to Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs to build its first panel factory in China.

Chatroulette.com, a site that puts users in video contact with random strangers across the globe, is quickly becoming a global phenomenon and attracting interest from investors and marketers

Its spores ride the wind, wiping out wheat crops and breaching science's best defenses. Inside the race to stop the Ug99 fungus.

Google has been cranking out new versions of Android operating system faster than handset makers can keep up with. As a result, the latest Android phones to hit the stores carry an older version of the OS, which means consumers often have no access to new apps or features.

A Massachusetts computer company buys the first domain name, and gets the .com ball rolling.

The iPad may not be out for several weeks, but there are still some excellent choices if you're looking for a tablet-like device for reading e-books. We compare 10 recent e-readers and tablets.

Autopia selects 10 car designs that have stood the test of time.

If dipping into your life savings to develop that great idea or project isn't an option (as in, you don't have savings), the crowdsourced fundraising service called Kickstarter just might be your only financial hope.

Winners are all over the map at South by Southwest's 13th annual awards ceremony honoring the internet's best and brightest. Thank god for host Doug Benson's satirical jabs at the contenders.

Demand for digital book applications on Apple devices gives developers and publishers fresh ways to make money—a mixed blessing for Amazon

'The internet' is in the running for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. Modesty does not prevent us from reporting that the internet's candidacy was championed by the Wired for advancing 'dialogue, debate and consensus.'

A new type of wire service acts as a middleman between freelancers and big media companies, with the aim of firing up free speech in the Middle East and other regions.

Geeks party like rock stars at South by Southwest's interactive and film festivals. A photo tour of the Saturday night scene.

The North American premiere of American: The Bill Hicks Story delivers a biting dose of the late, great stand-up's routines. But that's just the tip of the iceberg: Fans who've memorized every word will dig the documentary's inventive animation sequences.

Promising a mix of revenue and flexibility, the startup will offer independent filmmakers a direct route to movie fans.

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 reports.

Funny, fresh and amazingly violent, Matthew Vaughn's big-screen adaption of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.'s superhero story leaves a packed house laughing at South by Southwest.

With trailers, film excerpts and concept art, producer Robert Rodriguez and director Nimrod Antal show off their fierce reboot of the sci-fi franchise at South by Southwest. Here's what the lucky folks at the packed screening saw.