Who could resist the months of hype that paved the way for Apple’s iPad debut last week? Apparently not Google, which has shown its interest in tablet computing with its browser-based Chrome OS.

This week’s Game Developers Conference reinforces the iPhone’s status as a top gaming platform. For the first time, the GDC advisory board is devoting an entire summit to Apple’s smartphone.

The most popular “mommy bloggers” attract companies that send them free products in the hopes of getting positive coverage. But after readers complained they could no longer trust the blogs’ advice, some women bloggers are taking steps to fight what they fear is a backlash against their profession.

The future of social networking, the real-time Web and a host of apps and gadgets were the talk of the annual Le Web conference as it opened here Wednesday.

Who could resist the months of hype that paved the way for Apple’s iPad debut last week? Apparently not Google, which has shown its interest in tablet computing with its browser-based Chrome OS.

Hoping to capitalize on the momentum created by the release of its Pre smartphone, Palm on Wednesday will unveil a smaller, cheaper smartphone called Pixi.

The social networking site Facebook on Monday pulled a third-party application that allows users to create polls after a site member built a poll asking if President Obama should be killed.

From nonsensical gadgets to gimmicky, Web-themed plots, movies often get technology wrong. From Sandra Bullock’s “The Net” to Angelina Jolie’s “Hackers,” here are our picks for the worst tech movies ever.

From a pair of hydraulic-powered aluminum wings to a camera-and-LCD-screen getup that makes it look like you’ve got a gaping hole in your belly, here are 5 high-tech costumes and gadgets that pack Halloween thrills.

Google announced Monday the fruits of its earlier deal with Twitter, showing off how it has decided to present real-time Internet content within search results.

The wife of Twitter CEO Evan Williams has opened up the delivery room to the world and is posting updates to Twitter while she prepares to give birth. The real-time drama of Sara Williams’ labor is calling attention to what seems to be a growing trend of pregnant moms and dads posting online about their pregnancies.

A proposed partnership between the French government and Google is stoking fears in France that the country’s literary treasures will fall under commercial control of a U.S. technology company.

We know each other, right? You’re on Facebook. No? Maybe we tweeted about Iraq? Or were we job-nobbing on LinkedIn?

With more than 2,000 Internet movers and shakers gathering, the LeWeb conference in Paris is an ideal spot for new start-up ventures to ply their wares hoping to attract the investment and attention that will propel them to Twitter of Facebook-style success.

BlackBerry has introduced its official Twitter application, offering users of the most popular smartphone brand a feature on the rival iPhone that they now can only covet.