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In the late 1940s, the executive mansion was in a condemnable state. To save it, everything had to go. More About: Archives, history, pics, President, the white house, US Government, Washington DC

Samsung will announce its next flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S IV, next month on March 14. We know this because the company said so — an act simultaneously like and unlike the approach by its chief mobile rival, Apple. Apply … Continue reading →

Federally-funded research and development could lose hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade if Congress fails to strike a deal avoiding the deep spending cuts scheduled to hit Friday as part of the budget sequester, according to a … Continue reading →

Facebook is reportedly experimenting with a new way to determine if your friends need a gift: analyzing their status messages. Facebook Gifts is built off of a service called Karma, which it acquired last year. Karma had a built-in language … Continue reading →

The 2013 Oscars saw an uptick of almost 200% on social media over last year, propelling the ceremony to the top of the weekly social charts with room to spare. Viewers took to social media in droves, registering more than … Continue reading →

Scottish actress Tilda Swinton’s unique appearance has been compared to David Bowie’s look. A Tumblr blog even exists to showcase their uncanny resemblance. Now they star — oddly, as a married couple — in Bowie’s risqué video for “The Stars … Continue reading →

What if mobile subscribers could click a button and top-off their data plan, or even buy mobile Internet access to a single app? More About: bills, data plans, Mobile, opera, phone bills

If you weren’t at the #TailsandRails pet-friendly hackathon over the weekend, you sure missed a tail-waggin’ good time. Held at New York’s Soho Grand Hotel, Mashable and Purina collaborated to bring together tech enthusiasts who want to build a better … Continue reading →

For the last year or so, Java seems to have spawned a never-ending flow of security bugs, partly because of the software environment’s invisibility to end users and partly because of the system access it allows. In January alone, two … Continue reading →

North Korea, which has a reputation for isolationism as opposed to connectivity, has activated a new 3G mobile Internet network called Koryolink geared primarily for foreigners to access the web, text, tweet and upload photos and video. North Korean citizens, … Continue reading →