Google travel deal faces regulatory turbulence

Google wants to become the hub of online travel, promising better bargains and more convenience by melding the Internet search leader's wizardry with the Web's top airline-fare tracker,

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Why iPad costs less than new rivals

Presidents Day is famous for sales. Lay down your dead Presidents for linens or shirts. But app fans, don’t expect any deals on tabs, not now or in the future.

You might expect the invasion of the tablets to drive down prices, pressuring Apple (AAPL) to lower the price on its market-leading iPad. But Apple

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At SXSW, techies search for the next big thing

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- For the next five days, Austin will be the epicenter of the tech universe.

Friday is the opening day of the city's annual South by Southwest Interactive conference -- an event known for giving tech trends the momentum to hit the masses. Last year, 14,000 people descended on the city, and this year organizers say they expect 30% to 40% more attendees.

The show has developed a reputation as a tech launch pad, thanks





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Google makes Web search more social

Google is making Web search more social, weaving posts from the Twitter, Flickr, Blogger and other accounts of a user's friends into search results.

The move is an expansion of "Google Social Search," which the Internet giant introduced in 2009.

Instead of featuring at the bottom of a

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