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LIVE: The Funniest Tweets From the Oscars

There's nothing funny about bad fashion at the Oscars. However, it is hilarious to joke about it on Twitter. Fortunately, our friends at WitStream are bringing the fun supply for Sunday night's big show. Tune in below for the best jokes, burns and co...

CDC iPad App Lets You Solve Disease Outbreaks

In the age of social media, we can track disease outbreaks like never before. Now, a new game from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention takes the armchair epidemiology to a whole new level. The CDC created "Solve the Outbreak," a new iPad a...

FTC Settlement: HTC Must Patch Security Vulnerabilities

HTC America has been ordered to develop and release software patches to address widespread security vulnerabilities that have potentially affected millions of HTC devices as part of a settlement deal announced by the Federal Trade Commission Friday. ...

Michelle Obama and Jimmy Fallon Compare Game Faces on Twitter

Michelle Obama drops by Late Night With Jimmy Fallon tonight to talk fitness and -- hopefully -- perform a duet with Questlove on a "Sweatin' to the Oldies" slow jam. Fingers crossed on that second part. Fallon and the FLOTUS prepped for the appearan...

Baby Jams Out With 5 Instruments at Same Time

Baby Q here is one talented tyke. He doesn't need any backup for his jam sesh; he's got it covered himself. Watch in amazement as he plays five instruments in his own one man (baby) band, and begin to feel worse that you still can't play that keyboar...

And the Winner for 'Best Picture' Goes to...the Internet

Ready for the Oscars? As the big night approaches, buzz is swirling stronger than ever on the Internet. The Academy has shown plenty of digital love to film fans, but we've taken it to a whole new level. SEE ALSO: Oscar Nominees Star in 'Les Zero Sil...

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10 Oscar GIFS to Get the Party Started

The Internet is revving its engines in preparation for Hollywood's biggest night of the year, the 85th Academy Awards. While we all wait to see if Quvenzhané Wallis can fit an Oscar in that cute puppy purse, why not take a quick GIF break? SEE ALSO: ...

3 Ways to Watch the Oscars Online

LOS ANGELES -- Winners of the 85th Academy Awards, hosted by Ted director and Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, will be revealed Sunday at 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC. You can watch the Oscars online, enhancing your TV viewing experience with this digestib...

Let There Be NanoLight, the World-Changing Lightbulb

Leave it to Kickstarter to try reinventing the lightbulb. Three graduates from the University of Toronto got together and started a Kickstarter campaign for a product called the NanoLight, a lightbulb that promises to be the most energy efficient in ...

Hands-On With The Week's Top Apps

Several exciting new apps launched this week. Sunrise, a new social calendar created by ex-Foursquare developers, launched for iOS, and SwiftKey released a huge new update for Android. Location-sharing app Highlight released an update for iOS and And...

Top Comments: The Most Expensive Starbucks Drink and More

This week on Mashable, some of our top comments were about the man who recorded himself ordering the most expensive Starbucks drink on record. The responses ranged from expressions of disbelief to questions about methodology. The man responsible for ...

Viral Video Recap: Must-Watch Memes of the Week

This week's viral video recap has everything you need: cute kids, cute animals and, of course, the Harlem Shake. In this edition, a father and his young daughter perform a duet, a tiger is shown up-close carrying its cubs in the wild (thanks to a cam...

How to Prepare for Online Rejection

Putting yourself -- or your original work -- on the Internet can be daunting, but it's a little easier with the right encouragement. SEE ALSO: More Sunday Comics In the comic below, Cyanide & Happiness cartoonist Rob DenBleyker illustrates that hones...

'Menswear Dog' Gives Frumpy Dude a Dapper Makeover

Menswear Dog is on a mission to strip the world of bad dude fashion. The Internet's most stylish pooch is looking at you, Crocs-donned and jort-sportin' feller. The Shiba Inu with a GQ look and attitude started his fashion operation on Tumblr and con...

6 Superb Retro Gaming Accessories for the iPad

There are a megacrapton load of really great retro games available for the iPad, but playing them on the tablet's sophisticated touchscreen can feel a little, well, wrong. To add an authentic dose of vintage goodness to your iPad game-playing, we've ...

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This Week's Biggest Moments in 25 Photos

Every week, we see the headlines soar by so quickly that it can be difficult to absorb the world's events. Instead, feast your eyes on these photos that summarize the biggest news of the week. Some of the images are beautiful, some are tragic, but al...

Backstage and Red Carpet Sneak Peek at the Oscars

LOS ANGELES -- Mashable is on scene at Dolby Theatre for the 85th Academy Awards to provide tweets and Instagram photos from the red carpet, winners' photo room and winners' interview room. Our entertainment reporter, Brian Anthony Hernandez, will be...

How an iPhone App Made An Oscar-Nominated Film Possible

The film Searching For Sugar Man is nominated for Best Documentary at this year’s Academy Awards. But it might have not been completed if it wasn’t for an iPhone. Shot primarily on 8mm film, the movie ran out of funding when there were still a few sc...

What Really Caused the Tesla Car to Break Down?

The New York Times published a review of the new Tesla Model S last week, in which the writer said the electric sedan broke down on a Connecticut freeway during a test drive. Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk had one word for the review: "fake." SEE AL...

New Anti-Piracy System to Hit U.S. Internet Users on Monday

Starting Monday, most U.S. Internet users will be subject to a new copyright enforcement system that could force them to complete educational programs, and even slow their Internet speeds to a crawl. A source with direct knowledge of the Copyright Al...