News that Auto-Tune was reportedly used to alter act on most recent edition of Britain's "X-Factor" show could mean lost trust for all singing reality shows.

Gmail users can now make phone calls from within their Gmail account for free to the U.S. and Canada, and for pretty cheap to several other countries.

Attorneys general from 17 states send a letter that asks the company to remove its adult services section due to ongoing ads they say promote prostitution and child trafficking.

Social networking use in India--one of the Google-owned Orkut's strongholds--is now slightly dominated by Facebook.

In new court papers, a lawyer for Lindsay Lohan claims that E*Trade's Super Bowl ad, which featured a milkaholic called "Lindsay," could not refer to any other Lindsay.

Gmail users could soon be able to place and receive voice calls from within their Gmail in-boxes as part of a new service integrated into Google Chat.

Bringing on PayPal and Slide veteran Keith Rabois brings some fresh credibility to Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey's start-up.

Two girls at a Swedish school bug their teachers' staff room in the hope of getting clues to getting better grades. Then one of them uses Facebook to tell others how clever they are.

Cellmania makes software that is used to build application stores at places like Sprint, and RIM may want its know-how for its BlackBerry App World.

Television shows could be a reality on iTunes. Apple is said to be in talks with Fox, CBS, and Walt Disney to allow customers to rent TV shows for 99 cents.

In a creative spin on the music video, the background in singer Lissie Maurus' new offering changes according to the local weather.

A blogger has found a simple way to bypass a new copy-protection scheme for Android applications, but Google provides a tip for making the technique much harder.

A slew of geeky terms have made it into the third edition of the Oxford Dictionary of English, not to be confused with the authoritative Oxford English Dictionary.

The former chief technology officer of News Corp. has joined Twitter as president of global revenues and will oversee all of Twitter's attempts to turn 140-character messages into profits.

Weak economy cited as main reason that subscriptions for paid TV service fell, according to research firm SNL Kagan.

Job search giant completes its buyout of Yahoo's HotJobs and cuts a deal to appear on Yahoo's home page as the exclusive provider of career content.

Bankruptcy protection filing shows some major labels have canceled contracts with Playlist.com, but company says Chapter 11 will give it breather and allow it to find new funding.

A current test being run by Google changes the search results page as the user types their queries.

The 1998 copyright law may need to be rewritten by Congress, RIAA President Cary Sherman says, unless broadband providers and others agree to antipiracy measures.

The astronauts' "wake-up songs" for the final two space shuttle missions have been put to a poll. 4chan may want to be aware that they can't write in Rick Astley.