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What's on tap at SXSW
The South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, features hip bloggers, rocking parties, people at the cutting edge of interactive technology, and more. CNET News.com's reporters are on hand to take in the fest's unique blend of music, technology, film, and art. To stay on top of the latest highlights from SXSW 2008, check back here for continuously updated coverage.
Sarah Lacy takes on Gnomedex
Months after her infamous South by Southwest interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the tech journalist faces another geek conference audience.
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The green(er)ing of Web 2.0 Expo
A tech-centric conference makes the decision to try to do a better job of being environmentally conscious.
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Championship Gaming Series to open training center in China
Young video game league thinks it can build big interest in its sport by training new players at a facility that can also seat more than 1,000 people for matches.
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SXSWi: Learning the lessons of 'people-powered' companies
In Austin, leaders of companies like CafePress, Moo, and 8020 Publishing got together to see how they could work together to solve the problems facing them all.
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Jane McGonigal at SXSWi: Game developers can induce happiness
In her Tuesday keynote, the world-famous designer of alternate-reality games suggests a road map to a better quality of life.
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Designed for disaster: SXSW's Zuckerberg keynote discussion
Chelsea Holden Baker, of frog design, looks at how better planning and a different design choice could have changed the outcome of the now-infamous 2008 SXSW discussion between Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and reporter Sarah Lacy.
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Oh, wait! SXSWi had Web Awards, too
Despite the fact that the day's Mark Zuckerberg interview dominated the press, Sunday's SXSWi Web Awards took place, too, and a few cool start-ups were honored.
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At SXSWi, Jane McGonigal talks about 'The Lost Ring'
One of the world's leading designers of alternate-reality games tells CNET News.com about how her new Olympics-themed project came to be and what players can learn from it.
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Cuban, Eisner at SXSWi: Net's still a video jungle
Billionaire entrepreneur interviews the former Disney CEO at South by Southwest Interactive about his new Web endeavor, The All-for-Nots. And Eisner even has kind words for Steve Jobs.
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At SXSWi, the new Twitter is...Twitter
Twitter was the hot thing last year at SXSW, and this year the hot thing is Twitter again.
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At Developer Garage, Zuckerberg talks data portability, challenges abroad
The day after a rough keynote interview, the Facebook CEO shows up to a developer gathering at SXSWi to field questions about building on the site's platform.
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PostSecret's Frank Warren brings tears to SXSWi crowd
The founder of the PostSecret project has many people in his audience tearing up with tales of the courage behind the secrets put on the postcards sent to him.
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Zuckerberg talks about Facebook's future with News.com
After an arguably disastrous SXSWi interview, Facebook's founder sits down with CNET News.com's Caroline McCarthy to clear the air and talk about the site's future.
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SXSWi: Zuckerberg may get a do-over (update)
The Facebook CEO will speak at a Developer Garage event Monday afternoon, in a planned event that comes a day after the "train wreck" at his Sunday keynote address.
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Check out SXSWi on CNET TV
While CNET News.com has been all over South by Southwest Interactive, CNET TV has had its cameras out as well. Come see what they've been covering.
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Zuckerberg SXSWi interviewer fans fire with Twitter post
In a response to the SXSWi community's ire at her for the style of her interview with the Facebook CEO, his interviewer lashed out in the very forum that the community uses to organize itself.
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Journalist becomes the story at Mark Zuckerberg SXSWi keynote
In one of the ugliest scenes at a conference I've seen, a capacity audience turned on Zuckerberg's interviewer and it only went downhill from there.
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Zuckerberg's keynote at SXSWi results in talk of changing the world--and heckling
The 23-year-old Facebook CEO is interviewed by BusinessWeek writer Sarah Lacy at SXSWi, but an impatient audience wouldn't put up with the lack of stuff they hadn't heard before, not to mention a lack of tough questions overall.
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SXSWi: What makes you Internet-famous?
A "conversation" at the digital-culture festival touched upon what exactly constitutes Internet celebrity, and plenty of Web-famous personalities dropped by to talk about it.
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SXSWi party lines best evidence of event's massive growth
Though it was known that this year's SXSWi would be bigger than before, the lines outside the parties are the most visceral proof of just how much bigger.
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SXSWi: Obey the power of the flash-mob party
Waiting in line to get into parties was starting to wear thin on hundreds of SXSWi attendees. That's when one Web video personality decided to throw his own party and spread the word on Twitter.
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At SXSWi, Lindsay Campbell talks about the logic of Moblogic
The Web video star recently made the jump from Wallstrip, which was acquired by CBS Interactive, to a full-fledged new CBS online show. CNET News.com caught up with her in Austin to hear more.
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User revolts on social networks: They're here to stay
A South by Southwest Interactive panel touches on what happens when social-media sites from Digg to Second Life are hit with angry users.
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SXSWi: Steven Johnson, Henry Jenkins talk youth and collective intelligence
The two noted authors use their "Opening Remarks" discussion to talk about how the world is changing, with young people using new communications tools to lead the way.
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SXSWi panel: Professional video gaming is the sport of the digital age
While football, basketball, and baseball may be the legacy sports of our society, professional video gaming may be the one to take us--and advertisers--into the next generation.
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Kickball, a great way to meet the stars of the Internet
At South by Southwest Interactive, playing a very casual game of kickball is a way for some to get over being intimidated by the star power of famous bloggers.
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SXSWi party scene: Go here. No, go here
The problem when geeks take over a city is that they'll Twitter the living daylights out of you to tell you to hang out with them. Plus: A surprise appearance by Jeff Bezos.
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'Second Skin' documentary a bleak look at life of online gamers
The new film, which had its world premiere at South by Southwest, makes it seem as though no one playing multiplayer online games has a normal, stable life.
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SXSWi: Hello, Austin!
I've landed in the capital city of the Lone Star State for this year's South by Southwest Interactive Festival. Now that I'm on the ground...
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South by Southwest attendee bag waste problem lingers
Although there seems to be fewer materials in the SXSW Film conference bag than a year ago, there are still pounds of paper being wasted this year on each attendee.
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