South By's newest spawn will climb out of the waters next week for it's shot at taking the hugely successful conference franchise in one more direction. Over the middle of next week, Eco plans to focus on the challenges of our environment and its sustainability. Their 50 panels and keynote speakers will cover everything from local conservation of private land in Texas, to solving the global food and water problem and even features a panel about reshaping the lexicon of the movement(which interestingly features a panelist from Walmart). The words the panel has claimed are failing? Why, the very two we used in this article to describe the conference: environmental and sustainability. more ›

Dell has gone forward with plans to hold a conference/customer event in Austin this fall. Dell World 11' will bring in keynote speakers from within the company (Michael Dell included) as well as industry rivals Steve Ballmer (Microsoft), Paul Maritz (VMware) and Paul Otellini (Intel). The (somehow) three day event will feature talks on the terrain of the current tech landscape for 1,200 select Dell customers and information technology professionals. more ›

Just as the Big 12 family appeared to be breaking up and heading their separate ways, the league's pater familias, Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds, brokered a lucrative agreement to keep its remaining members together more ›

Are you familiar with micro-blogging? We weren't, until we took the time to Google "Twitter," the word that seems to be on everyone's busy lips. Twitter is a social networking site that enables users to quickly (and briefly) update their blog and subscribers via SMS, IM or third party application. Updates are 140 characters or less, and while many Twitterers utilize the service for relaying meaningless information regarding their day to day life, a few of them have found that passing along information in the form of short link-based posts, event notifications or emergency situation news items. The Los Angeles Fire Dept. uses Twitter as a means of communication - a lesson they learned after the 2007 wildfires. Democratic presidential candidates John Edwards and Barack Obama both use Twitter, too. more ›