TechFast: AOL Buys HuffPo, Motorola Tablet, Super Bowl Ads

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Good morning! Here are some of today’s top tech links so far.

AOL acquires Huffington Post

Link: CNN

AOL makes an even bigger push into the online media realm with the $315 million purchase of The Huffington Post.

Best Buy ad prices Motorola Xoom at $800, affirms February 24th launch date

Link: Engadget

Motorola’s 10-inch Android tablet, the Xoom, will reportedly be available by the end of the month. The price tag looks a little steep but Moto’s hoping the Xoom’s feature set can lure away would-be iPad owners.

The Best and Worst Super Bowl Commercials of 2011

Link: TIME.com

Which one was your favorite? If you didn’t see the game, you can at least catch up on the commercials. And in the interest of potentially contributing to various conversations around the office today, the Green Bay Packers beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 31 to 25. Just an FYI.

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