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Monday, Dec 31, 2012 8:00 PM UTC
Two critics discuss 2012's raging debates over sock puppets, Twitter cheerleaders and hatchet-job reviews
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Monday, Dec 31, 2012 5:00 PM UTC
From Texts from Hillary to "Gangham Style," we look back on what went viral in 2012 VIDEO
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Topics:
Best of 2012, Video, Twitter, Going Viral, Gangnam style, kony 2012, Shit Girls Say, texts from hillary, internet memes, memes, Editor's Picks
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Monday, Dec 31, 2012 2:00 PM UTC
From advanced drones to Twitter poetry to iPhone mania, the medium has drastically evolved over the past 12 months VIDEO
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Monday, Dec 31, 2012 12:30 PM UTC
Smartphones and tablets stomped all over the old-school personal computer in 2012. Society won't ever be the same
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Friday, Dec 28, 2012 3:09 PM UTC
Twitter made us laugh, made us mad — and sometimes it even moved us to tears
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Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 5:00 PM UTC
Bad copyright laws, evil religious nuts, overzealous cops: In 2012, the hacker collective picked its enemies well SLIDE SHOW
Andrew Leonard
Topics:
slideshow, Anonymous, Best of 2012, Privacy, online privacy, Surveillance, sopa, acta, megaupload, Sandy Hook, Westboro Baptist Church, Editor's Picks
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Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 5:00 PM UTC
Anons talks about their cyberactivist highlights of 2012, the impact of arrests and who can speak for Anonymous SLIDE SHOW
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Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 4:40 PM UTC
2012 was a "watershed" year for marijuana reform -- and not just in Washington and Colorado
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Tuesday, Dec 25, 2012 6:00 PM UTC
Maybe film culture isn't dying just yet: The year in movies brought richness and breadth — and controversy! VIDEO
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Tuesday, Dec 25, 2012 3:00 PM UTC
12 people who defined the last 12 months of American politics
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Monday, Dec 24, 2012 3:00 PM UTC
Junot Díaz, Gillian Flynn, Andrew Solomon, Molly Ringwald and 50 other authors recommend their favorites of 2012 SLIDE SHOW
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Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 4:00 PM UTC
From Amy ("Gone Girl") through Zadie (Smith), the best book critics rank the year's finest fiction and nonfiction VIDEO
