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The 2010 Gawker breach exposed how millions of people pick passwords. A look at the worst offenders — and why reusing passwords is the real danger.

December 23, 2010 · 1 min read

Forbes India named Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar its 2010 Person of the Year, honoring one of modern India's most remarkable governance turnarounds.

December 23, 2010 · 1 min read

2G, the Commonwealth Games, Adarsh, the Radia tapes: 2010 was the year India's scandals made Caesar's standard of probity look naive.

December 20, 2010 · 1 min read

Pakistani label Uth Oye put Jinnah on a 'Dude, Where's My Car?'-inspired T-shirt: 'Ashton just lost his car. This poor guy lost a whole country.'

December 20, 2010 · 1 min read

With Facebook nearing 500 million users, one feed now reaches your boss, your clients, and your grandmother. What not to post to all of them at once.

December 17, 2010 · 1 min read

A WikiLeaks cable quoted Rahul Gandhi telling the US ambassador that radicalised Hindu groups may pose a bigger threat than Islamist terrorists. The fallout.

December 17, 2010 · 1 min read

At 26, the Facebook founder was named TIME's 2010 Person of the Year. Why the choice was right — and why it made so many people uncomfortable.

December 17, 2010 · 1 min read

A 2005 US diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks praised India's democracy for keeping its huge Muslim population in the mainstream. What it actually said.

December 17, 2010 · 1 min read

At 14, Suhas Gopinath founded Globals Inc from a Bangalore cyber cafe. A decade on: a multinational IT firm, a World Bank roundtable, and a WEF honor.

December 15, 2010 · 1 min read

Cablegate in 200 seconds: what the 250,000 leaked US diplomatic cables actually revealed about Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Berlusconi.

December 13, 2010 · 1 min read

From Surat to Hoveniersstraat: how Gujarati traders became the dominant force in Antwerp's diamond district, reshaping a centuries-old Jewish trade.

December 13, 2010 · 1 min read

Trends expire before the credit card bill arrives. Why personal style — not fashion — is the only thing that never goes out of season.

December 12, 2010 · 1 min read

After the Radia tapes surfaced, Ratan Tata moved the Supreme Court on privacy grounds and warned that leaking wiretaps could turn India into a 'banana

December 11, 2010 · 2 min read

In December 2010, Home Ministry officials admitted roughly 6,000 phones were under interception — and the Radia tapes showed how easily the system leaked.

December 11, 2010 · 2 min read

Laid off? It is grim. But every job loss comes with a few twisted consolations — no commute, no 6 a.m. alarm, no performance reviews. Seven of them.

December 11, 2010 · 1 min read

In December 2010, India's ambassador to the US Meera Shankar was pulled from an airport line in Mississippi and patted down over her sari.

December 10, 2010 · 1 min read

December 9, 2010: Parliament voted 323-302 to raise tuition fees, and London erupted — the royal car attacked, the Cenotaph defaced, hundreds arrested.

December 10, 2010 · 1 min read

In December 2010, Pakistani papers ran fake WikiLeaks cables smearing India's military — until the Guardian's database search found nothing.

December 10, 2010 · 1 min read

A December 2010 reflection on a year of WikiLeaks cables, a wobbling euro, and New Delhi scandals — and the stubborn insistence of joy and peace amid it all.

December 7, 2010 · 1 min read

Reports of suicides broadcast live over webcams are surfacing — and audiences watch. On the bystander effect, platform responsibility, and getting help.

December 6, 2010 · 1 min read