Here are our favorite reads from this year, be they books, news articles, blog posts, or whatever.
Tumblr -- the land of teenage girls photographing their outfits in a mirror, the home of the instant meme and the world of very very pretty photographs of all things loved by hipsters -- is a pretty fun place.
Here are some things to be excited about in the new year.
This was a great year for bad news, whether you're a crime buff, a lover of disaster porn, or just a run-of-the-mill gawker.
Out of the year's 365 days, here are 10 that made 2011 what it was.
A year ago, few people had heard of Anonymous, understood what a DDoS attack was, or even realized that hackers were capable of bringing down entire networks.
Here is our list of the ten best (and a few worst) movies of the year.
Every year sees the debut of new things -- new actors on the scene, new gadgets, new websites, etc. -- that define an otherwise arbitary date.
Television seems to become more of a true art form with each passing year, and 2011 continued the trend with bold, ambitious storytelling and bitingly smart writing. Here are our picks for the best (and some of the worst) TV this year.
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