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Nicholas Tufnell says the singularitarianism movement is more like a cult than a scientific discipline. More »

What is Reddit doing to the personalities of those who use it obsessively? Jeremy Wilson dives into the bowels of the site to ask whether our online personas are being shaped by this anything-goes social news forum. More »

3D printers and feckless customer service people are two of the biggest threats to our security. Mic Wright ponders the future of passwords and keys. More »

Predictions are a frustrating business. Mic Wright explains what Stanley Kubrick, Nostradamus and The Pet Shop Boys can tell you about Facebook's future. More »

Mic Wright detects a sea change occurring in web publishing but wonders whether that will be a clean slate or just a nice new earner for the few. More »

Ezra Butler has a look at the complex world of intellectual property, suggesting a way forward for patents via the new marketplace businesses of web 2.0. More »

Ezra Butler is unimpressed by a website that claims to make sense of Terms of Service agreements. More »

Ezra Butler offers fourteen formulae that guarantee success in your new role at Mashable. More »

Ezra Butler reports on the changes technology has made to medicine and the current state of medical informatics. More »

Ezra Butler reflects on online guest posts and the state of ethical standards. More »

Ezra Butler reflects on the Orbitz furore. More »

Are technology and social media reproducing the language of religion? It's not as simple as that, writes Ezra Butler. More »

Jeremy Wilson thinks the internet is the best thing ever to happen to education, provided we don't allow elderly teachers to scare children away from embracing it fully. More »

In the wake of several high-profile online appeals recently, Ezra Butler asks whether the new ‘viral hit’ model of charitable giving is a good thing. More »

Greg Marsh thinks Europeans need to embrace a bit of madness if they are to build more successful businesses. Why don't our supposed champions of enterprise realise this? More »

Ezra Butler thinks that innovation in healthcare technology is best left to the professionals. More »

We are all digital archaeologists now, writes Robert Carroll. But in a world where nothing is forgotten, can we learn to forgive? More »

George Marangos-Gilks explains some of the problems with the internet's current glut of login systems. More »

In this extract from his new book on addiction, social commentator Damian Thompson explains why online social gaming has replaced gambling as a disorder of choice. More »

Rather than criticising Eduardo Saverin, tech blogger Farhad Manjoo should stick to what he knows about. More »