Kim Jong-il's surprising devotee

Social media didn't cause the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia, but it did achieve unique visibility.

Asia is the land of rare earth - the minerals that allowed the digital revolution to happen, and that are making green technology a reality. China controls no less than 95 per cent of the global production of rare earth.

Americans have been watching protests against oppressive regimes that concentrate massive wealth in the hands of an elite few. Yet in our own democracy, 1 percent of the people take nearly a quarter of the nation’s income—an inequality even the wealthy will come to regret.

"The world’s worst online oppressors are using an array of tactics, some reflecting astonishing levels of sophistication, others reminiscent of old-school techniques. From China’s high-level malware attacks to Syria’s brute-force imprisonments, this may be only the dawn of online oppression."

How AQ Khan made Pakistan a nuclear power — and showed that the spread of atomic weapons can't be stopped.

Inside the final days of the election that Harry Reid couldn't win, from @esquire:

another ex-PM shuffles off