Love it, loathe it or ignore it (as I do), in the blogging world the Huffington Post is hot. Which is what makes the current "troll and mole" controversy, that engulfed the site and led to the Post banning its own blogger Peter Rost, such a doozy.

The Gamesblog column in today's Technology section is all about the social side of online gaming. I avoided talking about MMORPGs, partly because WoW has attracted so much press over the last year, but also because the social elements of this type of game are obvious and absolutely intrinsic.

4pm update: Traditonal Media versus New Media featuring Publicis chief executive Maurice Levy.

How should India modernise? This vast question is the subject of a new book by the journalist Pankaj Mishra.

Born in the USA ... tell us your favourite songs about America. Photograph: Hector Mata/AFP

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