These are the stories you couldn't find anywhere else. From Apple's security slips to Facebook's prolific profile breach, check out Gizmodo's best Exclusives from 2010.
1. This Is Apple's Next iPhone - April 19th
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You are looking at Apple's next iPhone. It was found lost in a bar in Redwood City, camouflaged to look like an iPhone 3GS. We got it. We disassembled it. It's the real thing, and here are all the details.
2. A Cellphone Exploded In My Face - May 14th
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Reader Corey relays his explosive tale, filled with luxury coupes, detonating phones and chemicals in the eye.
3. The Ultimate Black Friday Gadget Cheat Sheet - November 26th
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It's the biggest shopping day of the year. There are tons of deals-and not-really-deals-out there. So we combed through every one we could find, and ranked them all. We're always updating, so make sure to keep checking back.
4. Why Apple Couldn't Get the Lost iPhone Back - April 20th
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It's such an obvious question: Why couldn't Apple track this phone down? As it turns out, they may have had two chances to get it back-and blown them both.
5. Steve Wozniak On Apple Security, Employee Termination, and Gray Powell - April 24th
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During last week's iPhone leak saga, Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, reached out to us with a story: The morning of the iPad launch, an engineer showed Woz an iPad for two minutes. For this he was fired. It's a story that paints Apple as many people already see the company: ruthlessly secretive, and even vindictive. It also sheds some light on the story of Gray Powell, an Apple engineer whose breach of secrecy was at once less intentional, more severe and infinitely more public-until now.
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