Google, Microsoft each seek search "game changer"

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222897/Google_Microsoft_each_seek_search_game_changer_?taxonomyId=212&pageNumber=1

The year in mobile apps: where we’ve been, where we’re going

http://gigaom.com/2011/12/25/the-year-in-mobile-apps-where-weve-been-where-were-going/

Easy tweak for a more responsive home button on your iPhone

... or other iOS device:

http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2011/12/easy-tweak-for-a-more-responsive-home-button/#more-411454

World's data centers refuse to exit ice age

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2011/12/data-center-ice-age/

Can floating turbines save wind power?

A problem with renewable energy is that some forms are intermittent.  E.g. wind doesn't blow all the time – on land.  But, travel just 20 miles (32 kilometres) off shore, & the wind blows at a constant 33 feet per second (10 meters/sec, 36 km/hr, 22 miles/hr).

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/solar-wind/can-floating-turbines-save-wind-power

Amazon builds world's fastest non-existent supercomputer

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2011/12/nonexistent-supercomputer/

EFF's 2011 Holiday Wish List

This is  the Electronic Frontier Foundation's wish list of 16 items in the interests of Web users' rights & online safety.

Least likely wish: "Apple, Amazon, HTC, & other makers of mobile computing devices should give customers an officially documented way to get root access on every device they sell."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/12/effs-holiday-wish-list

5 companies making fuel from algae now

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/biofuel/4333722

It's not a UFO, just a killer drone for an aircraft carrier

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/12/ufo-drone-x47b/

What’s the range of a 2012 Nissan Leaf in winter? Green Car Reports finds out

http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1070998_whats-the-range-of-a-2012-nissan-leaf-in-winter-we-find-out

Volt driving experience

The driving experience I'm looking for in the Volt is driving by a gas station sign that says $7/gallon with a big old grin on my face. – LampCord, member at gm-volt.com/forum

Feeling tired? (podcast)

"If you were offered a cure for daytime sleepiness that left you feeling more alert, in a better mood and less prone to making mistakes, wouldn't you jump at it? Especially if it only took ten minutes, was completely free, and required no effort at all?"

So, what is this medical miracle?

Answer: a nap.

Podcast & transcript at:

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/healthreport/yawning-gulf-napping-feature/3665136