Watch Apple’s Ghostbusters do battle with IBM (video)

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/12/watch-apples-ghostbusters-do-battle-with-ibm/

The one reason the iPad can’t lose

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/12/the-one-reason-the-ipad-cant-lose/

2012: the year of security

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/virtualization/2012-the-year-of-security/4404?tag=content;feature-roto

All GSM phones vulnerable to major security flaw, hacker says

http://www.bgr.com/2011/12/27/all-gsm-phones-vulnerable-to-major-security-flaw-hacker-says/

12 tanks made from things they shouldn’t be

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/12/12-tanks-made-from-things-they-shouldnt-be/#more-503361

Giant car-dispensing claw game is a projection

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/12/giant-car-dispensing-claw-game-is-a-projection/

Photos of an empty London on Christmas morning

http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2011/12/25/photos-of-an-empty-london-on-christmas-morning/

EA, Sony & Nintendo pull support from SOPA (but their industry association still supports it)

http://boingboing.net/2011/12/31/ea-sony-nintendo-pull-suppor.html

Some favorite apps of 2011

http://gigaom.com/2011/12/31/the-mobile-apps-that-changed-our-lives-this-year/

Omni-directional, six-legged robot

This robot can walk in any direction, climb, recover from being on its back & pick up objects:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMF83m8lNrw

Top scientific discoveries of 2011

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/12/top-discoveries-2011/?pid=2732&viewall=true

Mobilewalla ranks the best apps of 2011

http://www.howtogeek.com/101889/mobilewalla-ranks-the-best-apps-of-2011/

A web of apps

http://m.techcrunch.com/2011/12/30/a-web-of-apps/?icid=tc_home_art&

Facebook started saturating the US market in 2011

http://m.techcrunch.com/2011/12/29/2011facebookmarketsaturationus/?icid=tc_tp_fulltxt(1:4)

Japanese electric car startup explains why its cars look so wacky

Note that the coefficient of aerodynamic drag of this electric vehicle is 0.19 (very small) rather than the 0.91 (huge) which has been reported elsewhere.

http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1071156_japanese-electric-car-startup-explains-why-its-cars-look-so-wacky

Also see the previous post about this EV, including a discussion of Cd.

Fearless open source predictions for 2012

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/opensource/fearless-open-source-predictions-for-2012/3309?tag=content;selector-fd-river

Wi-Fi Protected Setup is busted

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/wi-fi-protected-setup-is-busted/1808?tag=mantle_skin;content

Samsung, Sharp & others to pay $553 million fine for LCD price-fixing scheme

http://www.bgr.com/2011/12/27/samsung-sharp-and-others-to-pay-553-million-fine-for-lcd-price-fixing-scheme/

Stanford University guards its Apple treasure trove

http://m.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/stanford-university-guards-its-apple-treasure-trove/14091

Drobo S storage array review

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/12/31/drobo-s-storage-array-review/#more-83760