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

Happy Xmas

A happy Xmas & a great new year to all our readers!

Apple’s Santa Siri ad: the most effective ad of the holiday season (video)

3.7 billion appointments?

http://gigaom.com/apple/apples-santa-siri-ad-the-most-effective-ad-of-the-holiday-season/

One astronaut's wish for Xmas

http://m.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/12/one-astronauts-wish-for-the-holidays/249518/

Favourite single-purpose websites

Connection slow?

Is that site down, or is it just me?

Is it Christmas yet?

These & other questions can be answered by the websites listed in this article at Lifehacker:

http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2011/11/our-favourite-single-purpose-websites/

ASUS targets Christmas for Padfone launch, hints at Ice Cream Sandwich (video hands-on)

http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/30/asus-targets-christmas-ice-cream-sandwich-for-padfone-launch-v/