Science
 | DVICE - Kinect is expected to branch out into small business and banking in 2012. Now the gaming system's sensors could be adapted as a next generation weight measurement system onboard the International Space Station. |
 | ABC Online - The protest vessel Ady Gil and the Japanese whaler Shonan Maru 2 collided in Antarctic waters last January. The anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd is stepping up the chase on the Japanese fleet as it heads to the Southern Ocean. |
 | msnbc.com - NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, commander of Expedition 26 aboard the International Space Station, poses for a holiday photo near the station's miniature Christmas tree in 2010. |
 | UPI.com - TOBOLSK, Russia, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Russian officials said a Siberian man is lucky to be alive after a chunk of satellite crashed through his roof while he was out getting firewood. |
 | VAdvert Press Center (press release) - Natcore Technology Inc. has been granted a patent license agreement from the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to develop and commercialize a line of black silicon products - including equipment, chemicals, ... |
Technology
 | Houston Chronicle - NEW YORK (AP) - Victims of a data breach at the security analysis firm Stratfor apparently are being targeted a second time after speaking out about the hacking. |
 | The Australian - From: AP JAPAN'S Sony and South Korean rival Samsung are dissolving their joint venture in liquid crystal display panels as Sony tries to stanch years of losses in its TV business. |
 | Examiner.com - There is no doubt that Angry Birds is one of the hottest mobile phone games on the planet. Now, while the game has its fans, it also has its die-hard fanatics, too. |
 | GMA News - Apple Inc.'s crash report mechanism may take center stage in the latest cat-and-mouse game between the tech giant and hackers trying to jailbreak its iPhones. |
 | PCWorld - By Chris Nerney, ITworld Even though it recanted (somewhat unconvincingly) its support of the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), domain registrar GoDaddy continues to lose thousands of domains as an online campaign to punish GoDaddy is ... |
 | Written by  ZDNet (blog) - By Emil Protalinski | December 26, 2011, 3:11pm PST Summary: Twitter received more media coverage this year than Facebook did. More specifically, Twitter had 50 percent of the mentions when talking about social networks, while Facebook had just 45 ... |
 | Sydney Morning Herald - Apple is trying to conquer the next big issue with portable devices: battery life. Photo: Bloomberg Sometime in the future, Apple devices such as the iPhone, iPad and MacBook might work longer than ever on a smaller and lighter battery pack. |
 | Globe and Mail - As the camera zooms in from a bustling San Francisco street scene, a young woman in thick brown frames and a blue cardigan waits in line, texting as she sings, “Nine hours down, and we're almost in the door! |
 | Times of India - NEW DELHI: Even as Nokia scrambles to fix a software glitch in the recently-launched Windows Phone-powered Lumia 800, here is a news leak that hints at its successor. |
 | ITworld.com - By Chris Nerney Add a new comment But dozens of competitors, most running on Google's Android mobile operating system, threatened to challenge the iPad's dominance in 2011, just as Android-powered smartphones collectively surpassed the iPhone in sales. |
 | NewsFactor Network - By Jennifer LeClaire Industry watchers call OLED the future of TV display. However, the technology has so far faced challenges due to limitations on two additional fronts: the sizes of displays possible using the tech and the high cost. |
 | Computerworld - By Lex Friedman Macworld - Maybe there's no such thing as a free lunch, but iOS device owners certainly have their pick of free apps. |
 | TG Daily - Smartphones - rather than traditional cameras - are apparently becoming the go-to devices for users taking casual photos and videos on the fly. |
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