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22 December 2011 Last updated at 19:06 ET

Facebook's 'most popular' gameGardens of Time screenshot

Facebook names Playdom's Gardens of Time as its most popular game of 2011, beating Zynga's Cityville.

Weighing scalesWebpages show end of year bulge

It's not just humans that are steadily growing in girth, webpages are going the same way too, suggest statistics.

The QueenThe Queen opts for Amazon Kindle

The Royal Household has agreed to release the Queen's Christmas speech as a Kindle e-book after it is broadcast.

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Rory Cellan-Jones Article written by Rory Cellan-Jones Rory Cellan-Jones Technology correspondent

2011 - The technology year

16 hours ago

From the Arab Spring to Blackberry's travails, from the launch of Google + to the death of Steve Jobs - technology has played a central role in the news this year.

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Special Reports

false colour image of ChromosomesIdeas that could change the world

We explore the future of technology

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  • Robot warsThe Panasonic Evolta run robot created by Tomotaka Takahashi

    Battling machines are still a long way off, say experts

Features & Analysis

  • Globe on computer keyboard2011 tech flashback

    Our Technology Correspondent's review of the year

  • Adidas MiCoach promotional shotClever boots

    Friends, footballers and Zombies - technology's answer to getting fit

  • Ed Manders makes final adjustments to lighting artist Bruce Munro"s latest installation "Field of Light" in the grounds of the Holbourne MusuemCome together

    Why communications networks need to be streamlined

  • YouTube screenshotThe YouTube drug

    Studying clips of users taking the hallucinogen salvia

  • Speak up!

    Telling your microwave, fridge and TV what to do

  • Touch free

    Gesture-controlled mobiles are "just around the corner"

  • Data storm

    How government data translates into business opportunities

Elsewhere on the BBC

  • Shanghai skyscrapersSleep in the city

    Check out Shanghai's best hotel rooms - from five-star stunners to pre-war villas

Programmes

  • Image from puresolo.comClick Watch

    Kate Russell takes a look back at some of her favourite websites from the last 12 months

  • A crowd of photographersClick Listen

    Do you care if an image has been doctored? The implications and future of air-brushing pictures

  • Discovery generic graphicDiscovery Listen

    Analysis, interviews and discussion with key scientists on the latest discoveries

  • Click Listen

    How to spot the degree to which a photograph may be manipulated

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