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These 10 stories in 2011 had huge impacts that could resonate for many years, according to a ranking on CNN's website.

The top story was the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. From humble middle-class roots to running the most valuable tech company in the world, Jobs was powerful and revered. He died on Oct. 5 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

Social media's role as a tool for protestors was the running-up. Much praise was heaped on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube after they played a role in the Arab Spring, a series of protests in the Middle East that started late in 2010.

The website gives the rest of the ten most important science and tech stories to hackers, the emerging tablet markets, Facebook's "frictionless sharing", wars on patent among Apple, Google, HTC, and etc, Google+, Apple topping the World's most valuable company, IBM's Watson computer beats human champs on 'Jeopardy', and Spotify and Facebook taking on digital music.（點擊美國有線電視新聞網查看原文）

2011科技界十大新聞

?????? 美國有線電視新聞網發布一項排行，列出了2011年影響力巨大、能夠震動世界多年的十大新聞。

?????? 排在榜首的是蘋果公司創始人之一史蒂夫?喬布斯的逝世。來自普通中產階級家庭，直到領導世界最有價值的科技公司，喬布斯威力無比且受人尊敬。經歷了與胰腺癌的長期斗爭，喬布斯10月5日辭世。

?????? 排在第二位的是社交媒體為示威者提供工具。2010年底，“阿拉伯之春”的火焰在中東地區被引燃，臉譜網、推特和視頻網站YouTube因在抗議活動中起到的作用而受到諸多贊揚。

?????? 排在“十大新聞”第3至10位的分別是：黑客、不斷壯大的平板電腦市場；臉譜網“無縫共享”；蘋果、谷歌和HTC之間的專利戰；Google+；蘋果成為世界最有價值公司；IBM的沃森電腦在綜藝節目“危險邊緣”的人機對戰中擊敗人類冠軍以及Spotify和臉譜網推出電子音樂業務。

(China.org.cn December 28, 2011)