2011 in technology: the ten biggest stories

It's that "end of the year review" time and if one story stood out in the tech world then sadly it had to be the passing of Steve Jobs. A controversial, not always comfortable character, he can take as much credit for IT passing into our daily leisure and social lives as well as business more than anyone else. 56 is just no age at all. Here's the tribute we wrote on AOL Money.

There was other stuff, too.