Google's zeitgeist tells story of 2012

New Years is always a time to look back at the year that was and what it means for us all going forward.

Many other columnists will be counting down their best/worst lists of events over the year. But since this columnist loves writing about all the wonderful things the Internet can do for you, I'm just going to use Google.

As in the past several years, this year Google has launched a website, http://www.google.com/zeitgeist, to tally the sum of people's curiosity and endeavours around the entire globe through 2012.

A video montage on the site features highlights from the most significant mome...