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In case you missed them first time round, and in no particular order, here are the 20 most read articles on Owni.eu this year. See you in 2012!

From algorithmic logos to augmented ping pong, via a regenerating book and a tiny personal printer, take a look back at some of the most innovative and inspiring creative projects of 2011.

In an attempt to convince wary local populations of the benefits of shale gas exploration, several US energy companies are employing former soldiers with psychological warfare experience learned in Iraq.

Offshore accounts, companies in Hong Kong and Auckland, a mystery spokesman, multiple identities and an online goldmine. OWNI lifts the lid on the secretive file sharing platform which makes up 4% of the net.

Is it possible to challenge censors without losing your livelihood? Polina Bykhovskaya interviews the Russian men and women who wanted to change the world but ended up in the business of job preservation.

83 prominent Internet inventors and engineers sent an open letter to members of the United States Congress, stating their opposition to the SOPA and PIPA Internet blacklist bills that are under consideration in the House and Senate respectively.

The European Commission is investigating a potentially illegal agreement reached between Apple and five major publishers. OWNI has obtained confirmation that, as suspected, Amazon were the driving force behind the creation of the investigation.

The corruption in our world, the supremacy of ants and a little Chopin to set you at ease. All that and more in this week’s super soaraway The Week In Data, brought to you by OWNI’s dedicated data team.

While Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party won reelection last Sunday, their Soviet-style strategy of attempting to control online activism is increasingly being outwitted by crowd-sourced ingenuity, such as Golos’ map of election law violations.

Documents revealed by OWNI and Wikileaks last week exposed the surveillance technology currently on the market. OWNI takes you through an average day under surveillance – where your phone, your computer and your networks can all be used to spy on you.

Remember Bent Objects? Their creator Terry Border shares some images from his new book with OWNI, as well as his thoughts on the phenomenal success of his creations.

Today OWNI and Wikileaks release documents revealing a multi-billion dollar mass surveillance industry, involving companies based in Europe and the US.