This guest post was written by Bryan Barletta, lead reviewer at AppVee, a site that offers iPhone app reviews and news. Full Article at TechCrunch

As 2008 comes to a close, here are the six tech marvels that are ready to explode into ubiquity. And after a year of almost-breakthroughs -- fast-but-spotty 3G; cheap-but-slow netbooks -- we deserve them. Full Article at Fast Company

Countless people are trying to predict what 2009 could hold for the world of technology. Of course, it's all just guesswork -- these pundits aren't working with a crystal ball. So we decided to find someone who was. Full Article at PC World

“Innovation” died in 2008, killed off by overuse, misuse, narrowness, incrementalism and failure to evolve. Full Article at Business Week

I've made a list; I've checked it twice and the two stocks that made my naughty list this year are: Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD)and Apple Computer (Nasdaq:AAPL). Full Article at Investopedia

I was about 10 years old. I had just finished a science fiction story that had flying cars, food everywhere and dome housing. I wanted to know if I had a chance to see it in person. I added my current age decade by decade until I hit 2008. Full Article at BlogHer

With 2008 almost over and everyone celebrating (or dreading) the upcoming new year, it seems that many people have an opinion about what 2009 will bring to our over communicated globe (note: thanks Twitter). Full Article at The Blog Herald

2009 will be known as the year that media shatters into millions of fragments, with millions of citizen journalists beating seasoned journalists to the punch by transmitting from the scene of the crime/crash/emergency/flood/fire/standoff, using only... Full Article at Journerdism

This post begins a short series looking at the defining moments in the technology world in 2008 and poses some key questions for 2009. Defining Moment of 2008: Apple’s introduction of the App Store Take that Mark Benioff. Software is back. Full Article at The New York Times