From The Economist, here are three fearless predictions on technology in 2008. From Popular Mechanics, here are 10 tech concepts you need to know for 2008. The laptop wars: Will charity or profit end the digital divide? One clunky laptop per child: Great idea — shame about the mediocre computer. From The New Yorker, an article on Google squaring off with its Capitol Hill critics. An article on Google the Destroyer. Google's gaping deficit: How a giant of the net has bred the conditions of its demise. Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, is launching a new kind of search tool, with results that rely on users' input and open-source software. With a final keynote speech, Bill Gates holds forth on the "second digital decade" and bids farewell as a "Guitar Hero" (and more).

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