As I check news and we call it a year, there's always "Best of . . . the year" and "year in review" articles.  A few that caught my eye our readership may want to see:

• Wired's Top Ten Technology Breakthroughs of the year – Frankly I'd put flexible displays higher.
• Gizmodo's Top Ten iPhone Apps – Important just because the iPhone is important enough to HAVE its own list.
• Gamasutra's Ten Best games of the year – Note only two sequels.  My guess is that will grow for 2009.  Wired has their own opinion – and I agree No More Heroes should be in there.
• Gamasutra looks back on the top five surprises of the year as well.
• Editor and publisher looks back on the incredibly depressing top 10 newspaper stories of the year.