Top 10 stories of 2007: Age of realignment
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This year has been a time of realignment and redefinition as Apple launched its second zeitgeist-defining product of the new century, Dell and Intel battled to regain their former dominance, the software sector consolidated, Google rallied industry heavyweights around a common mobile device platform, and major vendors scrambled to embrace social networking. These, not necessarily in order of importance, are the IDG News Service picks for the top 10 stories of the year:
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The announcement of his resignation has, once again, pushed Colin Powell to the forefront of American politics. Let&#39;s look back on the four years gone by and hear from observers
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The seven-year itch? It may be down to three.
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Sort the real growth stories from the flashes in the pan.
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A look ahead at issues and events likely to make headlines in the year to come.
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As 2005 approaches, the world sees much more than a passing political season. Pivotal elections and ongoing strategic shifts announce a historic time, whose significance will define the coming decades.
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And what may be in store for the rest of 2007.
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Bigger is better, right? Not so fast. Corporate America appears to have had second thoughts in 2007.
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Forbes editors and writers take a look ahead at Washington and the world in 2008
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The beginning of the year is traditionally a time to look back, and, for the brave of heart, to make a few predictions looking forward.  Lacking the requisite bravery, I'll just quote something that the Economist wrote recently: Rejoice: the embrace of âopennessâ by firms that have grown fat on closed, proprietary technology is something weâll see more of in 2008.  Now, had this "fearless prediction" been made a year ago, I would have been impressed, because 2007 has turned out to be the year when everyone, it seems, wants to be open. read more
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2007 is shaping up to be a year for settling unfinished business in the open-source community.
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Wired News names the top 10 scientific discoveries of 2007.
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2007 figures to be go down as one of the banner years in Apple's three-decade history. Here is a look back at a year in Apple news.
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Why a record number of CEOs were shown the door this year and what it means for 2007.
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This year could be defined by social media, blended search, or even the changes in SEO. All told, 2007 is mainly the year that search grew up.
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FYI -- FILM YOUR ISSUE asked 16 to 25 year olds  around the world to share what's on their  minds circa 2007.
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By Richard Mial, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Mar. 4--When I was in college in the early 1970s, my journalism professors used to regale us with stories about the utopian media age that cable television was going to usher in.