It’s December 31st — time to round up the big stories of 2007. First, let’s review the top 2007 stories from other sites:

• Unstrung’s 2007 Top Ten Wireless Stories
  10. Cisco goes WiMax
  9. Rural takeover
  8. Emerging markets
  7. Carriers start to pick 4G technology
  6. Muni dreams fade
  5. Sprint’s WiMax tribulations
  4. Verizon’s ‘Open Access’ plans
  3. 700 MHz wireless broadband auctions
  2. Google’s Android
  1. The iPhone
• Muni Wireless’ Most important Muni Wireless Stories of 2007;
  (1) Launch of the iPhone
  (2) Business models
  (3) Waiting, waiting for WiMAX
  (4) EarthLink implodes
  (5) Minneapolis is going ahead with the network
• RCR News Top 10 stories of 2007;
  1. iCANDY
  2. Score two for MediaFLO
  3. Skype pushes for wireless net neutrality
  4. Google spectrum plans rattle wireless cage
  5. UNITED WIMAX
  6. MVNO HEALTH CHECK
  7. 700 MHz auction rules set
  8. Consumer protection bill on deck
  9. TECHNOLOGY TRIALS
  10. OPENING UP
• IDG’s Top 10 tech stories of 2007;
  1. Software consolidation: The big fish get bigger
  2. Dell reinvents itself
  3. The iPhone: Apple redefines a market, again
  4. The Rise of the botnets: Software as a service … for criminals
  5. OLPC and the era of cheap laptops
  6. Google’s “Gphone” morphs into Android
  7. Viacom vs. YouTube: User-generated content hits speed bump
  8. Facebook controversy: Social networking hits prime time
  9. Barcelona: AMD’s Waterloo?
  10. Vista hoopla fizzles: Death of the big-bang upgrade?
• PC World’s Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2007;
  10. Wireless Carriers
  9. Sorry, We Already Gave: Office 2007
  8. Needs To Change Its Spots: Apple “Leopard” OS 10.5
  7. Cannot be Completed as Dialed: Voice Over IP
  6. Un-Neutral: The Broadband Industry
  5. The Great, The Bad, The Ugly: Apple iPhone
  4. In a Sorry State: Yahoo
  3. The Anti-Social Network: Facebook Beacon
  2. What Is It Good For: The High-Def Format War
  1. No Wow, No How: Windows Vista
• 10 Weirdest Tech Devices of 2007;
  10. ErgoPod 500
  9. QuikPod
  8. LaCie Artistic Hub
  7. Enlighted Designs Silicone Nerve Bra
  6. OSIM iGoGo
  5. HTL Wireless CPC Strap
  4. USB Pole Dancer
  3. Vibrating Soap
  2. George Foreman iGrill
  1. USB Humping Dogs

Our own top picks for 2007, which is just as arbitrary, includes:



10. Chinese Destroy Satellite - Create Space Debris Field
9. Big Brother Intrusion
8. WiMAX ITU Standard
7. Radio and TV Satellite Mergers
6. Google’s Open Platform
5. iPhone a Hit
4. OLPC Ships
3. 700 MHz auction
2. Death to WiMAX?
1. Muniwireless Pullback

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Sam Churchill and Don Park run the DailyWireless.org website which summarizes the news from Community Lan and other industry related sectors with detailed updates from around the world. It is full of sausy talk, viscious rumors and tantilizing tidbits.

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