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Here’s how to make 2007 a better kind of year. In Gear Factor.

Wired News readers rave about their faves. In Game|Life.

1950s illustrator Arthur Radebaugh’s work envisioned a world much cooler than the one we currently inhabit. In Table of Malcontents.

The local rag is great for news of street potholes and who’s on the police blotter. But a new blog aggregator aims to help you find local blogs to get your neighborhood news. Plus: Tutorial: Converting HTML to XHTML. In Monkey Bites.

A surveillance helicopter patrols Jackson, Mississippi, using a zoom camera, high-powered searchlight and infrared camera to prevent crime. And the city’s not going broke to pay for it. In 27B Stroke 6.

A company known for mix CDs sold at the Gap claims it can cut the licensing deal for corporations to use music from musicians in their so-called podcasts. But is this patronage model any good for the artists? In Listening Post.

The gang at Gadget Lab retools for the new year, but first they aim a double-barrel blast of reviews your way. Check out a souped-up PC gaming rig, a geeky smartphone and the ultimate Bluetooth earbuds. From Gadget Lab.

As Moore’s Law runs out of steam, the big leaps in computer technology are coming from hard-drive manufacturers. How about a 300-terabit iPod in a few years — big enough to store the entire uncompressed Library of Congress? Rob Beschizza tours Seagate’s labs in Pittsburgh.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Why Jim Christy, the Pentagon’s toughest internet crime fighter, hangs out with hackers. By Robin Mejia for Wired magazine.

Hackers and sympathizers converge at the 23rd annual Chaos Communication Congress — 4,200 of them — flying their mini surveillance copters and wearing LED clothes.