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Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an event in San Francisco, Wednesday, March 7, 2012. Apple has begun an event where it's expected to reveal a new iPad model. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
A new Apple iPad on display using the video during an Apple event in San Francisco, Wednesday, March 7, 2012. The new iPad features a sharper screen and a faster processor. Apple says the new display will be even sharper than the high-definition television set in the living room. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
A woman walks by a sign advertising Samsung's mobile phone Galaxy III at the showroom of its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. The Seoul Central District Court ruled Friday that technology rivals Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. both infringed on each other's patents, and ordered a partial ban of their products in South Korea. Each side was also ordered to pay limited damages. The court ordered Apple to remove the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad 1 and iPad 2 from store shelves in South Korea, ruling that the products infringed on two of Samsung's telecommunications patents. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MARCH 07: The new iPad is displayed with the iPhoto app during an Apple product launch event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on March 7, 2012 in San Francisco, California. In the first product release following the death of Steve Jobs, Apple Inc. introduced the third version of the iPad and an updated Apple TV. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) R:\Merlin\Getty_Photos\140879552.jpg
There’s only one valid criteria for choosing products and services for my “best of the year” list: what stuff stands out in my mind, without my having to go back and re-read all of my 2012 columns, or check out a news site’s month-by-month timeline …
