Around the Web 12.16.08: Slow Mac sales, free downloads and Palm app store

-- First, there was e-mail. Then there was pee-mail. Now there's zzz-mail. Telegraph

-- On the heels of Apple's hugely popular App Store, Palm opens its own. PCMag

-- Sales of Apple's desktop Macs succumb to slow economy. WSJ

-- We know you love Windows. So here's a list of the best free downloads of the year for scrubbing, tuning and enhancing your Windows computers. Lifehacker

-- Lawsuit claims Microsoft knew that its Xbox 360 game console was prone to scratch discs. Slashdot

-- Pogue-o-matic presents: The best 5 minutes of online fidgeting ever by a consumer electronics reviewer. Oh, it also recommends gadgets. NYT

-- MIT researchers develop nanosensors to help battle cancer. ComputerWorld

-- Monster Cable responds: We're not patent bullies! TechDirt

-- Alex Pham

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