Below are five of the newest startups according to Killer Startups for the period ending December 22, 2007. Check out previous Killer Startups posts.

TheIssue.com – The Blog Newspaper

People blogging from all kinds of backgrounds, across the world are generating a wealth of knowledge. However, the main problem (like an e-mail inbox) is information overload. The Issue is a blog newspaper. The team handpicks some of the top blog posts each day to produce a comfortably formatted newspaper. Capitalizing on the diversity of perspectives – they show 4 views on a particular Issue each day. read more »

Stylastic.com – See Fashion’s Hottest Trends

Fashion freaks understand the necessity of staying on top of the latest trends, and the internet provides a powerful means of checking out the hottest looks all over the world. Stylastic is a fashion community which takes advantage of this mechanism by allowing its visitors to submit photos of themselves decked out in their flyest threads to submit for community approval. read more »

DateJS.com – One Smooth JS Date Library

DateJS is a JavaScript date script. It’s open source and it’s pretty slick. To begin, you’ll first need to download the latest version or connect directly to the SVN source repository. It supports over 150 differnet cultures, all of which have been precompiled and include translations for many of the strings used in the DateJS library. read more »

iDesktop.tv – YouTube Made Better

YouTube, you can’t live without it, or at the very least, you can’t live without hearing about it on a daily basis. So now there’s iDesktop which is offering the world not only a better way to watch YouTube videos but also a means to download them. You choose the viewing environment—there are a variety of cool themes, ranging from moonscapes and olive to steel and violet skins, which you can pick from to enhance your viewing experience. read more »

5PMWeb.com – Get Things Done Before 5

5PMWeb is a task management tool which makes getting things done easy. You’ll accomplish more things before 5PM than you ever have before. 5PM works directly from your browser, so there’s nothing to download or install. Project folders can be expanded and collapsed for simplified navigation. The dual-panel view allows you to jump between group, project, and task levels. Quick glance views for deadlines, newly added items and project statuses make it easy to see what needs to be done first. read more »

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