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November 13, 2009 12:48 PM PST

Top 5 best products of the fall

by Tom Merritt
  • 22 comments

No, no, no. This isn't some Dan Brown-inspired homage to products attributed to Lucifer or some such crazy thing. We mean autumn. You know, when the leaves change. We went through all the reviews we did over the past three months and ordered them by rating. So these are the best products we've reviewed so far this fall.

And as usual there's a prize. A lame prize. And you can win it by watching the video, then coming back to this blog post and answering the question in the comments below. Be one of the first 10 to answer correctly, and you could be randomly chosen to win.

Last week's answer: HTC Dream T-Mobile G1

November 6, 2009 3:07 PM PST

Top 5 most popular products for November

by Tom Merritt
  • 71 comments

We're getting close to the holidays and we know you're starting to make your wish lists. So we're treating this month's most popular products list as a request. You're spending a lot of your time viewing these products. We get it. Feel free to send this video around to friends and family as a hint.

And while we're at it, let's give you something. Well, one of you. Go watch the video, answer the trivia question, and come back here and post your guess. It could light up your holidays. Literally.

The answer to last week's question was: The GNU Project.

Special hint. If you have a bogus e-mail address in your account, you won't win because you'll never get the e-mail. Just a thought.

November 2, 2009 11:24 AM PST

Top 5: Free software

by Tom Merritt
  • 67 comments
So these are my picks, based on your feedback, of the best free apps you can find on the Net. You might consider them essentials. And what's the risk? You do get them for free, after all.

And you could also get a free Magic 8 Ball Yoda. I admit it's a bit beat up, but that's why we call it a "lame prize," right? So post your answer to the trivia question in the comments below and cross your fingers that your name will be drawn.

Oh, and someone asked that we start posting the answers to the trivia questions. Duh. Why didn't we think of that. So the answer to last week's Worst Downloads question was Alien Communicator.

Best of luck this week!

October 26, 2009 2:09 PM PDT

Top 5 Worst downloads

by Tom Merritt
  • 46 comments

Every three months we corral Seth Rosenblatt to forage through the latest downloadable software and come up with a list of the worst. Why? Because Seth loves a challenge. And you people love "Top Worst" lists. It's all about the schadenfreude, isn't it?

Anyway, this Top 5 still has a lame prize, so get to watching, and then return here and post your guess in the comments. We'll draw one winner from the first 10 people to get the answer right.

October 16, 2009 2:18 PM PDT

Top 5 best MP3 players

by Tom Merritt
  • 39 comments

Everybody's all smitten with smartphones, but what if you don't want to be interrupted with a call while you're listening to your music? What if you don't want to risk your precious and expensive smartphone at the gym? What if you want to carry every song you own in one player? If this describes you, take a look at our top 5 best MP3 players. They play some video, but mostly they play music. Sweet, sweet music.

And of course as always after you watch the show, come back here and leave an answer to the lame prize question in the comments and you could win!

October 12, 2009 10:40 AM PDT

Top 5 most popular products for October

by Tom Merritt
  • 32 comments

The old most popular list is really coming back into its own these days. For a while there I thought it would be all phones forever. But it's two months running with only two phones on the list. I guess most of you all finally picked a phone and are moving on to better TVs, Netbooks, etc.

So watch in good health this week and then come back to this blog post and take a crack at answering the trivia question for a chance at winning the lame prize.

October 2, 2009 1:31 PM PDT

Top 5 movie gadgets

by Tom Merritt
  • 25 comments

How often have you looked at stuff in a movie and thought, "I want that"? Perhaps it was a weapon or a spy device, or even a mundane tool that just looked awesome. I polled the folks out there on the Internet and asked what their favorite movie gadgets were.

Here's what we found. And after you're done perusing and disputing this Top 5, be sure to take a crack at the trivia question in the comments below.

September 25, 2009 12:02 PM PDT

Top 5 best cell phones

by Tom Merritt
  • 69 comments

Cell phones are the hottest tech items of the year, and one of the most frequent questions we get at CNET is: what's the best phone?

We conferred with Mr. Kent German, who sees every phone created, and worked up a list to count down. And don't forget you can post an answer to the lame prize question in the comments for a chance to win the signed iPhone cases! So watch the show and come back.

September 18, 2009 6:12 PM PDT

Top 5 Google search terms of the summer

by Tom Merritt
  • 25 comments

The last time we did top Google search terms, half of Hollywood died before we could publish it. This time, we only missed Swayze's passing and Kanye West's antics. And of the folks that passed last time, only one showed up in the rising search terms for the past three months.

What that all means is that I think you can reliably say these are the hottest search terms. And one of them is Turkish. Be sure to post your answer to the trivia question below for a chance to win the football beads. And really, only answer the question if you have a valid e-mail address and will respond to our e-mails. Sound good?

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