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Top 5 most expensive domain names

The expense of purchasing a domain name from someone has given rise to websites without vowels, like Flickr, weirdly named services like Twitter, and strange ad farms at otherwise perfectly reasonable Web addresses.

In this top 5 we count down the domain names that sold for the most money. These are the ones we know of, or suspect we have a good idea about. Some domain name sales happen in shadowy parlors filled with smoke and all observers are killed. Or at least it's something like that.

But the important point is that you can win a lame prize. … Read more

Top 5 worst gifts for dads

Father's Day is a joyous time, a time to recognize the ol' patriarch for all he's done for you over the years. And lots of dads like tech. That means that lots of dads get disappointed by stuff their family thought they would like.

Don't fall into the trap of getting your dad any old tech. In fact, we have five recommendations for you.

Watch our video of the top 5 worst tech Father's Day gifts. Then come back here and give a gift to yourself. One of the first 10 people to answer our trivia … Read more

Top 5 worst gifts for grads

Graduation is a fantastic time in your loved one's life. It's very exciting to leave the hallowed halls and venture out on one's own. And you can ruin it easily with the wrong gift.

To ease your fears of wrecking someone's life before it even really gets started, we put together a Top 5 video of the worst gifts to give a grad. Watch, learn, and win! That's right, as usual we ask a trivia question that will allow you to take home a Naboo and Droid Fighter battle thingy with fast-paced dogfighting action!

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Top Most popular products for May 2009

I am very very excited because this month's most popular list is not entirely phones for the first time in awhile. It's mostly phones, But there's one member of the top 5 that is not a phone. How exciting.

Also exciting is this weeks lame giveaway. It almost doesn't qualify as lame. In fact it's pretty cool. It's a Playmobil Knight of Malta. You read that right. Watch the top 5 to get the trivia question and then answer in the comments below. Be one of the first ten folks to get the answer … Read more

Top 5 worst mobile Web sites

Daniel Cruz wrote me by e-mail with this question:

"Have you ever did a CNET top worst mobile sites? If not, I will gladly tell you the main one. Hotmail.com."

Seems Daniel hates the Hotmail. So, I surveyed Twitter and then ran the results through the expert opinion of our smartphone reviewer Bonnie Cha. Out came what we consider the 5 Worst Mobile Web sites. Please enjoy the video.

After you have watched it, remember to come back here and post your answer to the question we pose. You could win the "Star Wars" mobile … Read more

Top 5 Worst downloads

Seth Rosenblatt is a hero. Amongst the editors of CNET's Download.com, only he braved the very dregs of the worst software submitted to Download.com for availability to the public. Through his intrepid activity you benefit in three ways.

One, you can watch the five downloads to avoid in action during the video of our top 5. Two, you also get the chance to win a miniature digital picture frame, to which you can upload pictures. Three, you get a bonus blog post from Seth himself, explaining just why he picked each of these horrible examples of software. … Read more

Top 5 deadliest viruses

In the wake of the Conficker worm, we dug into our research vault, known as the Web, and ferreted out the five deadliest computer viruses/worms of all time. Turns out all we needed to do was read the London Times. And all they needed to do was ask a security company.

It goes without saying that you should watch the video to see what the Top 5 are. But you have another incentive: for this week we are giving away a size-large throwback CNET fleece, as modeled in the video by Intern Chris Knox and Producer Sarah Harbin.

Watch the video, … Read more

Top 5 most popular products

Most popular products is a Top 5 we do monthly. It's pretty popular. It used to be a constantly changing list, often dominated by game consoles, but lately it's been taken over by phones. All phones. We've even considered changing the name to most popular smartphones.

In any case, we're still giving away a little prize for the Top 5, even if the guy from the Mailbag thinks it's lame. And since the list is all phones, we're giving away a phone...sort of. Well, it's a squishy phone.

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Top 5 Best TV robots

Earlier this year, we counted down the best movie robots ever and you seemed to quite enjoy that. So, we went back to the drawing board to decide on the best TV robots ever, and again we're including androids. It's quite a different crew from the movie scene. Friendlier--some might say, smarter--robots dominate this list. But then when is a robot not smart?

You also get a chance to win this time. Not one, not two, but three prizes. Watch our video to get the question, then post your answer below. Be one of the first 10 people to answer correctly and you could win!

Update Congrats to PacGamer who was one of many many people to correctly identify Robot as Model B-9, Class M-3, General Utility Non-Theorizing Environmental Control Robot. PacGamer came up lucky in the random drawing and gets the Bag, Game and shiny penny.

Here are the list of nominees from Twitter and Facebook.… Read more