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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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 … Read more
Time once again to check in on the most popular, and the trend away from cell phone domination continues this month! Hooray for Netbooks and TVs! Maybe it's the fall shopping season finally starting to turn people's minds away from phones. It's so much nicer to buy a gift that doesn't come with a two-year contract.
And of course there's a prize in this Top 5. So watch it, and answer the question in the comments below. One of the first 10 people to answer correctly wins the racing shirt. Properly laundered, I promise.
Picking the right TV is important. Right behind your health, and your family, and world politics. But face it, it's up there. It beat world peace once in a survey--seriously.
Anyway, this week the Top 5 tells you the best TVs you can get. And you have a chance to win a Star Wars space shooter. Watch the show, answer the question in the comments below, and you could get a free thing. And that's important too.
Once again on this edition of the Top 5 video, we count down the highest-rated products of the past three months. Watch to find out which of the blistering summer releases was rated the highest by CNET editors. There's some stiff competition out there, and some big surprises.
Also remember to post an answer to the trivia question below for a chance to win the retro CNET thumb drive.--so retro it's less than a gigabyte in capacity. It is called "lame prize" after all.
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