Tom and Rafe review what they feel were the biggest and best tech products and advancements of the decade.
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OK, folks. This is our last Top 5 of the year. And it's obviously meant to sync up with the start of our year when we head to CES first thing in 2010.
So watch the show to get a look at some of the products we loved last year at CES, but seemed to miss on the shelves this year. Then come back here and post in the comments for a chance to win the lame prize.
The year is all but over. All over but the counting. Actually, we got the counting done early, so it's truly just over. We finished the year early! Yay!
And as a reward you'll be getting a bunch of Top 5s all at once. Starting with this one, the best products of 2009. The ranking is based on the editors' rating our CNET reviewers gave the products with editors' choice awards, and your user ratings are used as tie-breakers.
So watch the video, then head back to this post and answer the trivia question in the comments below.
There are lots of really good gifts to give and to get this year. We're giving one away in this top 5! But there are also a lot of really bad mistakes you could make. So don't make them. Watch the Top 5, heed the warnings, then come back to this blog and post a comment for a chance to win a Sony Reader touch edition, courtesy of Sony Electronics. It's easy.
So, how do you win this CNET Top 5 giveaway of the Sony Reader touch edition? Let me enumerate the basic rules. Please read them carefully.
Register as a CNET user. Go to the top of this page and hit the "Join CNET" link to start the registration process. If you're already registered, no need to register again.
Leave a comment below. We asked a trivia question in this episode of the Top 5, but you can leave whatever comment you want.
Leave only one comment. You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter more than one comment, you will be automatically disqualified.
Winner will be chosen randomly. Winner will be chosen on or about December 21, 2009. The winner will receive one (1) Sony Reader touch edition. Approximate retail value of prize is $299.95.
If you are chosen, you will be notified via the CNET internal-messaging system. Winners must respond within three days of the end of the contest. If you do not respond within that period, another winner will be chosen.
Entries can be submitted until Friday, December 18, at 5:59:59 p.m. ET.
And here's the disclaimer (sorry for the caps, but rules are rules):
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. MUST BE LEGAL RESIDENT OF ONE OF THE 50 UNITED STATES OR D.C., 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AT DATE OF ENTRY INTO SWEEPSTAKES. VOID IN PUERTO RICO, ALL U.S. TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS AND WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. Sweepstakes ends at 5:59:59 p.m. ET on Friday December 18, 2009. See Official Rules for details.
J. Sperling Reich from Showbiz Sandbox joins us to explain why the TV and movies online are restricted the way they are.
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However I fully expect to hear from every fan of the video game characters that didn't make the list. Because let's face it, there are more than five good video game characters. So let your thoughts be known, but try to be gentle.
And among your comments, be sure to answer the lame prize question.
The answer to last week's lame prize question was: RIM BlackBerry Bold
Tom and Rafe talk about the gadgets they've been using, like Windows Home Server, a Canon printer, and the PS3 as a Blu-ray player.
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Episode 60 of Digital City has arrived, and whereas last week saw Joe, Julie, and Scott out sick, this week Dan and Joe are out. In with Scott and Julie are CNET editors Josh Goldman and 404 co-host Justin Yu, both of whom share thoughts on some of the good, bad, and ugly Cyber Monday shopping deals out there, and whether or not any good point-and-shoot cameras are being offered. Plus, some quick holiday movie reviews, Scott's buyer's remorse over a PSP Go purchase, and one of the largest backpacks we've ever seen. Kick up your feet, it's Digital City!
Related links:
>>CNET's Cyber Monday shopping deals
>>Holiday travel: sometimes it's nice not to have an app for that
>>Pointed, shot: 2009's best compact cams
>>Watch the Digital City live every Monday at 3pm EST on CNET Live!
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And, of course, there is a lame prize as usual. So watch the show, then come back here and post your trivia question answer below. We'll choose one of the the first 10 correct posters to win the Star Wars Episode 1 Electronic CommTech Reader.
The answer to the lame prize question from last week's tech turkeys countdown was: Meet Me Tour.
