Top 5 Most Popular products for April

Once a month we check in on the top 5 most popular product reviews, based on our traffic logs of which pages you're looking at the most. And lately it's been pretty much all smart phones. This month is no exception, but which smart phones!? Watch and find out.

Then come back to this page and answer the trivia question in the comments below. If you are one of the first ten people to answer correctly, you will be entered to win the lame prize. And it is Laaaame this week. With a capital L.

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Top 5 Tech practical jokes

April Fool's day is sort of a national holiday in the tech world. This time on Top 5 we celebrate some of the greatest tech jokes to play on your friends and co-workers. It shows you love them.

Also we share the love with another lame prize. Answer the trivia question in the comments below. If you're one of the first ten people to get the answer correct, you could be chosen to take home the lame prize. No joke.

Last lame prize question: What does IFA stand for? Answer: Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin

Top 5 Reasons NOT to get an Apple iPad.

With the iPad hype building, we thought it incumbent upon us to balance things out. So I've cobbled together five reasons you should not get an Apple iPad. If you think this is just me being a hater, I invite you to watch my other episode of Top 5 which explains the top 5 reasons you should get an iPad.

For this post though, please add your own reasons not to get an iPad. Save the defenses of the iPad for the other post please. This ones for the haters. If you want to be entered to win the … Read more

Top 5 reasons you should get the Apple iPad

Lots of folks are hating on the iPad. Now most fans of the new Apple tablet don't need help defending their favorite, but we figured a few might. Or more likely some folks just don't know why the heck they'd want to buy an iPad. Well here are five reasons.

Haters please move on to the Top 5 reasons you should NOT get an iPad. we made that episode just for you. Lovers of the iPad should post their own justifications in the comments below. If you want to be entered to win the lame prize, please … Read more

Top 5 best cell phones

This week's top 5 separates the popular from the competent. We always have cell phones on the most popular list but are they the good cell phones? Well, this week we find out by counting down the highest-rated cell phones by CNET editors.

And what a surprise, we have a lame prize to give away. So watch the show and then post your answer to the trivia question in the comments below. If you're one of the first 10 people to get the answer right, you might be chosen to win the prize.

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Top 5 Best products of winter

This time, we're late with the blog post. Blame SXSW. But it's still the top5 best products of the winter and still your chance to win a lame prize by commenting below. This time since we're late we'll expand beyond the first ten correct answers to all the correct answers from Wednesday and Friday.

So watch the video then post your answer. Unless it's Friday.

Last week's question and answer: The Millenium Falcon is a standard light freighter. What kind? Corellian Engineering Corporation YT-1300

Top 5 most popular products for March

Cell phones still dominate CNET's most-popular list. Well actually, they're the entire list. But it's interesting to see where they fall. Remember, these lists aren't based on our recommendations, but on the number of times people visited the reviews page.

And there is a lame prize this time of course, so watch the show, and then post your answer in the comments below.

Last week's question: What was the name of the Linux computer sold at Wal-Mart that was sued by Microsoft for brand confusion with Windows? Answer: Lindows (though technically, each machine had its … Read more

Top 5 worst tech product names

This week, we travel the schadenfreude route again bring you a Top 5 worst list. Yes, we realize the oddity of something being top and worst at the same time. Just live with it, Captain Literal. Once you see these five names, you'll understand why we had to do it.

And, as usual, there is a lame prize question. Watch the video and answer the question in the comments below. If you are one of the first 10 people to get it right, you may be randomly selected to win the lame prize. For some reason this excites many … Read more

Top 5 Google search terms

It's been three months since we last checked the psyche of the world based on the fastest-rising search terms in Google. This time the Turks are back, and so is some idiocy regarding Facebook.

Watch the video to find out all five, then post your answer to the trivia question in the comments below. We'll draw one of the first 10 people to answer correctly to win the lame prize.

Last week's lame prize answer: Gavilan SC