This was the big week for gadgets launching in time to lure shoppers for the holiday season. First came Microsoft's Zune, a newfangled MP3 player. And here you can see our editors' take, and hear from the buyers. Then came Sony's PlayStation 3, followed in 48 hours by the Nintendo Wii. Just before the consoles launched, CNET News.com's Neha Tiwari talked to gaming experts. Did the experts get it right?
To see all of CNET News.com's most recent videos, click here.
Get ready for two new gaming consoles
News.com's Neha Tiwari talked to gamers and industry insiders about the next-generation consoles coming from Nintendo and Sony.
November 11, 2006
Play video >
Consumers react to the Zune
News.com's Erica Ogg talks to consumers at Best Buy in San Francisco about Microsoft's newest digital audio player.
November 14, 2006
Play video >
Zooming in on Zune
The Microsoft Zune, with its intuitive interface and solid playback performance, will please most users, says CNET's James Kim.
Google creates an animated doodle that features a boy, a girl, Google's search engine, and a jump rope. But might there be darker, more analytical, more troubling interpretations to this tale?
The Silicon Valley online payments startup grew by 1,000 percent last year and is hopeful it can repeat that level of growth this year. To do that, it's had to move away from its early friends-and-family roots and embrace small businesses.
Chamtech's spray-on antenna uses a nano material to provide a low-power boost to antenna range. The wireless-in-a-can product may some day bring an end to unsightly cell towers.
EnerG2 opens a plant to make an engineered carbon that will improve performance of energy storage devices and make storage for start-stop hybrid cars less expensive.
Get ready for two new gaming consoles 
Consumers react to the Zune
Zooming in on Zune
Join the conversation