The 100 Best Products of 2006
Powerful computers, handy services, tiny utilities, mammoth HDTVs--our editors' top picks include all these and a whole lot more. Plus: the worst products of all time.
Alan Stafford
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Best Products: 91-100
91. Fujifilm FinePix E900
Point-and-Shoot Digital Camera ($410) Fujifilm's 9-megapixel point-and-shoot captured very sharp images with low distortion, earning top scores in our tests. Review | Latest Prices
92. nVidia GeForce 7900 GTX
GPU ($549) Graphics cards that use this power-hungry processor are so expensive that you'll need to sign on for a second paper route to pay for it. But the payoff is excellent gaming performance. Test Report | Latest Prices
93. Del.icio.us
Social Networking (free) Both an excellent way to store and categorize bookmarks and an impressive social experiment, Del.icio.us invites you to share your favorite links with friends and larger communities. Review
94. Serious Magic Ovation
PowerPoint Add-On ($100) Import PowerPoint slides into this tool and add fancy video effects to make your otherwise boring sales presentations the talk of the office. Review | Latest Prices
95. WordPress
Blogging Tool (free) Two practical controls make this product stand out: Photos and art are resizable on the fly inside the editing space, and dividing a blog entry into two parts is simple. Review
96 Amazon A9 Toolbar
Search Toolbar (free) Share bookmarks among multiple computers, and store notes about sites (if you have opened an Amazon.com account). Take that, Google. Review
97. ThinkFree Office Online
Online Office Suite (free) ThinkFree gives you Office-compatible word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation applications in a browser window. Review
98. Greasemonkey
Firefox Extension (free) Now here's a mechanic you can trust. Greasemonkey allows you to add community-built scripts to the Firefox browser. Hundreds of useful scripts are downloadable for free. Review
99. NewsGator FeedDemon 2
RSS Reader ($30) With FeedDemon's options, you're just a step shy of having news injected intravenously. Download | Latest Prices
100. Sysinternals Rootkit Revealer 1.7
Antispyware (free) This free tool can't fix your rootkit-infested Sony CDs, but it can determine whether your PC has been compromised by them. Review
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