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.
By Alan Stafford
Complete Coverage
-
Citrix GoToMyPC 5 »
-
Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8.0 Preferred »
-
Best Software Simply Accounting 2005 »
-
Corel Painter IX »
-
Vonage Vonage VoIP »
-
Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Full Product, PC) »
-
Intuit Quicken Premier 2006 »
-
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro »
-
Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 »
-
Alienware Aurora 7500 »
-
Nero Nero 7 Ultra Edition »
-
Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 Win32 USB Port English NA Hardware CD »
-
LaCie d2 External 400GB SATA Hard Drive (Serial ATA, 7200 RPM, 8MB) »
-
Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0 (PC) »
-
Palm Palm GPS Navigator (3207NA) »
-
Qnext »
-
Canon Pixma iP6600D »
-
Serious Magic Serious Magic Ovation »
-
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-R1 »
-
Apple iPod nano 4GB MP3 Player - Black »
-
Canon PIXMA MP950 All-In-One Photo Inkjet Printer (29 PPm, 9600x2400 DPI, Color, PC/Mac) »
-
Microsoft Xbox 360 System »
-
NEC 21.3" MultiSync LCD2180WG-LED-BK-SV Black LCD Monitor (21.3", 1600x1200, 25ms, DVI, PC/Mac) »
-
Yamaha RX-V4600 Receiver (7.1 Channels, 130 W/Channel, 0.04% THD, Supports 10 Devices) »
-
Apple IPod Video 5th Generation 60GB MP3 Player - Black (60GB Internal Hard Drive) »
-
BitDefender Standard 9 »
-
HP MD5880n 58" DLP Projection TV (16:9, HDTV) »
-
Mitsubishi XD460U DLP Projector »
-
ATI Radeon X1900 XTX Video Card (512MB, PCI Express x16, Dual DVI) »
-
Webroot Webroot Spy Sweeper 4.5 »
-
Fujifilm Fuji FinePix E900 »
-
Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe Motherboard (Athlon X2/ Athlon FX/ Athlon 64/ Sempron, nForce4 SLI X16, Socket 939, ATX, 4GB DDR, 1000MHz Bus) »
-
Dell UltraSharp 3007WFP Black 30-HC »
-
Creative ZEN Vision:M 30GB Media Player - Black (2.5 »
-
In2M Mvelopes Personal »
-
T-Mobile SDA »
-
Samsung LN-S3251D 32" LCD TV (16:9, 1366x768, 4000:1, HDTV) »
-
Lenovo ThinkPad X60s »
-
Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV600 Notebook (1.83gHz Core Duo, 1GB DDR2, 160GB, DVD?RW DL, Window XP Media Center Edition, 17 »
-
Olympus Evolt E-330 »
-
Epson Perfection V700 Photo »
-
Ultimate Ears super.fi 5 Pro »
-
Dantz EMC Retrospect for Windows Professional Edition (Full Product) »
-
Intel Core Duo Processor (2.16GHz, 2MB, 667GHz FSB, Socket 478) »
-
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Dual-Core Processor (2.4GHz, 2MB, 2GHz Bus, Socket 939) »
-
Seagate Portable ST9160821U2-RK External 160GB Hard Drive »
-
Toshiba HDA1 HD-DVD Player »
-
eVGA GeForce 7600 GT Video Card (256MB, PCI Express x16, Dual DVI) »
-
Sonos ZonePlayer 80 »
-
RedOctane Guitar Hero Bundle (PS2) »
-
Pioneer Blu-Ray Disc Writer (2x/2x/2x BD, 8x/4x/8x DVD+RW, 8x/4x/8x DVD-RW, 2.4x DVD+R DL, 2x DVD-R DL) »
-
Mionet »
-
TiVo ? Series2? 80-Hour Digital Video Recorder (80 GB) »
-
Apple Mac mini/1.66GHz »
-
Western Digital Raptor X 150GB Hard Drive (Serial ATA-150, 10,000 RPM, 16MB) »
-
EIZO Nanao FlexScan S2410W 24.1" LCD Monitor (24.1" 1920x1200, 16ms, DVI, PC/Mac) »
-
SmartHome SYLVANIA Z-WAVE DELUXE STARTER KIT BY UNICAL ENTERPRISES »
-
Salling Software Salling Clicker 3 »
-
Mindjet MindManager Pro 6 with Media - 1-User License »
-
iRiver Clix »
-
BFG Technologies GeForce 7900 GTX OC Video Card (512MB, PCI Express x16, Dual DVI) »
-
Channel Sources Dist. ThinkFree Office (Full Product) »
-
NewsGator FeedDemon 2 »
-
Canon EOS 30D »
Top 100 listed numerically
- Intel Core Duo Notebook/Desktop CPU
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Desktop CPU
- Craigslist.org Web Classifieds
- Apple iPod Nano Digital Audio Player
- Seagate 160GB Portable Hard Drive Portable Hard Drive
- Google Earth Satellite Imagery
- Adobe Premiere Elements 2 Video Editor
- Canon EOS 30D Digital SLR Camera
- YouTube.com Video-Sharing Site
- Apple Boot Camp Mac Dual-Booter
- Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 Image Editor
- Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Web Browser
- Engadget.com Gadget Blog
- Toshiba HD-A1 HD DVD Player
- Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV600 Power Notebook Computer
- nVidia GeForce 7600 GT Graphics Card Chip Set
- Google Search Engine
- Sonos ZonePlayer 80 Digital Audio Streamer
- RedOctane Guitar Hero Video Game
- Yamaha RX-V4600 Home-Theater Receiver
- Pioneer BDR-101A Blu-ray Drive
- Adobe Photoshop CS2 Image Editor
- Citrix GoToMyPC 5 Remote Access
- Dealnews.com Online Bargain Tracker
- Palm GPS Navigator GPS
- MioNet Remote Access
- Ubuntu Linux Distribution
- Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 E-Mail Application
- Canon Pixma MP950 Multifunction Printer
- Yahoo Mail (Beta) Web-Based E-Mail
- TiVo Digital Video Recorder
- Avvenu Remote File Access
- Blogger Blogging Service
- Sony Cyber-shot DSC-R1 Advanced Digital Camera
- Apple Mac Mini Value Desktop Computer
- Apple iPod Digital Audio/Video Player
- Lenovo ThinkPad X60s Ultralight Notebook
- SideStep.com Travel Site
- Windows Live Local Online Mapping
- Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Sound Card
- Alienware Aurora 7500 Power Desktop Computer
- NEC MultiSync LCD 2180WG-LED Flat-Panel Monitor
- Apple iTunes Digital Audio Software
- Olympus Evolt E-330 Digital SLR Camera
- Ultimate Ears Super.fi 5 Pro Earphones
- Creative Zen Vision:M Digital Audio/Video Player
- Google Desktop Desktop Search
- Opera 9 (Beta) Browser
- Mitsubishi XD460U Projector
- Vonage VoIP Service
- StumbleUpon Browser Add-On
- NoScript 1.1.4 Browser Add-On
- Webroot Spy Sweeper 4.5 Antispyware
- Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 Keyboard
- Western Digital Raptor X Hard Drive
- Yahoo Maps (Beta) Online Mapping
- Intuit Quicken Premier 2006 Personal Finance
- ATI Radeon X1900 XTX Graphics Board
- Javacool EULAlyzer Personal 1.1 License Analyzer
- Eizo FlexScan S2410W 24-Inch Wide-Screen LCD Monitor
- Kosmix.com Search Engine
- T-Mobile SDA Cellular Phone
- Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe Motherboard
- Dell UltraSharp 3007WFP 30-Inch Wide-Screen LCD Monitor
- Meebo (alpha) Instant Messaging
- Corel Painter IX.5 Graphics Software
- Samsung LN-S3251D LCD TV
- Cerulean Studios Trillian 3.1 Instant Messaging Client
- Rhapsody Online Music
- In2M Mvelopes Personal 3 Online Budgeting
- Canon Pixma IP6600D Photo Printer
- EMC Retrospect Professional 7.5 Backup Software
- Yahoo Music Engine 1.1 Digital Audio Site/Software
- Network Magic Home Networking
- Z-Wave Home Automation
- BitDefender 9 Standard Antivirus
- Sage Software Simply Accounting Basic 13 Small-Business Finance
- Flickr Photo-Sharing Site
- Nero 7 Ultra Edition CD/DVD Burning
- Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8 Voice Recognition
- Kodak EasyShare Gallery Photo Printing Service
- EvDO Wireless Broadband
- LaCie d2 Hard Drive Serial ATA External Hard Drive
- HP Md5880n DLP TV
- Qnext 2 P-to-P Communications
- Salling Clicker 3 Presentation Remote
- Epson Perfection V700 Photo Scanner
- Mindjet MindManager Pro 6 Data-Organizing Software
- Microsoft Xbox 360 Game Console
- iRiver Clix Digital Audio/Video Player
- Fujifilm FinePix E900 Point-and-Shoot Digital Camera
- nVidia GeForce 7900 GTX GPU
- Del.icio.us Social Networking
- Serious Magic Ovation PowerPoint Add-On
- WordPress Blogging Tool
- Amazon A9 Toolbar Search Toolbar
- ThinkFree Office Online Online Office Suite
- Greasemonkey Firefox Extension
- NewsGator FeedDemon 2 RSS Reader
- Sysinternals Rootkit Revealer 1.7 Antispyware
Would you recommend this story?
YES
NO