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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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Citrix GoToMyPC 5

Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8.0 Preferred

Best Software Simply Accounting 2005

Corel Painter IX (Full Product, PC/Mac)

Vonage Vonage VoIP

Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Full Product, PC)

Intuit Quicken Premier 2006

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro

Adobe Photoshop Elements 4

Nero Nero 7 Ultra Edition

Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 Win32 USB Port English NA Hardware CD

Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0 (PC)

Palm Palm GPS Navigator (3207NA)

Qnext Qnext

Serious Magic Serious Magic Ovation

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

Webroot Webroot Spy Sweeper 4.5

ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe Motherboard (Athlon X2/ Athlon FX/ Athlon 64/ Sempron, nForce4 SLI X16, Socket 939, ATX, 4GB DDR, 1000MHz Bus)

In2M Mvelopes Personal

Epson Perfection V700 Photo

Ultimate Ears super.fi 5 Pro Earphones IF-P5PSW0002-02

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

Canon EOS 30D SLR Digital Camera Body Only (8.2MP, CompactFlash)

Toshiba HDA1 HD-DVD Player

eVGA GeForce 7600 GT Video Card (256MB, PCI Express x16, Dual DVI)

Sonos ZP80 ZonePlayer

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 Mionet

TiVo ? Series2? 80-Hour Digital Video Recorder (80 GB)

Apple 1.66GHz Mac mini (1.66GHz Core Duo, 512MB DDR2, 80GB, DVDRW DL, Mac OS X)

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 PIXMA iP6600D Photo Inkjet Printer (2400x9600 DPI, Color, 42KB, PC/Mac)

Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV600 Notebook (1.83gHz Core Duo, 1GB DDR2, 160GB, DVD?RW DL, Window XP Media Center Edition, 17

HP MD5880n 58" DLP Projection TV (16:9, HDTV)

Creative ZEN Vision:M 30GB Media Player - Black (2.5

Lenovo ThinkPad X60s

Dell UltraSharp 3007WFP Black 30-HC

Dell UltraSharp 3007WFP Black 30-HC

Alienware Aurora 7500

Mitsubishi XD460U DLP Projector

Fujifilm FinePix E900 Digital Camera (9.0MP, 3488x2616, 4x Opt, 16MB xD-Picture Card)

Apple IPod Nano 4GB MP3 Player - Black

Samsung LN-S3251D 32" LCD TV (16:9, 1366x768, 4000:1, HDTV)

LaCie d2 External 400GB SATA Hard Drive (Serial ATA, 7200 RPM, 8MB)

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-R1 Digital Camera (10.3MP, 3888x2592, 5x Opt, MS/CF/Pro/Microdrive)

Canon PIXMA MP950 All-In-One Photo Inkjet Printer (29 PPm, 9600x2400 DPI, Color, PC/Mac)

Olympus EVOLT E-330 Digital SLR W/14-45mm Lens (7.94MP, 3136x2352, CompactFlash/Microdrive/xD-Picture Card Slot)

T-Mobile SDA

ATI Radeon X1900 XTX Video Card (512MB, PCI Express x16, Dual DVI)

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