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The First "Sucks Less" Gift Guide of the 21st Century!

Welcome to the Street Tech Gift Guide for 2001. As always, we've chosen smart, well-designed, perennial tech -- much of it already run through the ST BS detector -- along with a few things we're drooling over ourselves this season (attention loved ones!). There are lots of gift guides out there, but frankly, most of 'em have more to do with which products got more aggressively hyped to tech writers than whether it's gear on which you should actually spend YOUR hard-earned green. You know the jokes about the fruitcakes that nobody ever eats and the closet-full of tie racks and unopened aftershave? There are tech-equivalents of this too (remember Furbie... or the iOpener?), but you won't find any such high-tech boat anchors here. This is all lean, mean 100% Grade A gadgety goodness. Enjoy, have a brilliant holiday, and don't forget to drop by Shop Talk (our conferencing area) for last-minute shopping ideas, questions, or to brag about the cool booty you got on the other side of the shopping and gift-giving frenzy.

 


ReplayTV 4000 Series
(Up to 320 hours of storage, commercial blocking, Ethernetworking, and (are you listening Hollyood) sharing shows over the Net. QUICK, before the P2P Police break down the warehouse door!)
US$700 - $2,000
From ReplayTV/SONICblue
Review on Street Tech Soon!

Apple iPod
(1000 songs in your pocket.)
US$400
From Apple Computers

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MobileBrief Computer Case
(The coolest wheeled case we've seen!)
US$400
From Brenthaven
Review on Street Tech Soon!
Read review of an earlier model.

nVida GeForce3 Videocard
(Next-gen 3D image rendering
that'll blow your sox off!)
US$ ~350
From nVidia (and others mnfrs).
Inno3D Tornado shown
Review on Street Tech Soon!

 


Suunto Observer Watch
(The ultimate geek's wristtop fiddletech.)
US$400
From Suunto

Home Portal 100
(Versatile, easy-to-use, cross-platform home network portal.)
US$200
Read the Street Tech review

BinderTek Organization System
(Ultimate dead tree storage tech.)
US$10-12 ea.
Read the review

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