Gadget geeks and technology buffs, this is the book for you!Leo Laporte's 2006 Gadget Guideis the definitive guide to all of your gadget-buying questions for 2005-06. Leo Laporte, host of TechTVs "Call for Help" and Que Publishing's resident gadget guru, boils down the reams and reams of product specs, slices through the marketing hype, and delivers his best of breed picks for everything from digital cameras to MP3 players. Organized in a sereis of categories, such as "Gadgets for the Ultimate Home Theater," Leo will provide you with the best picks for gadgets and equipment on any kind of budget. This is theultimateguide for anyone interested in gadgets, gidgets, whos-its and whats-its. Don't go shopping again without it!

Leo Laporte is a weekend radio host on L.A. radio KFI AM 640 and co-hosts "Call for Help" on Canada's TechTV network. He also appears regularly on many other television and radio programs. He is the author of recent bestsellers: Leo Laporte's 2005 Gadget Guide, Leo Laporte's Mac Gadget Guide, and Leo Laporte's 2005 Technology Almanac.

Michael Miller has authored 50+ non-fiction books, including Absolute Beginner's Guide to eBay, Absolute Beginner's Guide to Computer Basics, and TechTV's Windows XP for Home Users and contributed to Pearson Technology's 2002 Book of the Year, TechTV Leo Laporte's 2003 Technology Almanac.

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