At this time of the year, every publication runs a "best of" feature.

Jeff Beard has collected links to six "best of technology" articles and added in hints for online shopping.

If you’re looking for product information, as a starting point for product reviews (after Google) try epinions.com.

Unfortunately not every US product makes it to Australia so for online shopping for products that have Australian pricing and should work with our telcos and electricity system try:

• Yahoo Australian shopping and price comparison
• Shopbot price comparison
• City Software (for business hardware and software)
• Games Warehouse (for games)
• Buy Quick (for most consumer electronics)
• Mr Gadget (for all sorts of tech gadgets)

UPDATE: Try Ausprices.com for price comparisons