SmartRatings

Researching potential gadget purchases can be abysmally time-consuming, due to the scattered product reviews, and your inability to cease playing Snood. Consolidate things with SmartRatings.

SR aggregates dozens of expert opinions on everything from cell phones, to digital cameras, to motherboards -- filling the role of 1,000 Best Buy salesmen, only competent, and more human. Browse by category or punch in a specific product, and you'll get both an average score and out-of-100 ratings from sources as trusted as CNET and as bankrupt as Stuff. For those who can forestall non-clinical narcolepsy long enough to read a full analysis, SR supplies links, so you can do your due diligence before pulling the trigger on that Alpha Jawbone Wireless Headset.

Once you do feel confident enough to snag something, SR also provides a web-vendor price comparison that'll save you both time and money -- unless your childhood math classes were derailed by ceaseless Oregon Trailing.