20 best gadgets of the decade
Well, there's only one winner isn't there? The product that changed how we listen to music and so much more - the iPod.
And sure enough, it tops the list of 20 consumer innovations from the Noughties put together by Paste magazine.
Other items of cool that make it include the PlayStation3 (though no PlayStation2, oddly), the slingbox (genius device used by around four people), the iPhone (coming in behind the Kindle) and DVR recorders.
Another thing that misses the list is the Dyson Airblade hand dryer - the coolest piece of tech since the homemade bread maker!
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