The Year's Top Searches
Do you remember everything that happened in 2008? Find out this year's biggest news stories, blunders, gossip and so much more... click one of the links to the right to start reading.
Top Searches Shopping 2008
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The smarter way to drive. With prices coming down all the time as sat nav systems increase in popularity, one day we'll wonder how we ever managed to read a paper street map!
The popularity of these ubiquitous boots shows no signs of waning, even in the wake of countless fake versions, and they remain de riguer for the snugly fashionable.
The rise and rise of digital radio looks set to continue this Christmas with the analogue radio switch-off anticipated sooner rather than later. They'll be plenty of people of all ages hoping for a rather bulky stocking this year.
Dealt a blow by the success of Nintendo's Wii, the PS3 is striking back. This premium model features a hefty 60 GB hard drive.
Originally designed as a boating shoe because of their slip-resistance and non-marking sole, the comfy, colourful Crocs were on everyone's feet this summer. Inspired by the success of their original design the company are now branching out into fluffy styles and high-heeled numbers.
Sexy 'Shake Control' lets you randomly choose a track with a flick of your wrist on this super slimline Walkman music player phone. Put it on your Christmas list now.
Curiously close in design to the iPhone, the Nokia N96 features the BBC iPlayer built in for all your David Attenborough reruns, integrated rich maps and A-GPS and a whopping 16GB of memory.
New, more fabulous colours, tinier and tinier designs, bigger hard drives - just how talismanic can the iPod go? Another Christmas best seller.
The gaming domination of the Wii helped Nintendo post huge profits this year and the Wii Fit looks set to be this year's huge Xmas sell out.
Apple made a revolutionary phone and everyone got very excited until they actually bought one and realised there were probably better touch screen phones out there. Apple have recently had their wrists slapped over adverts featuring far faster interaction than is actually possible.