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The Fisher-Price Rocket the Wonder Dog might not be quite as limber, but we think this robot puppy is just as cute for kids as the Sony Aibo (which costs more than 20 times as much). Rocket responds to voice commands only from his masters: Up to two kids can imprint their voices by speaking into the included headset. Once he's trained, he'll sit, beg, stand on his head, and more. Rocket also displays lots of different kinds of dog behavior when he's not being bossed around. ($105 street. Ages 3 and up. Fisher-Price Inc., 800-432-5437, www.fisherprice.com.)—CAM

Get out of that swivel chair and onto the dance floor with the Front Interactive Cyber Groove, the USB-connected dance pad that's a party in a box. You can play by yourself or with a friend—on the same pad with a partner. Choose a song from the Old School, Street, or Rave category, and get your groove on while dancing on the pad's arrows, which correspond to those scrolling on the screen. ($69.99 direct. Ages 6 and up. Front Interactive, www.frontinteractive.com.)—CG

His appeal may mystify anyone older than 5, but the little ones still love Barney. With Hasbro eSpecially My Barney, you can hook the purple dinosaur up to your PC through your parallel port and personalize him so that he knows your child's name, likes, dislikes, birthday, and more. He'll then incorporate that information into games, songs, and activities. ($50 street. Ages 2 and up—but not too far up. Hasbro Inc., 800-752-9755, www.hasbro.com.)—CAM

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the toy store, K'NEX turns construction toys into cyber life forms. The Hyper Wheels Cyber K'NEX is billed as a state-of-the-art construction system that calls for a new level of interactivity with models—Mectron and BratBoy are two—that come to life with the use of sensors. And the fun doesn't stop there: You can download new behaviors for your bots. (Hyper Wheels, 49.99 list; Cybots, $79.99; Ultra Set, $129.99. Ages 9 and up. K'NEX Industries Inc., www.cyberknex.com.)—LAR

Here's the third product in the impressive Intel/Mattel line of tech toys. Clip the Intel Play Computer Sound Morpher to your belt and record sounds and phrases to transform into monster, robot, alien, or chipmunk voices. This funky-looking little gadget, along with the included CD-ROM, lets you create animated faces that say funny phrases and e-mail them to your friends. ($49.99 list. Ages 6 and up. Intel Corp., www.intelplay.com.)—CG

With the KB Gear Jam-It digital sound mixer, pint-sized crooners can record and mix their favorite songs or whip up something new. The palm-size device holds up to 4 minutes of continuous sound or 16 sound clips. Kids can edit their new tunes by adding music or using effects to sound like a baby or change pitch. Once the masterpiece is complete they can add it to the Jam-It Web page or e-mail it to friends, family, and music executives. ($50 street. Ages 8 to 15. KB Gear Interactive, 800-926-3066, www.jamonline.com.)—WH

Budding Webmasters will really appreciate the KB Gear Jam Studio, Web graphics toolkit. The pen and 7- by 5-inch graphics tablet take a little getting used to, but after that, creating and editing images are a breeze. The software lets kids create Web pages that include animated images, buttons, and banners and add edited photos. ($70 street. Ages 8 and up. KB Gear Interactive, 800-926-3066, www.jamonline.com.)—WH

Preschoolers will love this radio-shaped musical toy and its selection of 25 tunes. Press down the characters on Leap's Learning Band to hear them play their instruments, or press the buttons below for wacky sound effects. And this toy has extended playability: The LeapFrog LeapLink ($29.99 list) connects the toy to your PC via serial port so you can download new tunes from the Leapfrog Web site. ($34.99 list. Ages 4 to 6. LeapFrog, 800-701-5327, www.leapfrog.com)—LAR

Reasonably good hand/eye coordination doesn't hurt when operating one of the colorful toys in the LeapFrog Turbo Twist series (Fact Blaster, Math, and Spelling), which automatically adjust to a child's level. Nutty music and sound effects add to the fun. The LeapFrog LeapLink ($29.99 list) connects the toys to a PC via serial port so you can download additional games and quizzes, and parents can monitor their children's progress at the LeapFrog Web site. ($39.99 each, list. Ages 7 to 9. LeapFrog, 800-701-5327; www.leapfrog.com.)—LAR

The LEGO Darkside Developer Kit lets kids build their favorite droids from the Star Wars movies. The kit starts out with simple walking mechanisms that take less than 30 minutes to build; as your skills improve, you can construct destroyer droids and even a walking AT-AT. Powered by the LEGO Micro Scout microcomputer, each droid has a built-in light sensor and seven behaviors to choose from. ($99.99 list. Ages 9 and up. LEGO Co., 800-453 -4652, www.lego.com.)—DSE

Grownups

The Creative Nomad Jukebox portable digital music player ($500 street) is a traveling music lover's dream machine. Sleek, metallic silver or blue, and shaped like a portable CD player (and currently displayed in the London Design Museum), the Jukebox holds 6GB of MP3 and WAV files—or around 100 hours of CD-quality music. Line-in jacks let you record on the Jukebox from any analog source. (Creative Technology, 800-998-1000, www.creative.com.)—CAM

Not ready to give up paper altogether—just yet, anyway? With a Day Runner e-Runner organizer ($25 to $100 list), you can carry your PDA, cell phone, or other device along with a paper calendar, business cards, and more, all in one package. It comes in a variety of styles, colors, and coverings (from canvas to leather), including the sturdy Sport, elegant Boutique, and practical Concorde Windsor. (Day Runner, 800-232-9786, www.dayrunner.com.)—CAM

The Intel AnyPoint Wireless Home Network (USB, $119 list; PC Card, $129), which was given a top rating in First Looks (July), helps your family share Internet access, printers, and files, as well as stay connected anywhere in the house. Though it's not wireless Ethernet, it makes connecting up to ten PCs easy and cheap. (Intel Corp., 800-538-3373, www.intel.com/anypoint.)—CAM

The Intel Pocket PC Camera ($150 street) is the newest product in Intel's excellent line of pc cameras—and it can be used as a still camera, too. With 8MB of built-in memory, the camera holds up to 128 640-by-480 images or 2 minutes of video. You can make video phone calls using Microsoft Windows NetMeeting (bundled) or edit photos with Intel's Create & Share. (Intel Corp., 800-538-3373, www.intel.com/pccamera.)—WH

Cordless peripherals are appealing; no one likes all those wires strung across, around, and under the desk. With the Intel Wireless Series Base Station ($59.99 list), Gamepad ($64.99), Keyboard ($59.99), and Mouse ($59.99), you can eliminate a lot of that mess, and even better, jump up and down as you play games. The Base Station connects to your PC; you can then use the peripherals without being tethered. (Intel Corp., 800-538-3373, www.intel.com/wire

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If you want to spend some serious cash on your favorite photographer, the Kodak Professional RFS 3600 Film Scanner ($1,299 list) is the perfect gift. It features 3,600-dpi resolution, a 3.6 dynamic range (the ability to distinguish between colors such as dark blue and black), auto-focus, and batch scanning. And at about the size of a thick hardcover book, the scanner won't monopolize desk space. (Eastman Kodak Co., 800-235-6325, www.kodak.com/go/rfs3600.)—CAM

The colorful, stylish Logitech iFeel Mouse ($39.95 list) employs Immersion Corp.'s TouchSense technology: As you navigate around the Web and your desktop, the mouse lets you feel when you're hitting pull-down menus, hot links, icons, and more. The vibrations can be customized or even turned off, if you need a rest. It's an optical mouse, so you have no moving parts to keep clean. (Logitech, 800-231-7717, www.logitech.com.)—CAM

If your family can get together only during the holidays, the brand-new Logitech QuickCam Web ($79.95 direct) might be the best gift to bridge the distance during the rest of the year. Hook the QuickCam up to your PC using a USB port, install and launch the bundled software, and broadcast live over the Internet via Logitech's partner SpotLife.com. Or send a video e-mail with sound, as QuickCam Web also comes with a built-in microphone. (Logitech Inc., 800-231-7717, www.logitech.com.)—Sean Portnoy