It's amazing how much computer you can get for your dollar these days. The Gateway GT5674, a pretty basic desktop with a price tag that will appeal to students, comes with a quad-core 2.2GHz AMD Phenom 9500 processor, 3GB of RAM, and a 500GB hard drive. That's plenty of power for everyday computing tasks as well as Photoshop and video editing, and loads of room for music and movie libraries. Other features include a DVD SuperMulti drive for burning CDs and DVDs (and even personalize them by burning images directly onto the discs), Windows Vista Home Premium, 15-in-1 media card reader, and included USB stereo speakers. Shop for desktops by price, brand, and feature.

New from Pandigital: PanTouch digital photo frames, so named because they use touchscreen controls instead of actual buttons. Available in 7", 8", and 10.4" sizes, the frames hold up to 4000 photos and offer 128MB - 512MB of storage, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth compatibility, built-in memory card readers, USB 2.0 ports for direct connection to PCs or cameras, and support for MP3s and video clips. We're still content to use our digital photos as desktop images on our computers, but we know a few gadget freaks who might like these frames. More digital photo frames.

If you watch Project Runway, you already know who Christian Siriano is. (If you don't: He's a young fashion designer who came to fame during the 4th season of Project Runway. He's been called the Marc Jacobs of his generation, and he's the one responsible for the phrase "hot tranny mess.") Anyway, Siriano has designed a collection of women's clothes for Bluefly. We're not quite sure who could rock some of these styles (other than Siriano himself) but they're fun to look at. And expensive. Here's hoping he does a line for Target soon.

Remember when you were a kid, how you could go play in the woods/streets/malls for hours and your parents had no way of finding you? Yeah, well, those days are over, thanks to cell phones (and house arrest ankle bracelets --Ed.). But you don't want to give little kids regular cell phones. Who knows who they'd talk to? And for how long? Enter the new Firefly phone, which has enough features to keep both parents and kids happy: Kids get games, ringtones, wallpapers, camera, MP3 and video player, and texting, while parents can limit incoming and outgoing calls, restrict texting, and a simple pay-as-you-go calling plan.

We groaned out loud when we heard that Converse had released a "grunge collection." We thought, are designers so creatively tapped out that they need to bring back a trend from the early '90s already? Is Courtney Love having trouble paying her legal bills again? But it turns out "grunge" just means "plaid" in the case of these Chuck Taylors. Some styles have plaid exteriors, while others use solid colors with plaid linings. We think they'll look great with jeans, but wearing them with plaid flannel shirts might be a bit overkill. More Converse shoes.