Tech Goes Back to School

Summer is starting to fade - sorry to bum you out so soon - and it's already time to start thinking about the equipment students will need when they return to class in a few weeks.

But this isn't like previous years. With technology changing so rapidly in the last six months, there are lots of tradeoffs to consider in terms of price, size and weight. So what are the products you ought to consider? CNET editors Molly Wood and Brian Tong pored through a long list of candidates and came up with their top recommendations.