Yahoo is preparing to launch a new site I don’t need, Yahoo Tech. It will be another website flaunting all the tech gadgets I would like to have but can’t justify buying.

Yahoo Tech will provide information on gadgetry in 18 categories, including cellphones, laptop computers and digital-music players. In each category, Yahoo will highlight the top five products according to Consumer Reports, which is providing product ratings under an exclusive deal…

There already is a website like the one described, and it’s called CNET. We’ll see what Yahoo does to make their version unique, and hopefully it’s more than including Consumer Reports ratings.

Updated August 9, 2011 and originally published May 1, 2006. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the RSS feed or receive daily emails. Follow @flexo on Twitter and visit our Facebook page for more updates.

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