All the radio buzz lately is over satellite, what with the two major players merging into one big monopolistic (read: soon to be expensive) broadcaster with hundreds of programming channels. But that still pales in comparison to the number of free stations available over the 'net.

Many of us discovered Internet radio years ago, and fell in love with the ability to choose from programming from thousands of stations around the world. And listen for free. The only problem was being tethered by our net connection.

The Internet Radio Alarm Clock from Aluratek is a new, portable Internet radio with built-in Wi-Fi, making it possible to stream over 11,000 stations from over 150 countries, right from your nightstand. Or any other room in your house.

There’s also an FM tuner, two programmable alarms, an input for your MP3 player, a USB port for flash drives, and a headphone jack so you can listen to Radio Kazakhstan while she sleeps.

$200
www.aluratek.com