PC World Reveals Winners of the ”100 Best Products of 2007” Awards

PC World, the most widely-read computer or business magazine among total purchase influencers, today announced the winners of its annual “100 Best Products of 2007″ Awards. The “100 Best Products of 2007″ features the finest products and services of the past 12 months, from notebooks and security software to MP3 players and smartphones. The selections were based on exemplary design, features, performance, and innovation. The honorees were chosen after editors reviewed hundreds of products, including those that have appeared in the magazine over the last year. The article is available now on PCWorld.com at http://find.pcworld.com/57409 and will be on newsstands June 12.

The “100 Best Products of 2007″ winners list contains a wide range of products and services for work, home, and everywhere in between. The editors’ picks reflect the ever-changing world of technology, with revolutionary products in various categories including media streaming devices, virtualization software, navigation systems, and ultra-portable convertible notebooks. Topping the list at number one is Google Apps Premier Edition, a Web application from Google. PC World editors noted, “Google is much more than just a search engine, and with its invaluable Google Apps suite, the company is well on its way to challenging Microsoft for productivity-suite supremacy.” Many companies have multiple winners on the list; Apple leads the pack with six winning products, followed by Google with five.

PC World also asked its online community to be a part of the story by selecting their picks for the “100 Best Products of 2007.” The nine products designated as “Reader Favorites” among the top 100 Products include: Nintendo Wii, Parallels Desktop, Apple TV, Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite, Sling Media Slingbox Pro, Mozilla Firefox 2, Apple iPod nano, Apple MacBook Pro, and Check Point ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite. In addition, the “Most-Anticipated Products” are items that missed the cutoff date for the “100 Best Products,” but will be coming out soon, such as the Apple iPhone, (June 2007), AMD Phenom (summer 2007), Intel Penryn (Q1 2008), Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (October 2007), and Rock Band (Q4 2007).

Special online-only features for “100 Best Products of 2007″ are available now at PCWorld.com, including: the Top 20 Products of the Year slideshow at http://find.pcworld.com/57393, Readers’ Picks for the Best Products of the Year slideshow at http://find.pcworld.com/57394, the Most-Anticipated Products of the Year slideshow at http://find.pcworld.com/57395, and a Best Products of 2007 video at http://find.pcworld.com/57392 in which PC World editors review and discuss the top 5 products.

The complete list of ranked winners follows; the list is also available in alphabetical order at: http://find.pcworld.com/57410

PC WORLD’S 100 BEST PRODUCTS OF 2007 AWARD WINNERS

RANK

COMPANY

DESCRIPTION/PRODUCT

1 

Google

WEB APPLICATION: Google Apps Premier Edition

2 

Intel

DESKTOP CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo

3 

Nintendo

GAME CONSOLE: Nintendo Wii (1)

4 

Verizon

INTERNET SERVICE: Verizon FiOS

5 

RIM

SMARTPHONE: RIM BlackBerry 8800

6 

Parallels

VIRTUALIZATION SOFTWARE: Parallels Desktop (1)

7 

Pioneer

PLASMA HDTV: Pioneer Elite 1080p PRO-FHD1

8 

Infrant Technologies

NETWORK-ATTACHED STORAGE DEVICE: ReadyNAS NV

9 

Apple

OPERATING SYSTEM: Apple Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger

10 

Adobe

VIDEO-EDITING SOFTWARE: Adobe Premiere Elements 3

11 

Apple

MEDIA-STREAMING DEVICE: Apple TV (1)

12 

Samsung

WIDESCREEN MONITOR: Samsung SyncMaster 244T

13 

BillP Studios

SYSTEM UTILITY: BillP Studios WinPatrol

14 

HP

POWER NOTEBOOK: HP dv9000t

15 

McAfee

SECURITY SOFTWARE: McAfee SiteAdvisor

16 

Canonical

OPERATING SYSTEM: Ubuntu 7.04

17 

Pandora

DIGITAL MUSIC SITE: Pandora.com

18 

Microsoft

GAME CONSOLE: Xbox 360 Elite (1)

19 

Paint.net

IMAGE-EDITING SOFTWARE: Paint.net

20 

Hitachi

HARD DRIVE: Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000

21 

SightSpeed

VIDEO-CONFERENCING SOFTWARE: SightSpeed 6

22 

Kayak

TRAVEL SITE: Kayak

23 

Nikon

DIGITAL SLR CAMERA: Nikon D40X

24 

The New York Times

NEWS VIEWER: Times Reader

25 

Samsung

SMARTPHONE: Samsung BlackJack

26 

Apple

MP3 PLAYER: Apple 80GB iPod

27 

Yahoo!

WEB-BASED E-MAIL: Yahoo! Mail Beta

28 

TomTom

GPS NAVIGATION SYSTEM: TomTom One

29 

Dell

WIDESCREEN MONITOR: Dell UltraSharp 2407WFP

30 

Zoho

OFFICE SUITE: Zoho

31 

Google

WEB-BASED E-MAIL: Gmail

32 

Sling Media

MEDIA-STREAMING DEVICE: Slingbox Pro (1)

33 

Red Octane

VIDEO GAME: Red Octane Guitar Hero 2

34 

Google

VIDEO SITE: YouTube

35 

Mozilla Foundation

WEB BROWSER: Mozilla Firefox 2 (1)

36 

Google

IMAGE EDITOR: Picasa

37 

Nikon

DIGITAL SLR CAMERA: Nikon D80

38 

Skype

VOIP SOFTWARE/SERVICE: Skype 3

39 

Aliph

HEADSET: Jawbone

40 

Shure

HEADPHONES: Shure E500 PTH

41 

CyberPower

POWER DESKTOP: CyberPower Gamer Infinity Ultimate

42 

ASUS

ULTRAPORTABLE NOTEBOOK: ASUS w5fe

43 

AVS Forum

WEB FORUM: AVS Forum

44 

Yahoo!

PHOTO-SHARING SITE: Flickr

45 

Apple

MP3 PLAYER: Apple iPod nano (1)

46 

Nikon

POINT-AND-SHOOT DIGITAL CAMERA: Nikon Coolpix S50c

47 

Dell

WIDESCREEN MONITOR: Dell UltraSharp 2007WFP

48 

OCZ

FLASH MEMORY: OCZ Trifecta Secure Digital Memory Card

49 

Archos

PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER: Archos 704-WiFi

50 

Lenovo

ULTRAPORTABLE CONVERTIBLE NOTEBOOK: Lenovo X60 Tablet

51 

Canon

DIGITAL SLR CAMERA: Canon EOS 30D

52 

LaLa

MUSIC-TRADING WEBSITE: LaLa.com

53 

Google

MAPPING SERVICE: Google Maps for Mobile

54 

Canon

INKJET PRINTER: Canon Pixma iP4300

55 

Kaspersky

ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE: Kaspersky Anti-Virus

56 

Microsoft

OFFICE SUITE: Office 2007

57 

ASUS

MOTHERBOARD: ASUS Crosshair

58 

Digg

COMMUNITY-BASED NEWS WEBSITE: Digg.com

59 

Dell

ULTRAPORTABLE NOTEBOOK: Dell XPS M1210

60 

Creative

MP3 PLAYER: Creative Zen V Plus (8GB)

61 

Apple

DIGITAL MUSIC SOFTWARE: Apple iTunes

62 

Gigabyte

MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6

63 

Iomega

NETWORK-ATTACHED STORAGE DEVICE: Iomega NAS 1TB

64 

Fujifilm

POINT-AND-SHOOT DIGITAL CAMERA: Fujifilm FinePix F40fd

65 

Canon

INKJET MULTIFUNCTION PRINTER: Canon MP600

66 

37signals

PROJECT MANAGEMENT/ORGANIZER SOFTWARE: Backpack

67 

LG Electronics

HIGH-DEF VIDEO PLAYER: LG Electronics BH100

68 

Craigslist

WEB-BASED CLASSIFIED ADS: Craigslist.org

69 

Better Business Bureau

CONSUMER WEBSITE: BBB.org

70 

Fujitsu

SCANNER: Fujitsu ScanSnap s500

71 

NEC

19-INCH LCD MONITOR: NEC MultiSync 90 GX2

72 

Adobe

GRAPHICS SOFTWARE: Adobe CS3

73 

Dell

POWER DESKTOP: Dell XPS 410

74 

Meebo

INSTANT MESSAGING: Meebo

75 

Microsoft

SYSTEM UTILITY: Process Explorer

76 

Wacom

INPUT DEVICE: Wacom Graphire 6×8 Pen Tablet

77 

VMWare

VIRTUALIZATION SOFTWARE: VMWare Player

78 

eMusic

DIGITAL MUSIC: eMusic

79 

TiVo

DVR: TiVo Series3 HD Digital Media Recorder

80 

Netvibes

CUSTOMIZABLE HOME PAGE: Netvibes

81 

TripAdvisor

TRAVEL COMMUNITY SITE: TripAdvisor

82 

Apple

POWER NOTEBOOK: Apple MacBook Pro (1)

83 

Avira

ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE: Avira AntiVir Personal Edition Classic

84 

Ning

COMMUNITY WEBSITE: Ning.com

85 

Check Point Software

SECURITY SOFTWARE: ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite (1)

86 

SanDisk

MP3 PLAYER: Sansa Connect

87 

VirusTotal.com

SECURITY WEBSITE: VirusTotal.com

88 

Flurry

MOBILE E-MAIL SERVICE: Flurry

89 

Oki

COLOR LASER PRINTER: Oki Printing Solutions C3400n

90 

nVidia

GRAPHICS CHIP SET: nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX

91 

Microsoft

DIGITAL MUSIC SOFTWARE: Windows Media Player 11

92 

Netflix

MOVIE RENTAL SERVICE: Netflix Watch Now

93 

Audacity

AUDIO EDITING: Audacity

94 

Congoo

WEB NEWS/INFORMATION SERVICE: Congoo

95 

Wladimir Palant

BROWSER PLUG-IN: Adblock Plus

96 

Buffalo Technology

WIRELESS ROUTER: Nfiniti Dual Band Gigabit Router & Access Point

97 

Panasonic

HD CAMCORDER: Panasonic HDC-SD1

98 

Logitech

UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL: Harmony 880 Advanced Universal Remote

99 

Sling Media

MOBILE VIDEO PLAYER: Slingbox SlingPlayer Mobile

100 

Shure

HEADPHONES: Shure E210

 

(1) PC World Reader Favorite

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