Computer Shopper Announces Hot 100 Awards, Celebrating the Best in Tech for 2007 Awards Recognize Editors' Favorite Tech Products of the Year

ComputerShopper.com today announced winners of its Hot 100 Awards. The awards recognize Computer Shopper editors' top 100 favorite tech products of the past 12 months in seven categories.

New York, NY (PRWEB) October 27, 2007 -- Computer Shopper magazine and http://www.ComputerShopper.com today announced winners of its Hot 100 Awards. The awards recognize Computer Shopper editors' top 100 favorite tech products of the past 12 months in seven categories.

"Our Hot 100 awards recognize outstanding products and services that represent the best tech products you can buy," said Sean Portnoy, Executive Editor, http://www.ComputerShopper.com. "We have seen innovation on a grand scale that is shaping the trends in the tech landscape reflected in this year's winners."

The Hot 100 award winners were announced today at http://www.ComputerShopper.com/hot100 and in the November 2007 print issue of Computer Shopper magazine. Winners were chosen in the following categories: Desktops, Laptops, Mobile, Hardware, Software, Internet Services, and Home Theater. In addition, Computer Shopper editors named the Product of the Year.

This year's Hot 100 list shows the gains Hewlett-Packard has made against formerly dominant Dell in both desktops and laptops, and the absolute dominance Google commands in the field of Internet services. And for the second year running, Apple and Intel have won the Product of the Year and Technology of the Year awards, a sign that both companies have regained their clout in the computing world.

The winners of Computer Shopper magazine's 2007 Hot 100 Awards are listed below and can be found online at http://www.computershopper.com/hot100

PRODUCT OF THE YEAR: 2007'S MOST MEMORABLE PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY

Apple iPhone

TECHNOLOGY OF THE YEAR

Quad-Core CPUs

BEST-DESIGNED PC

HP Blackbird 002 with Voodoo DNA

BEST BUDGET PC

ZT Element 2005Xa

BEST MIDRANGE PC

Dell Inspiron 531

BEST HIGH-END PC

Polywell Poly P503

BEST GAMING PC

Dell XPS 710 H2C

BEST ENTERTAINMENT PC

Alienware Hangar18 HD Entertainment Center

BEST SMALL-FORM-FACTOR PC

HP Compaq Presario DC7800

BEST ALL-IN-ONE PC

Apple iMac

BEST-DESIGNED LAPTOP

Toshiba Portégé R400

BEST BUDGET LAPTOP

HP Pavilion DV6000z

BEST ENTERTAINMENT LAPTOP

HP Pavilion HDX Entertainment Notebook PC

BEST MIDSIZE LAPTOP

Gateway E-265M

BEST THIN-AND-LIGHT LAPTOP

Apple MacBook Pro

BEST ULTRAPORTABLE LAPTOP

Toshiba Portégé R500

BEST GAMING LAPTOP

Alienware Area-51 m9750

BEST TABLET PC

HP Pavilion TX1000

BEST SMARTPHONE

RIM BlackBerry Curve 8300

BEST CELL PHONE

LG Chocolate VX8550

BEST HEADSET

Aliph Jawbone Bluetooth

BEST PORTABLE VIDEO PLAYER

Archos 704 WiFi

BEST FLASH-BASED MP3 PLAYER

Iriver Clix Gen 2

BEST HARD DRIVE MP3 PLAYER

Apple iPod

BEST IPOD ACCESSORY

Altec Lansing inMotion iM600

BEST HEADPHONES

Shure SE310 Sound Isolating Earphones

BEST GPS DEVICE

Magellan CrossOverGPS

BEST USB MEMORY DEVICE

SanDisk Cruzer Titanium

BEST PORTABLE HARD DRIVE

Seagate FreeAgent Go (160GB)

BEST MAINSTREAM GRAPHICS CARD

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

BEST BUDGET GRAPHICS CARD

ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT

BEST GAMING GRAPHICS CARD

EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTX Superclocked

BEST COLOR LASER PRINTER

Xerox Phaser 8560/N

BEST PHOTO INKJET PRINTER

Epson Stylus Photo 1400

BEST SNAPSHOT PRINTER

HP Photosmart A820

BEST HOME MULTIFUNCTION PRINTER

Canon Pixma MP470

BEST LASER PRINTER

Dell 1720dn

BEST PROCESSOR

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850

BEST MOTHERBOARD

Asus P5K3 Deluxe

BEST PC CASE

Antec P190

BEST BUDGET LCD

HP w1907

BEST PERFORMANCE LCD

Dell UltraSharp 2407WFP-HC

BEST ENTERTAINMENT LCD

ViewSonic VX1945wm ViewDock

BEST SPEAKER SYSTEM

Bose Companion 3

BEST GAMING MOUSE

Logitech G5

BEST MOUSE/KEYBOARD COMBO

Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave

BEST WEBCAM

Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000

BEST WIRELESS-NETWORKING DEVICE

D-Link DIR-655 Xtreme N

BEST REWRITABLE DVD DRIVE

Sony DVDirect VRD-MC5

BEST EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE

Seagate FreeAgent Pro

BEST NETWORK-ATTACHED STORAGE

HP MediaSmart Server

BEST BUDGET DIGITAL CAMERA

Canon PowerShot A550

BEST MIDRANGE DIGITAL CAMERA

Kodak Z712 IS

BEST DIGITAL SLR CAMERA

Nikon D40x

BEST ULTRACOMPACT CAMERA

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T100

BEST BUDGET DIGITAL CAMCORDER

Canon ZR-850

BEST MIDRANGE DIGITAL CAMCORDER

Panasonic SDR-H18

BEST HIGH-DEFINITION DIGITAL CAMCORDER

Sony HDR-SR7

BEST GAMING CONSOLE

Nintendo Wii

BEST PROFESSIONAL IMAGE-EDITING SOFTWARE

Adobe Photoshop CS3

BEST OFFICE SUITE

OpenOffice.org 2.2.1

BEST HOME MEDIA SOFTWARE

Apple iLife '08

BEST DIGITAL-PHOTO ORGANIZER

Picasa 2.7

BEST DISC-BURNING SOFTWARE

Nero 7 Ultra Edition Enhanced

BEST MEDIA PLAYER

Windows Media Player 11

BEST CONSUMER IMAGE-EDITING SOFTWARE

Adobe Photoshop Elements 6

BEST CONSUMER VIDEO-EDITING SOFTWARE

Adobe Premiere Elements 4

BEST PERSONAL-FINANCE SOFTWARE

Quicken Premier 2007

BEST E-MAIL CLIENT

Microsoft Outlook 2007

BEST UTILITY SUITE

System Mechanic 7

BEST ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0

BEST INTERNET SECURITY SOFTWARE

Norton 360

BEST ANTISPYWARE SOFTWARE

Ad-Aware 2007

BEST FILE-COMPRESSION SOFTWARE

PowerArchiver 2007

BEST DESKTOP SEARCH

Google Desktop 5

BEST BROWSER

Firefox 2

BEST FIREFOX EXTENSION

StumbleUpon

BEST RSS READER

GreatNews

BEST GAME

Bioshock

BEST FREE DOWNLOAD

Google Earth

BEST SEARCH ENGINE

Google

BEST ONLINE PHOTO SERVICE

Picasa Web Albums

BEST ONLINE MUSIC STORE

iTunes Music Store

BEST IM SOFTWARE/SERVICE

Trillian 3.1

BEST FREE ONLINE SERVICE

Craigslist

BEST PAID ONLINE SERVICE

Netflix

BEST VIDEO SITE

YouTube

BEST WEBMAIL SERVICE

Gmail

BEST VOIP SERVICE

Skype

BEST BLOGGING SERVICE

WordPress

BEST SOCIAL-NETWORKING SERVICE

Facebook

BEST MOBILE SERVICE

Google Maps

BEST PLASMA HDTV

Pioneer PDP-4280HD

BEST BUDGET LCD HDTV

Vizio VX32L HDTV

BEST 1080p LCD HDTV

Samsung LN-T4665F

BEST REAR-PROJECTION HDTV

Mitsubishi WD-65831

BEST HOME THEATER IN A BOX

Onkyo HT-S907

BEST DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER

TiVo HD

BEST UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL

Logitech Harmony 1000

BEST MEDIA STREAMER

Apple TV

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