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The 100 Best Products of the Year

washingtonpost.com — After a good deal of--ahem--lively discussion, the editors at PC World have completed this year's list of the 100 best technology products available today.

Who dugg this? Made popular May 30, 2008

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  • godzillaWax, on 05/30/2008, -0/+63Buried for impenetrable paragraph format. I like my internets presented in lists, please.
  • cbeach, on 05/30/2008, -1/+31Where's the frickin' list?! Cannot be bothered to read this article. BURIED.
  • GoKings, on 05/30/2008, -1/+27Buried

    How the hell can you make a top 100 list without numbers, the product bolded, and an individual paragraph for each product? I mean, it's hard tell where one product ends and the next one begins. I think something went wrong when this was translated over. Some of them don't even have the actual product they are talking about.

    Like this for example:
    "Here's the first router that serves both older 2.4-GHz 802.11b/g gear and newer devices that stream over the 5-GHz band.Review|Check prices"

  • zackisaiah, on 05/30/2008, -0/+22The complete list, in ranked order: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,146161-page,12-c ...
  • gettophilosophr, on 05/30/2008, -0/+17They just copied the plain text from PCWorld.com, it seems. Here's the real list.

    http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,146161/article.h ...
  • jawbreaker4fs, on 05/30/2008, -0/+14 1. Hulu
    2. Apple iPhone
    3. Facebook
    4. Microsoft Windows XP
    5. Lenovo ThinkPad X300
    6. Flock
    7. Eye-Fi
    8. Casio Exilim Pro EX-F1
    9. Harmonix Rock Band
    10. Wikipedia
    11. Netflix
    12. Microsoft Xbox Live
    13. Apple iPod Touch
    14. Craigslist
    15. Scrabulous
    16. Nintendo Wii Review
    17. Apple Mac OS 10.5 Leopard
    18. Apple HD Cinema Display
    19. Twitter
    20. Pioneer Kuro PDP-5010FD
    21. Mozilla Firefox 3
    22. Apple Safari
    23. NPR.org
    24. Adobe Photoshop CS3
    25. Google Maps--Street View
    26. Apple MacBook Pro (Penryn)
    27. Google Docs & Spreadsheets
    28. Apple Final Cut Studio 2
    29. Linksys WRT600N
    30. Flickr (Yahoo)
    31. Sony Bravia KDL-52XBR4
    32. Intel Penryn News and reviews
    33. Apple iChat
    34. Creative Zen
    35. Verizon FiOS
    36. Pandora
    37. Canon EOS 40D
    38. LG Electronics L196WTY-BF
    39. TiVo HD
    40. Data Robotics Drobo DRO4DU10 4 Bay Hard Drive Array
    41. Google Gmail
    42. Electronic Arts Rock Band controllers
    43. Mozilla Thunderbird
    44. Dell XPS 420
    45. Washington Post
    46. Yelp.com
    47. Nikon D60
    48. The Consumerist
    49. AdventNet Zoho
    50. OpenDNS PhishTank
    51. Western Digital VelociRaptor
    52. NYTimes.com
    53. Motorola MotoRokr T505 Car Speakerphone
    54. SanDisk Cruzer Titanium Plus
    55. Dash Express
    56. Panasonic TH-42PZ700U
    57. Netgear ReadyNAS Duo
    58. Symantec Norton IS 2008
    59. RIM Blackberry Curve 8300 Series 8300
    60. Vimeo
    61. SideStep.com
    62. Alienware Area-51 m15x
    63. Microsoft TellMe
    64. Amazon MP3
    65. Samsung SyncMaster 305T
    66. Apple Logic Studio Site
    67. Gateway XHD3000
    68. HP Photosmart C5280
    69. USB Safely Remove 3.3
    70. Samsung LN-T4061
    71. nVidia GeForce 8800GT
    72. Cerulean Studios Trillian
    73. Creative Aurvana X-Fi
    74. Olympus SP-570 UZ
    75. Apple iMac
    76. Samsung 2263DX
    77. Canon Vixia HF10
    78. Mint
    79. VMWare Fusion
    80. Apple TV Take 2
    81. YouTube (Google)
    82. Chestnut Hill Sound George
    83. Microsoft Office 2007
    84. Intel SkullTrail
    85. Canon Pixma MX700
    86. AT&T Tilt
    87. Canon Powershot SD1100 IS
    88. Vizio Gallevia GV42LF
    89. Apple MacBook Air
    90. Ubuntu Linux
    91. The Orange Box (Valve Corp.)
    92. Digg
    93. Asus U2E
    94. Meebo
    95. HP Blackbird 002 LCi
    96. Partition Logic
    97. Palm Centro
    98. Audacity
    99. Lifehacker
    100. Jing Project

    http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,146161-page,12-c ...
  • Photog, on 05/30/2008, -0/+10Who does a "Best Products Of The Year" list in MAY???
  • mmockett, on 05/30/2008, -0/+9This looks like it has been ripped off of another, more coherent site, with its formatting left by the wayside. Is there an original list that isn't a tarted up .txt file?
  • gamersedge, on 05/30/2008, -0/+6Fail. EPIC Fail.
  • inactive, on 05/30/2008, -0/+4For ***** sake keep the Serif fonts for print and sans for the screen
  • rootsm3, on 05/30/2008, -0/+3that was a headache to try reading...
  • roflbrothel, on 05/30/2008, -0/+3Thank you.
  • Maxxpowers, on 05/30/2008, -0/+3Wow, the layout of this article is terrible.
  • frepont, on 05/30/2008, -0/+3The top 1 worst formatted and questionably relevant lists of the year:

    1 - "The 100 Best Products of the Year " - WaPo.

  • SiliconRain, on 05/30/2008, -1/+3No need to worry. Here is all you need to know:

    1 - Hulu
    92 - Digg.com
  • kraetos, on 05/30/2008, -0/+2Hulu? Really?
  • jezsik, on 05/30/2008, -0/+2Brilliant! I came back to Digg to paste THAT very paragraph as proof that this article is buryworthy.
  • roflbrothel, on 05/30/2008, -1/+3Buried for use of internet exploder.

    He's right through, ***** article is *****. I buried that too.
  • p0tent1al, on 05/31/2008, -0/+2Windows XP? Really?
  • DalamarArgent, on 05/30/2008, -0/+2Step 1 of making a list of 100 things - Make it a f*cking list.
    Step 2 of making a list of 100 things - Put it on 1 page.

    Yes, I get it that these dicks have pay per view ads, but not a single person wants to click per page through a list of whatever they are writing, hell I don't even want to click by the tens or hundreds, JUST PUT IT ON ONE PAGE.
  • athinnes, on 10/01/2009, -0/+1thats great, but to say the iphone is a "flop" would be a severe understatement.

    I've had a 3G phone for 3 years, it's definitely the standard in the US, I don't know what you have been told. The only reason the iphone gets away with not having it is all the other functions it comes with. This will soon change in June.
  • nirvaorg, on 05/31/2008, -0/+1burried for pc magazine :) hate their ads
  • JesseJ, on 06/02/2008, -0/+1It starts with Hulu at #1. It can only be viewed in the USA. How can something like that be at #1. What a totally crap article!
  • pinchduck, on 05/30/2008, -0/+1I think it is possible that something cool may be released within the next 7 months. It isn't even June yet!
  • lunabee, on 05/30/2008, -0/+1BURRIED! I don't have the patience to read 5 pages of text. I want lists damnit!
  • geffo, on 06/02/2008, -0/+1agreed, v2 should have been v1.
  • athinnes, on 10/01/2009, -0/+1riiiiight, have you been living under a rock for the last year.




    i hope you are being sarcastic.
  • macaddct1984, on 05/30/2008, -0/+1This is a stupid stupid list. It's not even "Products of 2008"

    Windows XP, Gmail, Facebook, Craigslist, iChat, etc... they're all older than dirt.
  • nobodez, on 05/30/2008, -0/+1Who knew that the Washington Post would have the equivalent of Blog Spam? I mean, really, they couldn't even be nice enough to re-post the story with actual formatting, they just did some copy pasta and posted it. So much for big media.
  • geffo, on 05/31/2008, -0/+1http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/07/nokias-1100-han ...
    the above is what i would call a non 3G success with no hype needed.
    yes i am mocking just a little, BUT i forget 3G is a novelty in the US, elsewhere it is considered standard.
  • iocchelli, on 05/30/2008, -0/+1How does Windows XP get on this list at all?
  • antdude, on 05/30/2008, -0/+1Ugly print copy: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic ...
  • Spartyon, on 05/30/2008, -0/+1whoever submitted this obviously has little to no knowledge of the digg community and its inability to actually read things


    in saying that, yeah i didn't read it either.
  • bonjourmr, on 05/30/2008, -0/+113. Apple iPod Touch
    Are you ***** kidding me?
  • saturnx8, on 05/30/2008, -0/+1shouldn't best of year be held at the EOY? oh wait, I get it financial year, how stupid all the world is commercial calendar based using military jargon so they can sound cool. But some of those products are pretty good.
  • mydave, on 08/12/2008, -0/+0good list.
    http://www.ksusg.com
    http://www.illiniwaterski.com
    http://www.rhondawalkerfoundation.org
    http://pmidsig.org/08_2003.shtml
  • pEEpiNgtoM, on 05/30/2008, -0/+0There was a list in that?
  • ostracize, on 05/30/2008, -1/+1Printable:
    http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,146161 ...
  • iloveSF, on 05/30/2008, -0/+0Unfortunately, the Washington Post version of this somehow lost formatting: The version on pcworld.com has
    1) Ranked list on a single page:http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,146161-page,12-c ...
    2) Alphabetical list on a single page: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,146161-page,13-c ...
    3) List by category on a single page: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,146161-page,14-c ...
  • Grumby24, on 05/30/2008, -1/+1So's your mom.
  • Chesbro, on 05/30/2008, -2/+1Scam! Digg is only #92! ....LOL!
  • gettophilosophr, on 05/30/2008, -2/+1Bah, the new comments system doesn't like my computer. Or something like that... :-P
    < edit>
    I was surprised at how Apple-heavy the list was...iPhone, iPod Touch, Safari for iPhone, OS X, Apple Cinema Display, MacBook Pro, Final Cut Pro 2, Logic Studio, iChat, Apple TV, iMac, and MacBook Air, all in the same list.

    I mean, I get that Apple has well-designed products, and I'm trying not to be a fanboy here, but it still seemed odd for a PC World article to list pretty much the entire Apple product line in their top 100 products of the year.
  • wassim2k, on 05/30/2008, -2/+11. No thanks, skip this ad and continue on...

    2. Error: Internet Explorer cannot download undefined from amch.questionmarket.com

    3. Close browser, move on.
  • gettophilosophr, on 05/30/2008, -5/+3I was surprised at how Apple-heavy the list was...iPhone, iPod Touch, Safari for iPhone, OS X, Apple Cinema Display, MacBook Pro, Final Cut Pro 2, Logic Studio, and iChat, just to name a few.
  • djMochi, on 05/30/2008, -2/+0what list?
  • geffo, on 05/30/2008, -3/+1buried, iphone is a flop so far.

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