Macworld Announces 2008 Best of Show Winners ; Award-Winning Editors Scour the Show Floor to Find the Most Innovative Products at Macworld Expo

SAN FRANCISCO, CA . - Today, Macworld, the world’s foremost Mac authority, revealed the annual Best of Show award winners during the 2008 Macworld Conference and Expo in San Francisco. The annual feature presentation honors those products that have pushed the boundaries of innovation, quality, and overall creativity. The presentation included video clips hosted by Macworld editors discussing the award-winning attributes and qualities of each Best of Show honoree.

The 2008 Best of Show winners are:

* Photoshop Elements – Adobe
* MacBook Air – Apple
* Guitar Hero III – Aspyr
* BusySync – BusySync
* Eye-Fi card – Eye-Fi
* Flow – GridIron Software
* Dictate – MacSpeech
* NEC MultiSync LCD3090WQXi – NEC
* OmniFocus – Omni Group
* Parallels Server – SWSoft
* VectorDesigner – TweakerSoft

“With the growing popularity of Mac products comes an influx of more innovative, original tools and services for Mac users,” said Jason Snell, VP/Editor in Chief of Macworld. “The 2008 Best of Show honorees are some of the most impressive we’ve seen yet – these winners redefine industry standards and raise the bar for what we can expect to see in the future.”

Editors considered hundreds of products before narrowing the field down to the 11 winners that were presented at this year’s Macworld Conference and Expo.

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For more information, please contact:
Rose Kwass
rose_kwass@macworld.com
415-978-3168