| HIVE FIVE CALL FOR | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
| Best Digital Photo Organizer | Picasa | Adobe Lightroom | Folder Structure | iPhoto | Flickr |
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| Best Instant Messenger | Pidgin | Meebo | Adium | Digsby | Trillian |
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| Best GTD Application | Pen and Paper | Remember the Milk | Microsoft Outlook | Thinking Rock | OmniFocus |
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| Best DVD Ripping Tool | DVD Shrink | HandBrake | DVD Decrypter | DVDFab HD Decrypter | MacTheRipper |
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| Best Contact Management Tool | Address Book | Gmail Contacts | Microsoft Outlook | Plaxo | Palm |
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| Best Text Editor | Notepad++ | Vim | TextMate | Emacs | TextPad | UltraEdit |
| Best Online File Sharing Service | MediaFire | Box.net | Windows Live SkyDrive | Drop.io | FolderShare |
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| Best RSS Newsreader | Google Reader | NetNewsWire | FeedDemon | Sage | Netvibes |
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| Best Application Launcher | Launchy | RocketDock | Quicksilver | GNOME Do | Find and Run Robot |
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| Best Start page | iGoogle | Netvibes | My Yahoo/Yahoo | Speed Dial | about:blank |
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| Best Antivirus Software | AVG Anti-Virus | NOD32 | Kaspersky Anti-Virus | Avast Antivirus | Avira AntiVir |
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| Best Photo Sharing Web Site | Flickr | Picasa Web Albums | SmugMug | Photobucket | Personal Web Site |
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| Best Personal Finance Tool | Mint | Quicken | Excel | Microsoft Money | Yodlee |
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| Best Desktop Media Player | VLC | iTunes | Winamp | foobar2000 | Amarok |
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| Best Windows Maintenance Tool | Ccleaner | Spybot - Search & Destroy | Revo Uninstaller | JKDefrag | Auslogics Disk Defrag |
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| Best Windows Backup Tool | Carbonite | MozyHome | Acronis True Image | SyncBack | Cobian Backup |
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| Best File Syncing Tool | Dropbox | Syncplicity | SyncToy | SyncBack | Windows Live FolderShare |
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| Best Alternative File Managers | Total Commander | Directory Opus | Xplorer2 | XYPlorer | FreeCommander |
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| Best Note-Taking Tool | Pen(cil) and Paper | Evernote | Microsoft OneNote | Google Notebook | Personal Wiki |
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| Best To-do List Manager | Pen and Paper | Microsoft Outlook | Remember the Milk | Plain Text | Todoist |
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| Best Desktop Search Application | Windows Search 4 | Spotlight | Google Desktop | Copeernic Desktop Search | Locate32 |
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| Best FTP Client | FileZilla | WinSCP | FireFTP | Cyberduck | Transmit |
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| Best Password Manager | KeePass | 1Password | RoboForm | Firefox's Password Manager | Sxipper |
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| Best Download Manager | DownThemAll | Download Statusbar | Firefox's built-in download manager | Free Download manager | FlashGet |
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| Best Calendar Application | Google Calendar | Microsoft Outlook | iCal | Thunderbird with Lightning/Sunbird | Rainlendar |
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| Best BitTorrent Tool | uTorrent | Transmission | Vuze | Deluge | rTorrent |
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| Best Sites to Stream TV | Hulu | SurfTheChannel | BBC iPlayer | SideReel | Straight from the Source |
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| Best Media Converter | HandBrake | Super | Ffmpeg | MediaCoder | FormatFactory |
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| Best Windows Firewall | Comodo Firewall Pro | Windows Firewall | Your Router's Firewall | ZoneAlarm Free Firewall | ESET Smart Security |
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| Best File Compression Tool | 7-Zip | WinRAR | IZArc | The Unarchiver | PeaZip |
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| Best URL Shrinker | TinyURL | Is.gd | Bit.ly | Cli.gs | SnipURL |
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| Best Travel Web Site | Kayak | Priceline | SideStep | Live Search Farecast | Yapta |
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| Best Remote Desktop Tool | LogMeIn | Windows Remote Desktop Connection | UltraVNC | TightVNC | TeamViewer |
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| Best Video Chat Application | Skype | iChat | Google Chat | TokBox | Vsee |
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| Best Desktop Customization Tool | RocketDock | Samurize | Rainmeter | Emerge Desktop | AutoHotkey |
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| Best CD and DVD Burning Tool | ImgBurn | Nero | CDBurnerXP | InfraRecorder | K3b |
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| Best Media Center Application | XBMC | Boxee | Windows Media Center | MythTV | SageTV |
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| Best Sites for finding Deals Online | Slickdeals | fatWallet | Dealnews | PriceGrabber | DealsPlus |
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| Best Online Job Search Site | Indeed | Monster | Craigslist | LinkedIn | CareerBuilder |
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| Best DVR Application | Windows Media Center | MythTV | TiVo | SageTV | GB-PVR | BeyondTV |
| Best Portable Application | Firefox | VLC | KeePass | TrueCrypt | Thunderbird |
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| Best People-Search Engine | Pipl | Google | Facebook | 123people | Spock |
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| Best System Tray Application | Digsby | dropbox | UltraMon | Taskbar Shuffle | AutoHotKey |
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| Best Lifehacker Code Apps and Extensions | Better Gmail 2 | Better YouTube | Texter | Belvedere | Better Greader |
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| Best Movie Cataloging Tool | Delicious Library | Libra | DVD Profiler | Eric's Movie Database | Collectorz Movie Collector |
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| Best Live CD | BackTrack | Ubuntu | Knoppix | Ultimate Boot CD 4 Windows | Puppy Linux |
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| Best Home Server Software | Ubuntu Server Edition | Windows Home Server | FreeNAS | debian | Apache |
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| Best Video Editing Software | Final Cut Pro | Adobe Premiere Pro | Sony Vegas Pro | iMovie | Windows Movie Maker | Avid Media Composer |
| Best Linux Distribution | Ubuntu/Debian/Linux Mint | Fedora | openSUSE | Gentoo | Arch Linux |
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| Best Web Browser | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Chrome | Opera | Safari |
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| Best Mind Mapping Software | FreeMind | MindManager | Xmind | MindMeister | iMindMap |
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| Best Image Editing Tool | Adobe Photoshop | Gimp | Paint.net | Picasa | Adobe Lightroom |
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| Best Portable Operating System | Ubuntu | Damn Small Linux | Puppy | BackTrack | Slax | CrunchBang |
| Best Screen Capture Tool | Snagit | Snipping Tool | FastStone Capture | Jing | Skitch |
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| Best Malware Removal Tool | Spybot Search and Destroy | Malwarebytes' Anti-malware | HijackThis | SUPERAntiSpyware | ComboFix |
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| Best Journaling Tool | Pen and Paper | WordPress | Evernote | Microsoft OneNote | Microsoft Word |
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| Best Exercise Tracking or Planning Tool | RunKeeper | Nike+ | Gyminee | Garmin Forerunner | Nokia Sports Tracker | MapMyRun |
| Best MP3 Tagging Tool | MP3Tag | MediaMonkey | MusicBrainz Picard | TuneUp | Foobar2000 | ID3-TagIT |
| Best Netbook | Asus EEEPC 1000HE | MSI Wind | Dell Mini 10 | Samsung NC10 | Acer Aspire One |
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