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2004 Shareware Industry Awards winners

By Download.com staff

(7/19/04)

Last week was a big one for shareware. The 2004 Shareware Industry Conference was held in Rochester, New York, and Download.com was there to meet with hundreds of software developers. We rubbed elbows with all of them to get the scoop on the new downloads that are heading your way in the months to come.

The highlight of each year's conference is the presentation of the annual Shareware Industry Awards. The event honors the best products each year, as determined by members of the Shareware Industry Awards Foundation. Here is a partial list of the winning products:

Best Overall Utility
WinZip by WinZip Computing

Best Application
AskSam by AskSam Systems

Best Graphics Program or Utility
Paint Shop Pro by Jasc Software

Best Desktop Enhancement
Microangelo Creation by Eclipsit

Best Photo Program or Utility
Thumb Buddy by Lincoln Beach Software

Best Utility Using .NET
Filehand Search by Filehand

Best Sound Program or Utility
Blaze Media Pro by Mystik Media

Best Vertical Market Program or Utility
Help & Manual by EC Software

Best Business Application or Utility
Inno Setup by Jordan Russell

Best Hobby or Personal Interest
Word Search Construction Kit by Insight Software Solutions

Best Internet Enhancement
FeedDemon by Bradbury Software

Best Internet Communication
Trillian by Cerulean Studios

Best Web Enhancement
The Bat by RitLabs

Best Non-Action Game
Jig Jag Gold by JigJag U.K.

Best Action/Arcade Game
Snood by Snood

Best Program for PDAs
TealDoc by TealPoint Software

Want the full list? Check out the SIAF Web site to view all of this year's awards, and browse lists of past winners.

	People's Choice

The People's Choice Awards represent votes that come from you, the people who download, evaluate, and purchase the best products in shareware. As in years past, Download.com was thrilled to be one of the hosts for the People's Choice voting. Here are some of the winners of this year's awards:

Most votes from Download.com:

ZoneAlarm
by ZoneLabs

Other winners:

Second Copy
by Centered Systems

FolderMatch
by Salty Brine Software

Easy Imager
by Fookes Software

Alcohol 120%
by Alcohol Software

Virtual Painter
by P & A America

Pay Window
by ZPAY Payroll Systems

AceReader
by StepWare

Wedding Magic
by FrogWare Software

CoffeeCup HTML Editor
by CoffeeCup Software

ICUII
by Cybration

AI RoboForm
by Siber Systems

Pretty Good Solitaire
by Goodsol Development

Unreal Tournament 2004
by Epic Games

Documents To Go
by DataViz

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