23 downloads win CNET Editors' Choice
If you read CNET's hardware reviews, you've probably seen the CNET Editors' Choice award appear from time to time. The badge has always denoted our editors' favorite products--best-of-breed technology that stands apart from the competition.
Today, we're pleased to extend the CNET Editors' Choice badge to software listed on CNET Download.com.
CNET Editors' Choice badge indicates award winner.
(Credit: CNET Download.com)We're introducing the award on 23 products, each a clear leader in its category. We determine award winners on a case-by-case basis, and we always mark the award with the month and date so that you know when the software in question won the prize. As time goes on and we continue to review new software, we will award more badges. We may remove awards if we find that the winning software is no longer a leader in its class. (Read more about how we determine Editors' Choice winners here.)
Not all categories of software on CNET Download.com will have a winner--we reserve the award only for software that truly knocks our socks off. So without further ado, we present our very first CNET Download.com Editors' Choice winners:
Windows software
Antivirus software: Avira Antivir
Diagnostic software: CCleaner
Encryption software: TrueCrypt
FTP software: FileZilla
Internet security suite: ESET Smart Security
Media management: Picasa 3
Office suite: OpenOffice
PDF reader: Foxit Reader
Screen capture: SnagIt 9
Spyware removers: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
System utilities: Smart Defrag
Video Jukebox: Miro
Mac software
Browser: Mozilla Firefox
Communications: Adium
Educational: Google Earth
Encryption software: TrueCrypt Mac
Image editor: Pixelmator
Music jukebox: iTunes
Password manager: 1Password
Mobile software
Mobile browser: Opera Mini
Mobile music: Slacker Radio for BlackBerry
Mobile RSS: Viigo
Mobile reference: Google Mobile App
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Lindsey Turrentine is an executive editor at CNET. 
http://www.matousec.com/projects/proactive-security-challenge/results.php
why need to buy, if can use free?
tho there should be more editor' choice..
-v12
Smart Defrag is great and so is OpenOffice. Both are must haves.
CCleaner is over kill. Be careful with it.
I'd add:
Gimp
McAfee Site Advisor
Paint.net
WinCleaner Memory Optimizer
Quote:
"by bevis91157 April 24, 2009 3:51 PM PDT
Linux is a computer operating system its just like Windows or Macintosh but it is more simple to use and often cheaper than windows or mac computers"
Microsoft Windows - Easy, pushbutton interface
Linux - Make up the rules as you go
Microsoft Windows - You want a sandwich, you go get the sandwich
Linux - You want a sandwich, you must learn to make the dough, then bake the bread, etc...
Microsoft Windows - Every 2-3 years the cook will come out with a new improved sandwich, it'll be bigger requiring you to buy larger plates. It'll still have bologna and American cheese inside, but the bread will be different.
Linux - comes with some ready-made sandwiches, but if you want, you can make any sandwich you want.
Seriously, have you looked at Linux in the past 2-3 years? My (now) 7 year old son has been using Linux only, for 3 years, never had a problem.
BTW, I love this quote. It succinctly presents my feelings about Linux -
"Linux - You want a sandwich, you must learn to make the dough, then bake the bread, etc..."
AVG 187,715,610 highest cnet rating, highest user rating (new 8.5 should be higher )
Avast 44,152,286 highest cnet rating
Avira 35,043,452 highest cnet rating, 3 1/2 stars user rating
THESE ARE YOUR NUMBERS!!!!
Why would your choice be NUMBER #3 ????
Better Pay, Better Kickbacks ????????????? WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO TRUST YOUR PROFESSIONAL OPINIONS !!!!!!!!!!
this ranking another subpar antivirus over your own personal favorite, that, i personally have used about 9 .5 years AVG FREE version, baffles me. and yes, i have tried the current favorite for awhile, didnt take long to know, thay cnet had been right for years, AVG RULES.
INDIANA STUMP
For sound, nothing beats Audicity. I import music from old vinyl records. Audicity does a great job of cleaning up any clicks and pops. It also does a great job of normalizing sound levels if you record too low (or pick up MP3s that are too low) and it is an easy editor to use also.
Both are free and have excellent support.
Not free but an excellent piece of software is Replay Converter. I download a lot of videos from youtube and use it to rip the music as MP3s so I can play them mp3 player. Yeah, I know it's a grey area but I have bought a lot of albums as a direct result of finding music this way.
Kit Kimes
Oswego, IL USA
Besides these I don't know why Directory Opus is never given exposure in CNet; it is a great software. And Maxthon, too gets zero publicity although that too is a good software.
I know the editors were keen on Google Chrome when it first appeared, but since it managed to crash Windows XP for me 3 times in 26 hours - on a system that's hammered daily and had only once fallen over since XP was released! - I quickly removed it. Somewhat chastened by the experience, I then resolved to only follow CNet recommendations for software with at least a 3-month history ...
... and went straight back to using Mozilla Firefox 3. Tell me there's a better browser? I'll listen - but may be a bit hard to convince.
Here are my other favourites (but none match the CNet Editors Choices!):
IrfanView - absolutely wonderful program, which I use daily for photo correction and enhancement, art image digital effects using plugins, smooth image resizer, quick image folder review, slideshow maker, batch file processor and renamer, and its no-frills media player. Quick links to your choice of 3 paint programs - so who can go past ...
... Paint.NET? This provides layers and does all of the most-wanted paint operations and effects.
Sound editing? Audacity - free and amazingly capable.
Music composition and notation? NoteWorthy Composer is excellent value, and very quick with a little practice.
Antivirus? AVG Free 8 still works fine.
Malware crusher? Spybot Search and Destroy is cool; I also like Anvir.
Email handler. Haven't seen anything to touch Microsoft Outlook. Way back when, I used Pegasus, but I wouldn't know what's free or cheap, reliable and capable right now.
Spam fighter? MailWasher, of course!
Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks, I guess!
- by Ken_Saunders May 1, 2009 12:40 PM PDT
- What a bizarre and quite questionable list. Especially since there is no listing for a browser for Windows. Should we all just assume that it is Firefox? That's fine with me, but I don't think that readers would read that and just think, duh!
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(29 Comments)I've either tried or used some of the ones listed for Windows, but I'd only give FileZilla such a prestigious award and honor. I truly hope that this isn't anyway inspired monetarily. That would be a huge disappointment and devastating to your credibility.
I don't mean to sound accusatory, but the marketing value for receiving such an honor is huge and like others have pointed out, the choices contradict those already posted on CNET.