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Macworld announces the nominations for the Macworld Awards 2008

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We are proud to announce this year's nominated products for the prestigious Macworld Awards 2008.

Now in their 13th year, the awards, voted on by Macworld readers and Editors, are considered a benchmark throughout the industry. The prestigious awards ceremony is a much looked-forward to annual tradition; and this year we have chosen the prestigious Indig02 at the 02 as our awards venue.

Question of the day!

Mark Hattersley
Editor in Chief

Do you share your creations online?

Question of the day!

Do you share your creations online?

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What do you create and how do you share it?

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paintings & illustrations, mostly, which i upload to flickr.RT @fragmentedm

I draw manga/anime characters. I also do graphic design and photography.RT @spialelo

Yes. I usually put them up on my #deviantart account for feedback on how to improve.RT @spialelo

This year's nominated products are:

Apple product of the year

Aperture 2
iMac
iPhone
Logic Express 8
MacBook Air
OS X 10.5 Leopard

Best storage product

Data Robotics - Drobo
FirmTek - SeriTek/5PM
Iomega - UltraMax
LaCie - D2 Quadra
Sonnet – Fusion F2 and Tempo 34 eSATA Interface
Western Digital - MyBook Studio

Best OS X consumer software

C-Command Software - SpamSieve 2.6
FileMaker - Bento
Parallels - Parallels Desktop 3
Prosoft - Drive Genius 2
Roxio - Toast 9
VMWare - Fusion

Best iPod accessory

Denon - AH-C551
iHome - iH8
Intempo - iDS-05
Logic 3 - JiveBox
Logitech - AudioStation
Sennheiser HD 212 Pro

Best iPhone accessory

Contour Design - iSee for iPhone v3
Gear4 - iVak
Griffin - SmartTalk
iSkin - revo
Shure – Music Phone Adapter (MPA)
zCover - iSAglove Armband Set

Best consumer audio product

Bowers & Wilkins - Zeppelin
Ferguson Hill - FH0007
JBL - Spot
M-Audio - Studiophile AV 40
Parrot - Boombox
Voix - MPX & MPY

Creative hardware product of the year

Canon - HG10
Datacolor - Spyder3Elite
Epson - PictureMate Zoom PM 290
NEC - Multisync LCD2090UXi
Sony - HDR-HC3E
Wacom - Cintiq 12WX

Creative design software of the year

Autodesk - Maya 2008
Corel - Painter X
Informatix Software - Piranesi 5
Luxology - Modo 302
Nemetschek - VectorWorks 2008
Quark – Dynamic Publishing Solution

Creative web product of the year

Adobe - Contribute CS3
Adobe - ColdFusion 8
MacRabbit - CSSEdit 2.6
Panic - Coda
RealMac Software - RapidWeaver 3.6.6
Softpress - Freeway 5

Professional photo and print imaging product of the year

Canon – EOS 40D
Epson - Stylus Pro 3800
Fujifilm – FinePix S5 Pro
HP - Designjet Z3100 Photo Printer
Nikon - D300
Pentax - K100D

Professional video product of the year

Adobe - Creative Suite 3 Production Premium
Gridiron Software - Nucleo Pro 2.0
Panasonic – HPX500
Red Digital Cinema - Red One
Sony - HVR-Z7
The Foundry - Nuke 5

Best consumer hardware product

Belkin - N1 Wireless Router
Elgato - Turbo 264
Iiyama - Prolite E2201W
Kensington – SlimBlade Media Mouse
Kodak - EasyShare EX811
Wacom - Bamboo Fun

Entertainment product of the year

Aspyr - Guitar Hero III
Big Fish Games - Peggle Deluxe
CCP - Eve Online
EA - Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Feral - Colin McRae Rally Mac
Harmonix - Phase for iPod

Best consumer photo product

Adobe - Photoshop Elements 6
Corel - Painter Essentials 4
Epson - Stylus Photo R360
Lexmark - X4850
Nikon - Coolpix P5100
Panasonic - Lumix DMC-FX100

Best productivity hardware

Brother - HL-4070CDW
Konica Minolta - magicolor 8650dn
Lexmark - X500n
OKI - C8800n
Panda - GateDefender Integra 300
Xerox - Phaser 6180

Best productivity software

Archiware - PresSTORE 3
FileMaker - FileMaker Pro 9
Microsoft - Office 2008 for Mac
MYOB - AccountEdge 2008
SPSS Inc - SPSS 16.0
The Omni Group - OmniFocus

Education product of the year

ConceptDraw – MINDMAP Pro 5
Mindjet - MindManager 7
NovaMind - NovaMind 4
Rosetta Stone - Rosetta Stone 3
Starry Night - Starry Night Apollo
Wolfram - Mathematica 6

There will also be three awards with products nominated by Macworld readers. These are: Best hardware (non-Apple); Best software (non-Apple) and Best reseller.

Click here for more information on how to vote in the Macworld Awards. One lucky voter will win a Mac Pro worth £1,749 courtesy of Square Group.

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