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Web User Award Winners 2006

Find out which websites, products and services have picked up one of our coveted Gold, Silver or Bronze Awards in 2006 so far!
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<>December 2006<>

FREE MUSIC-PLAYING SOFTWARE (Issue 151: 18 December 2006 to 3 January 2007)

GOLD AWARD
iTunes 7 *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Windows Media Player 11 ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
Winamp 5.3 ****
Click here to read our review

EXHIBIT YOUR ART (Issue 151: 18 December 2006 to 3 January 2007)

GOLD AWARD
Art.com *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Yessy Art Gallery ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
ArtistPortfolio.Net ****
Click here to read our review

Q&A FORUMS (Issue 151: 18 December 2006 to 3 January 2007)

GOLD AWARD
Yahoo Answers *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
The Answer Bank ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
Live QnA ****
Click here to read our review

IMAGE-EDITING SOFTWARE (Issue 150: 7 to 17 December 2006)

GOLD AWARD
Adobe Photoshop Elements *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
Ulead PhotoImpact 12 ****
Click here to read our review

<>November 2006<>

FREE HOSTED BLOGGING (Issue 149: 23 November to 6 December 2006)

GOLD AWARD
Wordpress *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Blogger Beta ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
Xanga ****
Click here to read our review

EXTERNAL HARD DISKS (Issue 148: 9 to 22 November)

GOLD AWARD
Philips 160GB External Hard Disk *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Smartdisk SOHO NAS 400GB ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
Seagate 750GB Pushbutton Backup ****
Click here to read our review

<>October 2006<>

DVD CATALOGUES (Issue 147: 26 October to 8 November)

GOLD AWARD
DVD Spot *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
DVD Profiler ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
Listal ****
Click here to read our review

FEED READERS (Issue 147: 26 October to 8 November)

GOLD AWARD
Bloglines *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
NewsAlloy ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
Google Reader ****
Click here to read our review

FREE ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE (Issue 146: 12 to 25 October)

GOLD AWARD
AVG Anti-Virus *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
AOL Active Virus Shield ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
BitDefender 8 ****
Click here to read our review

<>September 2006<>

ONLINE MAPS (Issue 145: 28 September to 11 October)

GOLD AWARD
Map24 ****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Google Maps ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
Multimap ***
Click here to read our review

BROADBAND COMPARISON SITES (Issue 145: 28 Sept to 11 October)

GOLD AWARD
uSwitch ****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
ADSL Guide ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
Broadband Choices ****
Click here to read our review

INSTANT MESSENGERS (Issue 145: 28 Sept to 11 October)

GOLD AWARD
Windows Live Messenger *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Yahoo Messenger 8 with BT Communicator ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
ICQ 5.1 ****
Click here to read our review

FLASH MEMORY CAMCORDERS (Issue 144: 14 to 27 September)

GOLD AWARD
Sanyo Xacti VPC-HD1 *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Sanyo Xacti VPC-C6 ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
Aria iSpan DDV-910 ****
Click here to read our review

ONLINE STORAGE (Issue 143: 31 August to 13 September)

GOLD AWARD
iBackup *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Xdrive *****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
MediaMax ****
Click here to read our review

BOOKMARKING SERVICES (Issue 143: 31 August to 13 September)

GOLD AWARD
Skype
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Freetalk
Click here to read our review

<>August 2006<>

BOOKMARKING SERVICES (Issue 142: 17 to 30 August)

GOLD AWARD
Windows Live Favorites *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Del.icio.us *****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
Yahoo Bookmarks *****
Click here to read our review

LIFE HACKING (Issue 142: 17 to 30 August)

GOLD AWARD
Lifehacker ****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
43 Folders ***
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
Lifehack ***
Click here to read our review

WEB-FILTERING SOFTWARE (Issue 141: 3 to 16 August)

GOLD AWARD
CyberPatrol 7.6 *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
McAfee Privacy Service ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
CYBERsitter 9.0 ***
Click here to read our review

<>July 2006<>

WEBCAMS (Issue 140: 20 July to 2 August)

GOLD AWARD
Logitech Quickcam Fusion *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Logitech Quickcam Communicate STX *****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
Creative Live Cam Voice ****
Click here to read our review

ANTI-SPYWARE SOFTWARE (Issue 139: 6 to 19 July)

GOLD AWARD
PC Tools Spyware Doctor 3.8 *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Spybot- Search & Destroy 1.4 ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
Ad-Aware SE Personal 1.06 ****
Click here to read our review

<>June 2006<>

FREE PHOTO ALBUMS (Issue 138: 22 June to 5 July)

GOLD AWARD
PhotoBox *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Flickr ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
BubbleShare ****
Click here to read our review

DESKTOP SEARCH SOFTWARE (Issue 137: 8 to 21 June)

GOLD AWARD
Yahoo Desktop Search *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
MSN Search Toolbar ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
Copernic Desktop Search ****
Click here to read our review

<>May 2006<>

PLUG & SOCKET NETWORKING (Issue 136: 25 May to 7 June)

GOLD AWARD
Devolo Dlan Highspeed Starter Kit *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Solwise PL-85PE 85Mbps Ethernet Homeplug Adapter ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
Econnect Homeplug 85Mbps Adapter ****
Click here to read our review

CLASSICAL DOWNLOADS (Issue 135: 11 to 24 May)

GOLD AWARD
Classical.com *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Eclassical.com ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
Classical Music Archives ****
Click here to read our review

SPAM FILTERING PROGRAMS (Issue 135: 11 to 24 May)

GOLD AWARD
Bopspam *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Mailwasher Pro 5.2 ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
Norton AntiSpam 2005 ****
Click here to read our review

<>April 2006<>

BUDGET 17IN FLATSCREENS (Issue 134: 27 April to 10 May)

GOLD AWARD
Acer AL1751 *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Viewsonic VX712 ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
NEC Multisync LCD177ONX ****
Click here to read our review

BITORRENT SOFTWARE (Issue 133: 13 to 26 April)

GOLD AWARD
Azureus *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
UTorrent ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
ABC ****
Click here to read our review

SELF-PUBLISHING (Issue 133: 13 to 26 April)

GOLD AWARD
Lulu *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
WritersWorld ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
Grosvenor House Publishing ***
Click here to read our review

CLASSIFIED AD SITES (Issue 133: 13 to 26 April)

GOLD AWARD
Gumtree ****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Loot ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
Craigslist ***
Click here to read our review

PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYERS (Issue 132: 30 March to 12 April)

GOLD AWARD
PQI MPACK P600 *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Archos Gmini 500 ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
WIGO 1000 ****
Click here to read our review

SWITCHING SITES (Issue 132: 30 March to 12 April)

GOLD AWARD
uSwitch *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
SimplySwitch ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
Energy Helpline ****
Click here to read our review

<>March 2006<>

AUCTION SNIPERS (Issue 131: 16 to 29 March)

GOLD AWARD
Auction Sniper ****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
PowerSnipe ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
AuctionStealer ****
Click here to read our review

FREE GOODIES ONLINE (Issue 131: 16 to 29 March)

GOLD AWARD
Bob's Free Stuff Forum *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Freemachine ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
FreebieList.com ****
Click here to read our review

DVD RENTAL DELIVERY (Issue 130: 2 to 15 March)

GOLD AWARD
Blockbuster
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
MyMovieStream
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
MovieMine
Click here to read our review

VOIP SERVICES (Issue 130: 2 to 15 March)

GOLD AWARD
Freetalk *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Vonage *****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
Skype ****
Click here to read our review

<>February 2006<>

IMAGE-EDITING SOFTWARE (Issue 129: 16 Feb to 1 March)

GOLD AWARD
Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Microsoft Digital Image Suite 2006 ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
Ulead PhotoImpact 11 ****
Click here to read our review

VIDEO SEARCH (Issue 129: 16 Feb to 1 March)

GOLD AWARD
Blinkx TV *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Google Video ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
Truveo ****
Click here to read our review

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PORTABLE SPEAKERS (Issue 128: 2 to 15 Feb)

GOLD AWARD
SanDisk Sansa Speaker Dock *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Thinkoutside Boomtube H201 ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
Altec Lansing Inmotion IM4 ****
Click here to read our review

ONLINE FLORISTS (Issue 128: 2 to 15 Feb)

GOLD AWARD
SerenataFlowers.com *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Tesco ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
Interflora ****
Click here to read our review

<>January 2006<>

HOLIDAY REVIEW SITES (Issue 127: 19 Jan to 1 Feb)

GOLD AWARD
TripAdvisor *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Holidays Uncovered ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
Holiday Truth ****
Click here to read our review

CLEAN-UP SOFTWARE (Issue 127: 19 Jan to 1 Feb)

GOLD AWARD
CCleaner 1.26 *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Webroot Window Washer 6 ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
Disk Cleaner 1.5 ****
Click here to read our review

SWAPPING WEBSITES (Issue 126: 5-18 January)

GOLD AWARD
iswap *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
Swapz ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
My Swap ***
Click here to read our review

COMRPESSION SOFTWARE (Issue 126: 5-18 January)

GOLD AWARD
WinRAR 3.5 *****
Click here to read our review

SILVER AWARD
StuffIt Standard 9 ****
Click here to read our review

BRONZE AWARD
7-Zip 4 ****
Click here to read our review

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