100 Best Products, Sliced and Diced

PC World recently released their 100 Best Products of 2008.  Always a great topic for debate, these “Top/Best” lists, no?
Doesn’t matter, what appeals to me is the navigation capabilities of the list.  Look at it in ranked order, ABC order, category order, most anticipated (in pictures), or by readers’ top choices. 
Jason’s highlights and lowlights:
#1 Hulu: [...]

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Breaking Down the Best Companies to Work For

Shouldn’t it be “The Best Companies For Whom to Work?”
Whatever. Let’s take a look at the companies making this highly-publicized list for 2008:

Number of publishers: Zero.  That’s unfortunate now, isn’t it?

Number of retailers: 11.  Wegman’s, Starbucks, Whole Foods, Nugget Markets, eBay, The Container Store, Stew Leonard’s, Recreational Equipment, Nordstrom, CarMax and Publix.  (Six grocery store chains?  Well OK then.)  Wegman’s [...]

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Google and Video Game Industry Get Political

Apparently it’s becoming trendy to form Political Action Committees (PAC).  Google registered one in October 2006, and this month the Entertainment Software Association created theirs.  Two powerful entities seeking influence over governmental decisions in the United States.  Now, each will be able to toss money towards the politicians they back.
Google is Google. And the EAS [...]

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Retail Without the Register

When you’re ready to ring up that iPod Touch or your Leopard upgrade at the Apple Store, don’t bother heading for the cash register.  Soon, there won’t be one.  Instead, grab one of the Mac Geniuses holding a Symbol Portable.
This is yet another valiant step in Apple’s revolutionary form of retailing.  Apple puts great focus on a specific [...]

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Apple: Think (Act, Do, Be) Secret

Apple sued Apple rumor site Think Secret in 2005.  The suit began when site publisher Nick Ciarellia refused to name his source for a product Apple was producing that never launched.  This week, an agreement was reached between the opposing parties.  And as a result Think Secret will be shut down.  Details are, not surprisingly, confidential.  The [...]

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