MacWorld SF 2004 Best of Show Awards
IDG Announced their MacWorld Best of Show awards.
The entire list can be found here. A few hilights:
Elgato Systems EyeTV 200 / EyeHome - The EyeHome hooks up to your Ethernet network and brings your music, photos, and movies from the Mac to your TV, with one-click setup and a handy remote control.
Freeverse Toy Sight - ToySight works in conjunction with a FireWire-based video camera or Webcam, including Apple's iSight, and puts players directly in the game as they use their on-screen image to interact with objects and control surfaces in the game.
Slim Devices Squeezebox - wired or wireless streaming of most audio formats or MP3 Internet radio from your Mac to your home stereo.
WiebeTech G5 Jam - increase your PowerMac G5 internal storage to four drives and even RAID their set-up with Mac OS X's Soft RAID utility.
Meanwhile, at CES, one reader pointed us to this External Rechargeable Lithium battery for the iPod bringing you up to 40 hours of run time. No information appears to be available at the site.
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