Home Office Computing Magazine Announces 3rd Annual List of 100 Best Products

    LAS VEGAS, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Home Office Computing, the technology
 and productivity magazine for today's work-at-home workforce, has announced
 their selection of the 100 best home office products, services and sites of
 2000.  The announcement was made today at an award ceremony at the Comdex
 trade show in Las Vegas.  This year marks the third in a row that Home Office
 Computing has selected a top 100 list based on value, performance, ease of
 use, innovation, and suitability for home offices.
     Of the list, Home Office Computing editor in chief Eric Grevstad says,
 "Two out of three new businesses begin at home, and almost 20 million
 Americans today are at least part-time telecommuters, making home offices a
 hotter market than ever before.  We're pleased to salute these products
 because they help home-based workers succeed.  Instead of being aimed at
 corporate computing centers or family consumers, they're just right for
 today's work-at-home workforce."
     For more information about Home Office Computing and the list of this
 year's winners, please visit their website at http://www.destinationsoho.com.
     Winners are divided into a series of categories, and receive a gold,
 silver or bronze ranking.  Each year, Home Office Computing also selects a
 "Product of the Year."  This year's worthy winners include:
 
     PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
     Apple Power Mac G4 Cube
 
     DESKTOP PC
     Gold: Dell Dimension 4100
     Silver: Compaq iPaq Desktop
     Bronze: Gateway Select 1000 SB
 
     VALUE NOTEBOOK
     Gold: Acer TravelMate 350
     Silver: Gateway Solo 5300
     Bronze: Toshiba Satellite 2805
 
     DELUXE NOTEBOOK
     Gold: Dell Inspiron 8000
     Silver: Apple PowerBook G3
     Bronze: Micron TransPort LT
 
     PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT
     Gold: Palm m100
     Silver: Compaq iPaq H3650 Pocket PC
     Bronze: RIM BlackBerry 957
 
     HOME OFFICE PHONE
     Gold: Polycom SoundPoint Pro
     Silver: Panasonic KX-TMC98
     Bronze: Siemens Gigaset 2420
 
     WIRELESS PHONE
     Gold: Motorola Timeport P8167
     Silver: Nokia 8260
     Bronze: Motorola i1000 Plus
 
     EVERYDAY/DESKTOP PRINTER
     Gold: Lexmark Z52
     Silver: Epson Stylus Color 980
     Bronze: Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 990Cse
 
     PROFESSIONAL PRINTER
     Gold: Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 1220C
     Silver: Xerox Tektronix Phaser 750N
     Bronze: Lexmark Optra E312
 
     MULTIFUNCTION PERIPHERAL
     Gold: Compaq A1000
     Silver: Hewlett-Packard OfficeJet G95
     Bronze: Canon MultiPass C755
 
     SCANNER
     Gold: Canon CanoScan N1220U
     Silver: Umax Astra 6450
     Bronze: Visioneer OneTouch 8100
 
     DIGITAL CAMERA
     Gold: Olympus D-490 Zoom
     Silver: Fujifilm FinePix 4700
     Bronze: Epson PhotoPC 3000Z
 
     CRT MONITOR
     Gold: Samsung SyncMaster 950p
     Silver: Cornerstone C1025
     Bronze: Sony Multiscan E200
 
     LCD MONITOR
     Gold: Samsung SyncMaster 770TFT
     Silver: Apple Studio Display 15"
     Bronze: Mag InnoVision LT530C
 
     INPUT DEVICE
     Gold: Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical
     Silver: Wacom Graphire
     Bronze: Logitech MouseMan Wheel Optical
 
     OFFICE CHAIR
     Gold: Steelcase Leap Chair
     Silver: Humanscale Freedom Chair
     Bronze: Relax the Back Gelbow Arm Cushion
 
     OFFICE FURNITURE
     Gold: Offi Inc. Tonic Collection
     Silver: Hooker Furniture La Cocoon Collection
     Bronze: United Sciences Management Information Services ErgoCentrix
             Computer Desk System
 
     HOME NETWORK
     Gold: Intel AnyPoint Phoneline 10Mbps USB
     Silver: Apple AirPort
     Bronze: Farallon SkyLine 11Mbps Wireless PC Card
 
     NETWORK ACCESSORY
     Gold: Linksys Instant Broadband EtherFast Cable/DSL Router
     Silver: Hewlett-Packard JetDirect 70X Home Print Server
     Bronze: Quantum Snap Server 1000
 
     PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE
     Gold: L&H Voice Xpress Professional 5
     Silver: Microsoft Office 2001 for Mac
     Bronze: Corel WordPerfect Office 2000 Small Business Edition
 
     UTILITY SOFTWARE
     Gold: Iolo System Mechanic 3.5
     Silver: Aladdin Systems StuffIt for Windows 5.5
     Bronze: Dantz Retrospect Desktop Backup
 
     ACCOUNTING/FINANCE SOLUTION
     Gold: Peachtree Software Peachtree First Accounting 8.0
     Silver: NetLedger 4.0
     Bronze: Peachtree Software Peachtree Complete Accounting 8.0
 
     IMAGE EDITING SOFTWARE
     Gold: Micrografx Picture Publisher 8
     Silver: Adobe Photoshop 5.5
     Bronze: Corel Photo-Paint Digital Camera Edition 9
 
     DESKTOP PUBLISHING
     Gold: Microsoft Publisher 2000 Deluxe
     Silver: Adobe PageMaker 6.5 Plus
     Bronze: Adobe InDesign 1.5
 
     WEB PUBLISHING
     Gold: Macromedia Dreamworks 3/Fireworks 3 Studio
     Silver: Trellix Web
     Bronze: Microsoft FrontPage 2000
 
     SECURITY/ANTIVIRUS SOLUTION
     Gold: Zone Labs ZoneAlarm
     Silver: Symantec Norton Internet Security 2001
     Bronze: Network Ice BlackIce Defender
 
     MESSAGING/VOICE-MAIL SOLUTION
     Gold: Office Domain MessageASAP
     Silver: CallWave Internet Answering Machine
     Bronze: JFax Free Fax Plus Send
 
     CONTACT MANAGEMENT/PIM SOLUTION
     Gold: Individual Software AnyTime Deluxe 7.0
     Silver: HotOffice
     Bronze: FrontRange Solutions GoldMine 5.0
 
     COLLABORATION/VIRTUAL INTRANET SOLUTION
     Gold: WebEx Meeting Center
     Silver: Microsoft NetMeeting 3.01
     Bronze: Astound Conference Center
 
     BUSINESS/MARKETING TOOL
     Gold: Palo Alto Software Business Plan Pro 4.0
     Silver: Business Resource Software Business Insight
     Bronze: ThinkDirectMarketing.com
 
     E-COMMERCE SOLUTION
     Gold: Bizfinity
     Silver: FreeMerchant
     Bronze: E-Biz in a Box
 
     OFFICE SUPPLY/BUYING SITE
     Gold: Kinkos.com
     Silver: Office Depot (http://www.officedepot.com)
     Bronze: Onvia.com
 
     HOME BUSINESS INFO/PORTAL SITE
     Gold: Microsoft bCentral, http://www.bcentral.com
     Silver: Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), http://www.score.org
     Bronze: Small Business Administration, http://www.sba.gov
 
     CONTRACT WORK/HIRING SITE
     Gold: eWork Exchange, http://www.ework.com
     Silver: FreeAgent.com
     Bronze: Virtual Assistants, http://www.virtualassistants.com
 
 

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