Popular magazine PC World selected The 100 Best hi-tech Products of 2008:

1.   Hulu (video site)

2.   Apple iPhone

3.   Facebook (online social network)

4.   Microsoft Windows XP (operating system)

5.   Lenovo ThinkPad X300

6.   Flock (browser) 7.   Eye-Fi (wireless camera memory card) 8.   Casio Exilim Pro EX-F1  9.   Harmonix Rock Band (game) 10. Wikipedia site 11. Netflix (DVD rental and online video site) 12. Microsoft Xbox Live (online service) 13. Apple iPod Touch (media player) 14. Craigslist (online classifieds and discussion) 15. Scrabulous (PC game) 16. Nintendo Wii (game console) 17. Apple Mac OS X 10.5 'Leopard' (operating system) 18. Apple Cinema HD Display (23-inch LCD monitor) 19.Twitter (social networking site) 20. Pioneer Kuro PDP-5010FD (50-inch plasma HDTV) 21. Mozilla Firefox 3 (browser) 22. Safari (mobile browser) 23. NPR.org (news site) 24. Photoshop CS3 (image-editing software) 25. Google Maps--Street View (mapping software) 26. Apple MacBook Pro (Penryn) (Laptop series) 27. Google Docs & Spreadsheets (Web-based productivity suite) 28. Apple Final Cut Studio 2 (video production suite) 29. Linksys Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router WRT600N (wireless router) 30. Flickr (photo-sharing site) 31. Sony KDL-52XBR4 (52-inch LCD HDTV) 32. Intel Penryn (processor line) 33. Apple iChat (instant messaging) 34. Creative Zen (MP3 player) 35. Verizon FiOS (high-speed Internet access) 36. Pandora (streaming music site) 37. Canon EOS 40D (digital SLR camera) 38. LG Electronics L196WTY-BF (19-inch LCD monitor) 39. TiVo HD (digital video recorder) 40. Data Robotics Drobo DRO4DU10 (external hard drive) 41. Google Gmail (e-mail) 42. Electronic Arts Rock Band Controllers (game controllers) 43. Mozilla Thunderbird (e-mail) 44. Dell XPS 420 (desktop PC) 45. Washington Post (news site) 46. Yelp.com (online social reviews) 47. Nikon D60 (digital SLR camera) 48. The Consumerist (blog) 49. AdventNet Zoho (office suite) 50. OpenDNS PhishTank (security site) 51. Western Digital VelociRaptor (internal hard drive) 52. NYTimes.com (news site) 53. Motorola MotoRokr T505 (car speakerphone) 54. SanDisk Cruzer Titanium Plus (thumb drive) 55. Dash Navigation Dash Express (GPS navigation system) 56. Panasonic TH-42PZ700U (42-inch plasma HDTV) 57. Netgear ReadyNAS Duo (network-attached storage) 58. Symantec Norton Internet Security 2008 (security suite) 59. RIM BlackBerry Curve 8300 Series (smart phone) 60. Vimeo (video-sharing site) 61. SideStep (travel site) 62. Alienware Area-51 m15x (gaming laptop) 63. TellMe (mobile search) 64. Amazon MP3 (digital music site) 65. Samsung SyncMaster 305T (30-inch LCD monitor) 66. Apple Logic Studio (music production suite) 67. Gateway XHD3000 (30-inch LCD monitor) 68. HP Photosmart C5280 (inkjet multifunction printer) 69. USB Safely Remove 3.3 (utilities) 70. Samsung LN-T4061 (40-inch LCD HDTV) 71. nVidia GeForce 8800 GT (graphics board) 72. Cerulean Studios Trillian (instant messaging) 73. Creative Aurvana X-Fi (headphones) 74. Olympus SP-570 UZ (advanced digital camera) 75. Apple iMac (desktop computer) 76. Samsung 2263DX (22-inch LCD display) 77. Canon Vixia HF10 (high-definition camcorder) 78. Mint (personal finance site) 79. VMWare Fusion (virtualization software) 80. Apple TV Take 2 (media-streaming device) 81. YouTube (viral video site) 82. Chestnut Hill Sound George (iPod speaker dock) 83. Microsoft Office 2007 (office suite) 84. Intel "SkullTrail" Dual Socket Extreme Desktop (motherboard) 85. Canon Pixma MX700 (inkjet multifunction printer) 86. AT&T Tilt 8925 by HTC (smart phone) 87. Canon PowerShot SD1100 IS (digital camera) 88. Vizio GV42LF (42-inch LCD HDTV) 89. Apple MacBook Air (ultraportable laptop) 90. Ubuntu Linux (operating system) 91. Electronic Arts The Orange Box (game) 92. Digg (social news site) 93. Asus U2E (ultraportable laptop) 94. Meebo (Web-based instant messaging) 95. HP Blackbird 002 (desktop PC) 96. Partition Logic (partitioning software) 97. Palm Centro (smart phone) 98. Audacity (audio editor, free) 99. Lifehacker (blog) 100. Jing Project (image/video production)

There were also called the best products in the following categories:

Processor:Intel Penryn
Motherboard: Intel SkullTrail
Graphic Card: nVidia GeForce 8800GT
Anti-virus SOFTWARE: Symantec Norton IS 2008
Graphics editor: Adobe Photoshop CS3
Plasma TV: Pioneer Kuro PDP-5010FD
LCD TV: Samsung LN-T4061 and Sony Bravia KDL-52XBR4
Game Computer: Nintendo Wii
Communicator: AT&T Tilt, Palm Centro and RIM Blackberry Curve 8300 Series
Media player: Apple iPod Touch and Creative Zen
Headphones: Creative Aurvana X-Fi.

All information was taken from the official site of  PCworld magazine.