YouTube Video Award Winners

Adorable: Laughing Baby

Comedy: Potter Puppet Pals in “The Mysterious Ticking Noise”

Commentary: LonelyGirl15 is Dead!

Creative: Human Tetris

Eyewitness: Battle at Kruger

Inspirational: Blind Painter

Instructional: How to solve a Rubik’s Cube (Part One)

Music: Chocolate Rain

Politics: Stop the Clash of Civilizations

Series: The Guild

Short Film: My Name is Lisa

Sports: Balloon Bowl

Engadget Awards

Some of the winners…

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Gadget of the Year
Readers’ Choice: Apple iPhone

Worst Gadget of the Year
Readers’ Choice: Microsoft Vista

Most Anticipated Gadget of 2008
Readers’ Choice: Apple iPhone (3G)

Smartphone of the Year
Readers’ Choice: Apple iPhone

Desktop of the Year
Readers’ Choice: Apple iMac

Digital Camera of the Year
Readers’ Choice: Nikon D3

Game Console of the Year
Readers’ Choice: Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite

GPS Device of the Year
Readers’ Choice: Garmin nuvi 770

Handheld of the Year
Readers’ Choice: Nokia N810

Home Entertainment Device of the Year
Readers’ Choice: TiVo HD

Laptop of the Year
Readers’ Choice: Apple MacBook Pro

Peripheral of the Year
Readers’ Choice: Apple thin aluminum keyboard

Portable Media Device of the Year
Readers’ Choice: Apple iPod touch

Storage Device or Technology of the Year
Readers’ Choice: Eye-Fi WiFi SD card

Tablet PC of the Year
Readers’ Choice: Lenovo X61T

Wearable Device of the Year
Readers’ Choice: WiFi detector t-shirt

Wireless Device or Technology of the Year
Readers’ Choice: 802.11n Draft 2.0

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Gadget of the Year
Editors’ Choice: Apple iPhone

Worst Gadget of the Year
Editors’ Choice: Palm Foleo

Most Anticipated Gadget of 2008
Editors’ Choice: Apple iPhone (3G)

Smartphone of the Year
Editors’ Choice: Apple iPhone

Desktop of the Year
Editors’ Choice: Apple iMac

Digital Camera of the Year
Editors’ Choice: Nikon D3

Game Console of the Year
Editors’ Choice: Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite

GPS Device of the Year
Editors’ Choice: Garmin nuvi 770

Handheld of the Year
Editors’ Choice: Amazon Kindle

Home Entertainment Device of the Year
Editors’ Choice: TiVo HD

Laptop of the Year
Editors’ Choice: Dell XPS M1330

Peripheral of the Year
Editors’ Choice: ATI TV Wonder CableCARD tuner

Portable Media Device of the Year
Editors’ Choice: Apple iPod touch

Tablet PC of the Year
Editors’ Choice: Dell Latitude XT

Wireless Device or Technology of the Year
Editors’ Choice: 802.11n Draft 2.0

Retailers Fined for Digital TV Offenses

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Best Buy Co., Sears Holdings Corp. (which operates Sears and Kmart retail stores), Circuit City Stores Inc., Target Corp., Fry’s Electronics Inc. and CompUSA Inc. fined for failing to properly label that analog-only televisions will need to be retrofitted after the switch to digital TV next year…