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Listed below are the nominess for the 2008 Shareware Industry Awards! Winners will be announced at the Shareware Industry Awards Banquet on Saturday, July 19, 2008.

See the previous year winners

Best Overall Utility

Help and Manual by EC Software GmbH - Info - Download
Registry First Aid by Rose City Software - Info - Download
WinRAR by win.rar GmbH - Info - Download
WinZiP by WinZip International, LLC. - Info - Download

Best Application

EmEditor by Emurasoft, Inc. - Info - Download
Camtasia Studio by TechSmith Corporation - Info - Download
Mozilla Sunbird by Mozilla Foundation - Info - Download

Best Graphics Program or Utility

Axialis IconWorkshop by Axialis Software - Info - Download
ImageElements Photo Suite by Lincoln Beach Software - Info - Download
IrfanView by Irfan Skiljan - Info - Download

Best Vertical Market Program or Utility

Guitar and Drum Trainer by Renegade Minds - Info - Download
inno Setup by Jordan Russel - Info - Download
PDF Annotator by Grahl Software Design - Info - Download

Best Business Application or Utility

Fund Manager by Beiley Software - Info - Download
NovaPDF by Softland - Info - Download
PayWindow 2008 by ZPay Payroll Systems, Inc. - Info - Download

Best Educational Program or Game

Ace Reader Pro by StepWare, Inc. - Info - Download
Yo Question Pro by Hayagriva Software (p) Ltd. - Info - Download
WISCO Word Power by www.wiscocomputing.com - Info - Download

Best Hobby or Personal Interest

Alpha Journal by Alpha Realms, Inc. - Info - Download
Ball Stat by James Habel Software - Info - Download
Google Earth by Google, Inc. - Info - Download
Open Fitness by WORKOUTWARE.COM - Info - Download

Best Internet Enhancement

Mozilla Firefox by Mozilla Foundation - Info - Download
Mozilla Thunderbird by Mozilla Foundation - Info - Download
Serv-U by Rhino Software, Inc. - Info - Download
WS_FTP Professional by Ipswitch - Info - Download

Best Internet Communication

Skype by Skype Limited - Info - Download
Trillian by Cerulean Studios - Info - Download
Windows Live Messenger by Microsoft Corporation - Info - Download