The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2009 at PCWorld

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in the photo: Wall Crawler. The creators needed to quickly reconnect the hard drives and they decided not to use the case at all.

In this article you will find a rating compiled by PC World, as well as links to these same articles.
What is included in the rating?
Sites - time killers, video games, and the most obscure gadgets appeared on the list of the most popular publications of the year.

This year was marked by noteworthy events - we saw new OSs, regular iPhone killers and BlueRay players for less than $ 100. How did the readers perceive the news, which news was interesting and which was not? PC World spent enough time to analyze the statistics and found that the readership was most attracted to violent video games, as well as readers were more interested in the strange sights of Google Street Views than Google OS.
Well, without further ado, let's move on to the list.
Here it is:
(getting down from 10 to 1):



10. Snow Leopard Versus Windows 7

Views: 500 thousand

Any article that compares Apple and Microsoft products undoubtedly gives tons of views, angry reviews, as well as heated debate in the comments (often turning into holi-vars), therefore it is not surprising that the article “Snow Leopard vs Windows 7” took the tenth place. . The article emphasized the importance of their new products (for example, “ridiculously large icons” that appear in both axes; “Windows 7 preview panel” and “Apple improved window controls”). A quick glance shows that Apple and Microsoft borrowed ideas from each other for several years, and their latest operating systems continued this tradition.

9. The ten greatest computer games.


Number of views: 500 thousand

Nostalgia conquers us all - “I remember when my mobile phone was bigger than my real phone.” “Mom, what is a regular phone?”
And PC World offers as exhibits - the 10 best games in history. This is a nostalgic list of the top ten games to which we owe the widest coverage of the PC platform (which is why Tetris is not on the list). The list of immortals opens with the text of Trade Wars 2002, continues the list of the confused world of Myst, the real-time strategy of StarCraft, the builder-metropolis of SimCity ...
And completes the play-time list, allowing you to abandon the world - MMORPG World Of Warcraft.

8. 40 best time killer sites.

Number of views: 600 thousand

Internet users are known for their zeal, hard work and endless hours spent sitting at the monitor.
And the eighth place was taken by a list of the best sites where you can kill time with pleasure.

7. 20 games that have changed the industry forever

. Views: 650 thousand.

Of course, here it could not do without WoW.
A list compiled by a GamePro publisher with over 650,000 views.
The list includes: Dance Dance Revolution, Bioshock, Final Fantasy VII, Call Of Duty 4, Super Mario 64. And the number one of the most innovative games has taken - the greatest of the greatest - who do you think? Of course, Doom!

6. The most-most PC cases

Number of views: 700 thousand

Since the creation of the first Tower PC, people have come up with modding to remake the computer in accordance with their aesthetic tastes. They are most likely the same people who install neon lights on cars and stickers.
Perhaps they often asked themselves the question: “Why should I settle for a boring black tower when I can have a charming Wall-e on the table? ". The result is impressive examples of mods.
In particular, R2-D2, Bender and even a bottle of whiskey.

5. 10 most obscure gadgets

Views: 750 thousand

Have you ever tried to look at some wild gadgets? Probably everyone asks who, in fact, who comes up with this in reality?
PC World, of course, in its slideshow presents a collection of gadgets that will make you think: “What did they even think about?” The deer’s singing head, Nitendo VirtualBoy, a strange keyboard with hotkeys for phrases like “how are you?” And “clear” ?! Get to know these crazy products that have ever appeared on the market.

4. Let me introduce you: The best products of CES 2009.


Number of views: 750 thousand

The International Consumer Electronics Show is held annually in early January in Las Vegas. Most of the hot new products of the year - from concepts to rumors - let me introduce. Among the hot spots, it was announced about Palm Pre Boxee (an open source program for streaming to your TV) and Kodak ZX1, as well as many other handheld HD camcorders ready to compete with HD Flip Mino.

3. Who is missing on Facebook

Number of views: 800 thousand

Every now and then, PCWorld dispenses with a direct evaluation of products and How-To instructions on articles that make them famous - for the sake of a funny story. This is one such case. It displays Facebook if famous characters wound up on it. Starting with Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, ending with H. Clinton with Satan.
Although all these pages (sketches) are jokes, some of the gera have their own real Facebook pages.

2. Strange sights of Google Street Views

Number of views: 829891.

Since Google introduced its Street View maps, people all over the world have been looking for strange things and interesting sights (no one doubted how much free time they have). Of course, a certain number of people (829891, to be exact) can not afford to spend long hours running on the streets of the virtual city of Fuchu, Japan, to search for unusual pictures.
In this article, you can see all sorts of crazy things, such as a car hung with stickers or a dinosaur running from the museum.

And in the first place ... drum roll ...

1. The most cruel games in history.

Number of views: over 1 million

Video games seem to be in great demand among readers - and what can make a hot topic even hotter? Royalty-free violence of course! Here are the 15 most brutal video games that have ever hit the shelves - rated M (18+). Games in which there are plenty of bloody sprays and killed zombies. The list compiled with GamePro includes Doom (again!), As well as the increasingly popular Grand Theft Auto franchise, and the incredibly atmospheric Silent Hill.

PS: blots and inaccuracies in translation will be gladly corrected.