Best of the Best: The Hive Five Winners

0atwong • 22nd Sep 2008 • Conversation Pieces

Best of the Best: The Hive Five Winners
Our Hive Five feature series answers the most frequently asked question we hear at Lifehacker: “What’s the best tool for the job?” In the past six months, we’ve covered the five best tools in a number of categories, from best instant messengers and DVD-ripping tools to anti-virus applications and BitTorrent clients. Each week, we ask our savvy readers to vote for the one tool they like best out of the top five; the winner represents the best of the best. Keep reading for a look back at the winners from each Hive Five.

We’ve tackled a whopping 26 Hive Five categories since the series’ inception, and I’m just going to tackle them all from oldest to newest. Without further ado, here they are.