Bytes that Rock! (www.rockybytes.com/bytes-that-rock/) recognises the achievements of programs, games and blogs related to the software industry that have stood out for their excellent quality in the past 12 months.

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Index
1. Introduction
2. Why give awards to software?
3. Categories
4. Awards
5. Nominees
6. Jury
7. Users
8. Bytes that Rock! 2014
9. Contributors
10. About Rocky Bytes
11. Questions

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Bytes that Rock! are the awards promoted by the Rocky Bytes software analysis
website. They recognise the achievements of programs, games and blogs related to
the software industry that have stood out for their excellent quality in the past 12
months.
Introduction

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Why give awards to software?
All things start somewhere, and, behind what we all recognise as software, there is a
long process that includes many aspects not seen by the users who, on a daily basis,
employ all those tools that developers and companies put at our disposal, making it
easier for us to carry out certain tasks using specific applications.

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Among these elements, we can identify some such as
the research conducted into the needs of users, the
design and programming of the application, systems
testing and tests with initial users, etc. Such aspects
involve a great deal of time, sacrifice and dedication as
they constantly evolve to produce ever more complex
versions.
That's why we at Bytes that Rock! feel the need to
award the software and all those blogs that contribute
to its evolution and improvement.
Why give awards to software?

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Categories
The categories in the Bytes that Rock! awards, in which the best software and blogs
from each sector are recognised, are divided into three broad sections:
BLOGS
1. Software blogs
2. Game blogs
3. Security Blogs
SOFTWARE GAMES
1. Best PC Software
2. Best Software UI
3. Most Innovative Software
4. Best Protection Software
5. Best Open Source Software
1. PC Games
2. Indie Games
3. Best independent Mod
for games

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1ST
WINNER
2ND
WINNER
3RD
WINNER
FINALIST
For each category there will be 12
nominees and the following seals
will be awarded:
Awards

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Nominees
Who can be nominated?
Those who may apply for nomination are:
Who would like to put forward their programmes and games for
Windows, or their blogs, for any one of the Bytes that Rock!
categories.
They may either put themselves forward or be selected directly by
the Rocky Bytes software experts.
Nominating yourself for Bytes that Rock! does not involve any cost.
BloggersDevelopersCompanies

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Who chooses the nominees?
Nominees will be chosen by the Rocky Bytes team with help from the jury and the users
suggestions.
The winners will later be chosen by the jury and users' votes.
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Advantages for nominees
Being nominated for Bytes that Rock! offers the following advantages:
The quality of nominated projects is recognised.
Both nominated projects and the final winners enjoy prestige.
The projects of those developers who are not so well known get publicised, and the
image of well-known developers is strengthened.
Nominees obtain recognition from software experts, marking a career achievement.
It projects a good image to investors, clients and business partners.
Nominees

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Jury
Each nominee will be judged by 3 jury members who
are closely involved in the world of software and video
games. Among the Bytes that Rock! jury members you
can find:

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Users
How can users vote?
They will be able to vote on the Bytes that Rock! web page.
Only one vote per IP address and user will be accepted in each
category
How much are users' votes worth?
Users' votes will be worth 30 % of the final points tally, while
the jury's votes will be worth 70 %.
Users will also be able to vote for their favourites and have a positive
influence on the final results.

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Bytes that Rock! 2015
Timeline
FASE FECHA
Jury Selection 01/11/2015
Presentation period for
software and blogs
03/11/2015 – 16/11/2015
Publication of nominees 18/11/2015
Nomination period
- Judgement of the jury 18/11/2015 – 08/12/2015
- Judgement of users 18/11/2015 – 08/12/2015
Publication of winners and
finalists
10/12/2015

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Bytes that Rock! 2015 WINNERS
1) BEST PC SOFTWARE
SOFTWARE
Teamviewer Sony VegasWinrar

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Bytes that Rock! 2015 WINNERS
2) BEST SOFTWARE UI
SOFTWARE
Windows 10 Iobit UninstallerSpotify

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Bytes that Rock! 2015 WINNERS
3) BEST INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE
SOFTWARE
Telegram AirDroidMouse Without
Borders

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Bytes that Rock! 2015 WINNERS
4) BEST PROTECTION SOFTWARE
SOFTWARE
AVG Antivirus Spybot Search
and Destroy
Avast Premier

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Bytes that Rock! 2015 WINNERS
5) BEST OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
SOFTWARE
LibreOffice Notepad++Firefox

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Bytes that Rock! 2015 WINNERS
1) BEST PC GAMES
GAMES
Dragon Age
Inquisition
The Witcher 3Fallout 4

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Bytes that Rock! 2015 WINNERS
2) BEST INDIE GAMES
GAMES
This War
of Mine
Kerbal Space
Program
Her Story

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Bytes that Rock! 2015 WINNERS
3) BEST MODS FOR GAMES
GAMES
MoonPath to
Elsweyr
Sands of FaithS.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Lost Alpha

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Bytes that Rock! 2015 WINNERS
1) BEST SOFTWARE BLOGS
BLOGS
Dedoimedo Geek SpeakCoding Horror

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Bytes that Rock! 2015 WINNERS
2) BEST VIDEOGAME BLOGS
BLOGS
2D Game Art
Guru
1001UPGamers Sphere

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Bytes that Rock! 2015 WINNERS
2) BEST SECURITY BLOGS
BLOGS
Graham Cluley Krebs on SecurityThe Hacker
Blog

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I want…
-> To be part of the Bytes that Rock! 2016 jury.
If you have experience of the software world and consider yourself
qualified to judge all nominees, put yourself forward.
-> To put my software, video game or blog forward for nomination
If you think your software, game or blog deserves one of our prizes, put it
forward for nomination! It's easy.
Write to us at: bytesthatrock@rockybytes.com

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Contributors
These contributors make Bytes that Rock! possible.
If you would like to collaborate, write to us at: bytesthatrock@rockybytes.com

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About Rocky Bytes
Rocky Bytes is a modern, independent website that
offers its users analyses of the most interesting
programmes and games for Windows. All software has
been tested, classified and analysed by a team of editors
who are specialised in software and able to find, and
select, the world's best programmes for Windows.
Rocky Bytes has a total of 5,000 programmes that have
been analysed, graded and tested, and its mission is to
both introduce and provide this software to users.
Rocky Bytes is owned by the Parsec Media company.

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