InfoWorld today announced that it is providing InfoWorld Daily podcast listeners a sneak peak at the winners of its annual Technology of the Year awards. The awards will be pre-announced during a special segment within the podcasts on December 27, 28, and 29. This marks the first time that an InfoWorld award was first announced via podcast before publication on InfoWorld.com or in the weekly print edition.

InfoWorld’s annual awards highlight the passing year’s key IT trends and unveil InfoWorld’s picks for the most innovative and effective products impacting IT in the coming year.  The first of three Technology of the Year pre-announcements is available for immediate download at: http://akamai.infoworld.com/podcasts/IFW_Daily_12-27-05.mp3.