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The 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i've-used-1-2-4-7-8-15-and-20 dept.

Khammurabi writes "PC World compiled a list of the 25 worst tech products of all time. From the article: 'At PC World, we spend most of our time talking about products that make your life easier or your work more productive. But it's the lousy ones that linger in our memory long after their shrinkwrap has shriveled, and that make tech editors cry out, "What have I done to deserve this?"' Number one on the list? AOL."

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  2. Packard Bell by CPIMatt · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I am surprised that Packard Bell didn't make the list. They made some pretty crappy computers in the late 80s.

    -Matt

  3. of ALL TIME? by ch-chuck · · Score: 5, Insightful

    pretty myopic and self flattering of this age - I could pick up a 1950's copy of Popular Mechanics and find lots of stupendous techno-flops. One that comes to mind is a TV set with a built in 35mm slide viewer. You guys have no idea.

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  4. How about the segway? by joebooty · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Perhaps the overhyping has forever biased me but the segway has to be the most absurd tech product.

    2k for a bizarre scooter that was supposed to change my life forever? huh?