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The Wackiest Technology Tales of 2008

Posted by timothy on from the hindsight-is-much-better-than-20/20 dept.

coondoggie writes "Despite the daily drumbeat of new and improved hardware or software, the tech industry isn't all bits and bytes. Some interesting things happen along the way too. Like floating data centers, space geekonauts, shape shifting robots and weird bedfellows (like Microsoft and Jerry Seinfeld). What we include here is an example of what we thought were the best, slightly off-center stories of 2008."

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  1. How did this get approved for the main page? by VinylRecords · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There isn't anything relevant or newsworthy in the entire piece that was the subject of this post.

    The 'article' is merely a slide-show with some of the most poorly written reporting I have ever encountered. News today is usually infotainment and not information anymore and this is a prime example. Even entries to this piece that should be newsworthy are presented so awfully that I could barely muster the willpower to proceed to the last slide.

    Networkworld.com ... never visiting this website again.

  2. One word by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Idle

  3. Re:On slashdot people use the subject line... by MikeUW · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Er...I was hoping to get modded funny. But now I think maybe your post is funnier.

  4. It's 'their', by AndrewNeo · · Score: 4, Insightful

    not 'there'.