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The 57 Lamest Tech Moments of 2010

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-probably-think-this-story's-about-you dept.

harrymcc writes "When it comes strange blunders, failed dreams, pointless legal wrangling, and other embarrassments, the technology industry had an uncommonly busy 2010. I compiled a list of the most notable examples--including the lost iPhone prototype, the short life of Microsoft's Kin, the end of Google Wave, the McAfee security meltdown, a depressingly long list of lawsuits over mobile patents, and much more."

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  1. Welcome to the end of the year... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Endless Top ### lists with no real substance writen by writers who can neither write nor hold their own when it comes down to bare metal technology.

    Wake me up in January.

  2. It should have been 58... by Delusion_ · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...that way the article could have included itself as number one. Another meandering, poorly written summary of the year.

    If you're going to choose an arbitrary number to attach to an end of year list, keep it to ten and focus on the writing. Seriously, 57? I'm reminded of the Jargon File comment about 17 being the "least random number". This is just a blatant excuse to generate ads by breaking up an article; I'm surprised it isn't 57 pages long, in slide show form.