Thursday, December 20, 2007

The 10 biggest technology belly flops of 2007

While 2007 gave us some fantastic technological innovations, it also brought the usual spate of bungles, miscues, and faux pas. Since I believe that you learn more from your mistakes than your successes, it’s important to look at some of the most glaring errors that were made manifest in the business technology sector during 2007. There were a lot of opportunities for learning this year. Here are a few of them.

  • HD DVD and Blu-ray repeat the VHS-Betamax blunder
  • eBay fumbles the ball with Skype
  • The Wall Street Journal teaches users how to sabotage IT
  • Attackers take down e-mail servers at the Pentagon
  • Windows Vista strikes out with businesses

See more at: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=571&tag=nl.e101
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