25 Worst Tech Products of All Time

Here's a great excerpt from their (dis)honourable mentions:

Timex Data Link Watch (1995): This early wristwatch/PDA looked like a Casio on steroids. To download data to it, you held it in front of your CRT monitor while the monitor displayed a pattern of flashing black-and-white stripes (which, incidentally, also turned you into the Manchurian Candidate). Depending on your point of view, it was either seriously cool or deeply disturbing.

Here's the complete list:

1. America Online (1989-2006)
   
2. RealNetworks RealPlayer (1999)
   
3. Syncronys SoftRAM (1995)
   
4. Microsoft Windows Millennium (2000)
   
5. Sony BMG Music CDs (2005)
   
6. Disney The Lion King CD-ROM (1994)
   
7. Microsoft Bob (1995)
   
8. Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (2001)
   
9. Pressplay and MusicNet 2002
   
10. Ashton-Tate dBASE IV (1988)
    
11. Priceline Groceries and Gas (2000)
    
12. PointCast Network (1996)
    
13. IBM PCjr. (1984)
    
14. Gateway 2000 10th Anniversary PC (1995)
    
15. Iomega Zip Drive (1998)
    
16. Comet Systems Comet Cursor (1997)
    
17. Apple Macintosh Portable (1989)
    
18. IBM Deskstar 75GXP (2000)
    
19. OQO Model 1 (2004)
    
20. DigitalConvergence CueCat (2000)
    
21. Eyetop Wearable DVD Player (2004)
    
22. Apple Pippin @World (1996)
    
23. Free PCs (1999)
    
24. DigiScents iSmell (2001)
    
25. Sharp RD3D Notebook (2004)
    

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