2007's Biggest Tech Disappointments

(((You gotta love sour, grumpy, bitter tech reportage like this, especially when most of it is so obviously true.)))

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/PCWorld/story?id=4009365

Link: ABC News: Vista Tops List of Biggest Tech Disappointments.

#12. Just Another Oxymoron:

In 2007, the words "Internet security" joined the ever-growing list of self-canceling phrases, alongside "business intelligence," "Congressional ethics," and "Microsoft Works." This year, bot herders proved they could harness enough zombie PCs to take down an entire country's infrastructure for a month. but our notion of Net invulnerability hasn't. (...)

Microsoft got a chance to do things right with its "iPod Killer" in 2007. And –offering 80GB of storage instead of 30GB, wireless syncing, improved touch controls, and a choice of in a variety of bright colors (Pepto-Bismol pink, anyone?). But Microsoft failed to lose the Zune's proprietary DRM scheme or remove all its restrictions on wireless music sharing (you can share songs with other nearby Zune users, but they can only listen to them three times before the songs go poof).

We're not the only ones disappointed in the Zune. According to the NPD Group, Microsoft still lags behind Sandisk and Creative Labs in market share for portable media players. And for every Zune Microsoft sells, Apple sells 30 iPods. Remember: You can't kill an iPod if you can't get close to it...