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    Tech's all-time top 25 flops 22/01/2008 11:20:32

    Imagine how different the tech industry might have been had Gary Kildall accepted IBM's offer, back in 1980, to license his computer operating system for a top-secret project. CP/M would have been the OS that shipped with the original IBM PC, and the world might never have heard the name of Kildall's competitor, who eventually accepted the contract: a Mr. Bill Gates.
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    Don't believe the hype: The 21 biggest IT flops 10/04/2007 13:53:43

    Hype is the coin of the realm in the technology business. If you listen to vendors and the media, it may sometimes seem as though every new product, service, concept or even security threat will be the Next Big Thing. Some live up to all the fuss, but many don't -- and some fail spectacularly.
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    Search Engines with a Soul 26/05/2000 12:01:01

    Whoever coined the term search engine got it exactly right. AltaVista Co., Excite Inc., and their rivals do indeed resemble engines: awesomely powerful but decidedly inhuman. Rather than speaking plain English, they comprehend only keywords, ANDs, ORs, NOTs, and punctuation marks. Misphrase your query, and you may get an avalanche of irrelevant links or no results at all. And even though a few sites let you ask questions in simple English, it's clear that you're talking to a none-too-bright automaton.
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    More Than Fun and Games 17/03/2000 12:01:01

    Before 22,000 silent fans in Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York, the shrill sounds of two women grunting and screaming, their sneakers screeching on the green hard-court surface, fill the evening air. It's a warm September evening in 1999, and the two women rallying in the quarterfinal match for the US Open championship, Monica Seles and Serena Williams, are two of the fiercest-and certainly the loudest-warriors in the women's draw.
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    Internet Technology More than Fun and Games 15/03/2000 12:01:01

    Before 22,000 silent fans in Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, N.Y., the shrill sounds of two women grunting and screaming, their sneakers screeching on the green hard-court surface, fill the evening air. It's a warm September evening in 1999, and the two women rallying in the quarterfinal match for the U.S. Open championship, Monica Seles and Serena Williams, are two of the fiercest--and certainly the loudest--warriors in the women's draw.
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    Digital TV Meets the Web 29/02/2000 12:01:01

    Emerging High-Definition Television digital broadcasting technology is providing a basis for an interesting partnership between rivals for your leisure time: TV broadcasters and Web sites.
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    IBM's OS/390 adds features for e-commerce 23/08/1999 12:01:01

    Inspired by increasing demand for mainframes running electronic-commerce applications, IBM last week rolled out a new version of its OS/390 mainframe operating system, featuring beefed up security, systems management, and encryption capabilities.
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