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2010's most <endeca_term>overhyped</endeca_term> tech products

2010's most overhyped tech products

...News This ZDNet UK-selected story originally appeared as The five most overhyped tech products of 2010 on TechRepublic Read more

23 December, 2010 by Jason Hiner

Chromebook looks like another Googleflop

Google's Chromebook attracted a lot of coverage as journalists with overpowered laptops reported the launch of an... Read more

10 November, 2011
CES 2012 marches to the ultrabook beat

CES 2012 marches to the ultrabook beat

...identifying what an ultrabook is, or even feel the category has become overhyped and overexposed by the end of this year? Ultrabooks may be the... Read more

14 January, 2012 by Dan Ackerman, Rich Brown and Scott Stein
RedSpark 1.0.2

RedSpark 1.0.2

Have you ever been disappointed upon arriving at a grossly overhyped bar or club? You work all week looking forward to the weekend... Read more

26 February, 2012

Building a mobile app? Don't believe the hype

...consumer benefits via a convenient user experience." According to Forrester's report, overhyped mobile technologies that companies should steer away from include Long Term Evolution... Read more

26 January, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Grid computing 'overhyped' - Fiorina

This week's rhetoric on grid computing has emphasised hype over reality, according to HP's chief executive Read more

12 September, 2003 by Alorie Gilbert

Wi-Fi 'in danger of being overhyped' - Intel exec

...to Intel president Paul Otellini. "Wi-Fi is in danger of being overhyped, and to some degree we may be guilty of that by spending... Read more

29 August, 2003 by Richard Shim
The (<endeca_term>Overhyped</endeca_term>) Web Browser War: Internet Explorer 7 Vs. Firefox 2.0

The (Overhyped) Web Browser War: Internet Explorer 7 Vs. Firefox 2.0

The web browser war between Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7and Mozilla's Firefox 2.0 shouldn't really be much of a fight... Read more

23 February, 2007

Grid computing 'overhyped

A grid researcher claims that many companies offering 'grid computing' are actually just putting a spin on cluster computing Read more

19 May, 2005 by Ingrid Marson
Former White House adviser talks mobile threats

Former White House adviser talks mobile threats

...adviser and security strategist Howard A Schmidt discusses whether mobile attacks are overhyped and what new risks have been introduced by virtualisation Read more

23 April, 2008 by Tom Espiner

Citigroup buys into open source

...offer a 'significant' competitive edge, and the cost benefits are 'frothy and overhyped Read more

26 April, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

ID cards 'were oversold'

The Government has admitted that it overhyped the benefits of ID cards Read more

4 August, 2005 by Andy McCue

Russian New Year twist is hype experts agree

Worries over a new twist to the Russian New Year virus are overhyped according to anti-virus experts Read more

17 May, 1999 by Jane Wakefield
Platform-as-a-Service Is Here; Can It Help You?

Platform-as-a-Service Is Here; Can It Help You?

The nascent and overhyped idea that organizations should move their applications from on-premise data centers... Read more

10 February, 2009
Former White House adviser talks mobile threats

Former White House adviser talks mobile threats

...adviser and security strategist Howard A Schmidt discusses whether mobile attacks are overhyped and what new risks have been introduced by virtualisation Read more

23 April, 2008

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

9 minutes ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

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SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

1 hour ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

3 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

4 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

7 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

8 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

8 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

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Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

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If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

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Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

1 day ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

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