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Indonesia's Zyrex turns on UMPC charm

The PC manufacturer shows off its ultra-mobile machines at the CommunicAsia 2008 show.

S'pore firm offers traffic updates

Quantum Inventions' service pushes traffic conditions to mobile phones.

 
 
 

Location-based services going places

The Tele Atlas van makes an appearance at the imbX 2008.

CommunicAsia gets ready for showtime

Exhibitors and contractors put the finishing touches to booths at CommunicAsia, part of the imbX 2008.

 
 
 

A peek at the upcoming MIDs

Hardware vendors show off upcoming mobile Internet devices at Intel Developer Forum 2008 in Shanghai.

Linux gets a taste of Windows and Mac

A look at the new features in the KDE4.0 released last month

 
 
 

The future of startups in S'pore

The MDA held an exhibition of several interactive digital media projects. Here are some of the hits and misses.

Tata's US$2,500 car

Tata Motors launches a different kind of Nano.

 
 
 

Apple unleashes new Xserve, Mac Pro

Check out the new Mac Pro and Xserve with eight processor cores.

Inside Microsoft's war room

A look at Microsoft's Security Response Center in Redmond


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10 tech disappointments with cool names

Friday, July 27 2007 10:51 am

Some tech companies occasionally invest more brainpower in naming their products than in making them successful.


Have you ever thought that some tech companies occasionally invest more brainpower in naming their products than in making them successful? You're not the only one who thinks so. The Digital Age has been dotted with many a disappointing product that had a tragically awesome name; here are 10 of our favorites in no particular order.

Microsoft's Zune, before its name was made public, was known among gadget geeks as simply the "iPod killer." And you've got to admit, Redmond didn't do that bad a job of actually naming the device once it got around to it--"Zune" is kind of funky in a post-Star Trek way, right? Unfortunately, as many speculated, the music player was a sales disappointment despite decent reviews. Even opening-day interest was tepid, and it probably didn't help much that the announcement of the sales of one million Zunes came right around the same time that Apple celebrated the sale of its hundred millionth iPod.

Caption text by Caroline McCarthy, Staff Writer, CNET News.com

Credit: Microsoft


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