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December 21, 2012

The Five Biggest Tech Debacles of 2012

Ryan Whitwam, ExtremeTech


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Technology marches onward with unrelenting determination year after year. The gadgets that run our lives get cheaper, faster, and more beautiful without fail. However, that doesn’t mean that individual companies can’t pull a boner from time to time, and 2012 was no exception. Let’s take a look at the five biggest technology fails of the past year.

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