Top 10 dot-com flops

This article is almost a year old, but it does make a nice trip down memory lane while providing some cautionary instruction for those who would consider an e-commerce venture today.

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The Availabot hates your mommy

"The Availabot stands erect when your buddy comes online and then drops to the table in a flaccid heap of despair when s/he goes away." And if they go idle, does it nod off and snore?

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A Ring Tone Meant to Fall on Deaf Ears

Might as well be the emperor's new ringtone, as much as I can tell. See if you can hear it yourself: Mosquitotone [mp3].

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Farecast and Mpire: Smart sites that will save you money

These pricing analytics sites learn pricing history for you and make predictions about when it's best to purchase. Wonder how long it will take the targeted sites to erect defenses?

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Find Out When Your Friends Become Single

This is an interesting add-on for My Space. Now just add an online gaming book to predict when the break-up will come and we're all set.

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Visual Tour: 20 Things You Won't Like About Windows Vista

This article is long, but it's not as negative as the headline implies. You can find lots of articles on the net that gush about Vista's improvements and benefits, but this one does a very thorough job of balancing what's "new and good about the operating system" against what's "new and bad." At least in Beta 2. Likely, Microsoft will have addressed at least some of these concerns to some degree before shipping the final version of Vista sometime in 2010.

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The nomad and the iPod: Together as one

Great concept, kid. Especially the trust test. Around the world we go!

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