Technology Duds of Past and Present

By siliconindia   |   Monday, 30 January 2012, 15:00 IST   |    2 Comments
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2. Microsoft Vista

Famous for its ‘Death Screen’, Vista an upgraded version of Windows XP, was to be better in all aspects but fell short and proved nothing in terms of malware security. The absence WinFS, the promised file system and a core pillar of Vista was not present either and most of the computers sold with Vista compatible stickers were not.

1)Youtube

With 100 million people taking social action and a billion videos, viewed a day Youtube is the largest video sharing site in the world.  The website is world famous but the owners have hardly earned a dime due its lack of marketing strategies. Refusal to incorporate ads during its early days was sighted to be a disadvantage.