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The 20 Biggest Tech Failures of 2010

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December 27, 2010
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The 20 Biggest Tech Failures of 2010 You can't appreciate the highs without looking at the lows. Here are 20 of this year's biggest failures in consumer technology.
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Android 3.0: Coming In March? Another new version of Android may be right around the corner. A report published this week says Google's Android 3.0 will arrive in March.
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Skype Outage: What You Need to Know More than 24 hours after a Skype outage hit users around the world, the service has come back online for most users. Here what you need to know about the status of Skype.
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Rooting Your Android Phone: FAQ Thinking of rooting your phone? We'll answer some of your questions and quell some of your fears.
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Organize and Share Your Holiday Photos Once the holiday bustle has settled down, use these tools and tips to organize your photo collection--and share memories with family and friends.
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5 Reasons to Move to Windows 7, Plus XP Advice This week, advice for Windows XP users: reasons to switch to Windows 7, plus workarounds for issues with Picture and Fax Viewer, and sleep mode.
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Six Downloads to Improve Microsoft Office Anyone who uses Microsoft Office will agree on two things: It's a powerful collection of applications, and it needs improvement. These six programs bring Office a lot closer to what it should be. Three of them work across multiple Office applications, improving the much-loved--and much-hated--ribbon-based interface. The other three are application-specific, giving Outlook, Word, and Excel additional capabilities that Microsoft either didn't think of or didn't bother with.
DVD PixPlay DVD PixPlay Standard ($30) isn't always appealing to look at, but it sure is easy to use. DVD PixPlay walks you through the slide show creation process, allowing you to create and share a full-featured slide show in just five steps.
PhotoStory on CD & DVD Magix's PhotoStory on CD & DVD ($50) helps you create slide shows that you can share online, or--as its name would imply--offline, by burning them to CD or DVD. Its interface isn't the prettiest, but once you get used to it, you'll find this app pretty easy to use.
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Downloads: Editor's Collection
Six Downloads to Improve Microsoft OfficeAnyone who uses Microsoft Office will agree on two things: It's a powerful collection of applications, and it needs improvement. These six programs bring Office a lot closer to what it should be. Three of them work across multiple Office applications, improving the much-loved--and much-hated--ribbon-based interface. The other three are application-specific, giving Outlook, Word, and Excel additional capabilities that Microsoft either didn't think of or didn't bother with.
Classic Menu for Office 2007   1579 Downloads  |  Shareware  |  Filed Under Word Processing
You don't have to give up the old menus from earlier versions of Microsoft Office.
Lookeen   1215 Downloads  |  Demo  |  Filed Under Search/Lookup Tools
Power up Outlook with faster searches and better organization.
CrossEyes    8652 Downloads  |  Trial  |  Filed Under Word Processing
Get a real look at what's going on inside your Word documents with CrossEyes.
Office Tab   363 Downloads  |  Shareware  |  Filed Under Business
Office Tab provides easy access to your open Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint slide shows.
ASAP Utilities   1872 Downloads  |  Free  |  Filed Under Spreadsheet
ASAP Utilities puts all sorts of tools you've wanted or never imagined onto one Excel ribbon.
Search Commands   558 Downloads  |  Free  |  Filed Under Business
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