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  • 10 Biggest Technology Disappointments Of 2013

    01/06/2014 10:41:26 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 41 replies
    Information Week ^ | 01/06/2014 | Shane O'Neill
    1. HealthCare.gov HealthCare.gov has been about as disappointing as it gets. The online exchange for health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) had a litany of problems on day one (Oct. 1): extreme slowness, broken pull-down menus, and information on applications being deleted. The site's performance improved throughout November and December, but only slightly. In the coming months, HealthCare.gov will improve, but such a flawed rollout at a time of unprecedented technology innovation is a stain on President Obama's second term and a letdown we won't soon forget. 2. Dropbox outages and security issues The easy-to-use cloud...
  • History's 10 biggest disappointments: from Y2K to Jar-Jar, don't believe the hype

    12/07/2008 3:18:37 PM PST · by EveningStar · 45 replies · 1,739+ views
    New York Post ^ | December 7, 2008 | Reed Tucker
    When was the last time you waited 15 years for something? Besides the N train, that is? It's been a decade and a half since Guns N' Roses released its last album, but last week (no doubt in a bid to win himself a free bottle of Dr Pepper) mercurial Axl Rose finally unleashed "Chinese Democracy," and the result was . . . general indifference. Sorry, Axl. Maybe America was too busy watching that crazy person Britney Spears. Which is not to say "Chinese Democracy" doesn't have some decent songs. It does. But it is far from the world-devouring success...