The winners of the 2006 Engadget Awards!
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| We know, we're a little past the awards season at this point, but the
| readers spoke and their voices shall be heard...
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| Worst Gadget of the Year
| Readers' Choice: Microsoft Zune
| Editors' Choice: Exploding Sony batteries
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http://primetime.engadget.com/2007/05/11/the-winners-of-the-2006-engadget-awards/
Other new failures:
(Review) Microsoft Launch in Second Life
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| Overall I was extremely disappointed with the launch. Maybe as more
| clues are revealed, the pieces will fit together and reveal something
| more that I am missing at this time, but as it stands now it appears
| that this is just the latest of many attempts by Microsoft to throw
| money away on an ineffective project to raise public interest. This
| project fails on several levels. As it stands now, the island in
| terms of rich content is completely undeveloped. There is no real
| attempt at integrating the Microsoft brand. There is nothing to
| offer the residents of Second Life. There is nothing for them to
| do, experience, or take with them other than an entirely too
| difficult challenge. I certainly see no reason for me or anyone
| else to visit the island more than once, and I wouldn?t put it
| on a list of places you have to see even once.
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http://mashable.com/2007/05/12/windows-live-folders/
So, people abandon Microsoft, even in virtual worlds.
Windows Live Folders: Not Actually Live
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| However, at the time of writing, the service simply doesn't work,
| and upon logging in with a Hotmail account reports a runtime error
| which you can see in the screenshot below.
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http://mashable.com/2007/05/12/windows-live-folders/
Put your essential data online, only to see it becoming inaccessible.
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