Top 10 Tech Toys That Flopped

1. CueCat: A cat-shaped device that would scan magazine barcodes and send you to corresponding websites. No one bit.
2. DigiScent's iSmell: Sending scents across the internet turned out to be a stinky idea.
3. DIVX: A special system to play DVDs that destruct after one viewing. Obviously a keeper.
4. E-books: If only it was more portable and durable . . . like a book.
5. Facial Recognition Systems: Would have been brilliant if it had worked.

6. Microsoft Bob: Everyone enjoys a lecture from a smiley faces, right?
7. Network PC: Most people just went ahead and bought a real computer.
8. SoftRAM: Doubled how much memory your computer thought it had while actually adding nothing at all.
9. Speech Recognition: Humans and computers are still not speaking each other's languages.
10. Web TV: Surf the web on your TV?  No thanks.

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