The Ten Most Regrettable Gadgets

Today's top tech is tomorrow's trash. Here are 10 technologies that were ahead of their time--and quickly became obsolete.

January 3, 2011
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In 1996, WebTV brought the Internet to the family room, and foreshadowed much of the technology we have today in digital cable services. But being the pioneer isn't easy. The company was quickly snapped up by Microsoft and eventually became MSN TV. As web pages started to get too big for TV screens, the WebTV set-top box became an Internet boat anchor, and its successor, the MSN Companion, never really went anywhere.

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