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10 Major Tech Blunders in 2012

The year is only half over, but Cringely has no problem picking 10 big flops, flubs, and faceplants in high tech.

As we celebrate the end of the first half of the last year of our lifetimes (damn those Mayans and their apocalyptic predictions), it's a good time to reflect on the more notable miscues of 2012. Here's my list of the top (or more accurately, bottom) screwups of this year so far.

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