5大冤死的熱門科技產品
Verne Kopytoff
2013-03-21
Flip數碼攝像機、Napster音樂分享服務、蘋果牛頓個人數碼助手、音樂游戲吉他英雄等都是深得人心，但最終黯然退出歷史舞臺的科技產品。眼下，谷歌Reader也將淪落到這個悲慘的境地。
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納普斯特 ????從1999年老版的Napster誕生起，直至兩年后它戛然而止，人們一直對它鐘愛有加。它利用點對點的文件分享網絡，讓用戶免費獲得自己想要的任何音樂。音樂產業當然對這種做法恨之入骨，最終通過在聯邦法庭打官司的方式，成功地讓Napster關門大吉。Napster的資產被清算，名字也被重新用于付費音樂服務。 |
Napster ????People loved the old Napster, from its inception in 1999 right up until the end two years later. They could use the peer-to-peer file-sharing network to get virtually any song they wanted for free. The music industry, of course, hated the idea and, ultimately, succeeded in shutting down Napster after suing the start-up in federal court. Napster's assets were liquidated and its name repurposed into a paid music service. |
