TC News: The 5 Most Annoying Programs & 2008 “Can’t Live Without” Web 2.0 Companies
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Today I thought I’d point out some of the best most recent compilation lists:
Download Squad explains its picks for the top 5 most annoying programs, which are the following:
- Acrobat Reader
- iTunes
- Real Player
- Internet Explorer
- Microsoft Outlook
The reasons for being annoying are spot on with bloated, slow, resource hogging, and nagging as the main culprits. Luckily, there are alternatives to each of these (such as FoxIt Reader instead of Adobe Reader or Firefox instead of Internet Explorer) even if most on the list also happen to be fairly dominant in their respective fields.
One piece of software conspicuously missing, but nevertheless fairly annoying, is Norton AntiVirus. The most well known and used antivirus software is often credited as being the most bloated while offering mediocre protection.
Meanwhile, Michael Arrington over at TechCrunch lists the Web 2.0 companies he simply can’t live without. His list (in no particular order) is the following:
- 1-800-Free-411
- Amazon Music
- Amie Street
- Delicious
- Digg
- Firefox
- Flickr
- Gmail
- Google Reader
- Netvibes
- Skype
- Techmeme
- Technorati
- TripIt
- WordPress
- YouTube
- Zoho
Of the 19 listed, I give the following my own “can’t live without” status: Amazon Music, Digg (though this one is debatable), Firefox, Gmail, Google Reader, Techmeme, and WordPress. If you are at all into downloading music, finding content online, browsing online, sending emails, using RSS, reading news, and blogging, it’s hard to miss any of these. I’d also add to my list Netflix, LogMeIn (for remote control of your computers), RottenTomatoes (aggregator of movie reviews), and Mozy (online data backup).
What are your most annoying or “can’t live without” programs/companies?
6 Comments 
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January 2nd, 2008 at 1:35 pm
You say no particular order, and yet they appear in alphabetical order. Wow! That blew my mind!
January 2nd, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Marion, consider that the blogger equivalent of an easter egg.
January 2nd, 2008 at 3:18 pm
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January 2nd, 2008 at 4:56 pm
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January 2nd, 2008 at 5:06 pm
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January 26th, 2008 at 4:35 am
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