What Was the Most Shocking Tech News Headline of 2009?
December 14th, 2009 admin
I’m counting down the year and rounding up all of our tech faves in 2009 . This year, we saw plenty of ups and downs in tech news. All year we were faced with dramatic Facebook privacy concerns , while Amazon was involved in a rights debate over certain eBooks (which it later removed from Kindles). Not only did Steve Jobs take five months off to take care of medical problems , but Steven Hawking’s health took a turn for the worse as well. Thankfully, both tech and science heavy hitters made great recoveries. We were overjoyed to hear that Polaroid was making a triumphant comeback , but were blindsided by the death of…

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