Tech's 10 biggest scandals

Choosing the worst tech scandals of the past decade isn't easy. We've seen sexual harassment, stripper-crazed CEOs, spies, congressional investigations, and even murder.

In the late 1990s, the dot-com bubble generated billions in paper wealth and heralded the coming of the Internet age. Then the bubble burst and revelations emerged that some tech titans were built on phony accounting.

Since then, sliminess has oozed out of some of technology's most stalwart companies, including Hewlett-Packard. The downfall in August of former HP CEO Mark Hurd was triggered by a "friendship" with Jodie Fisher, an HP contract employee and former soft-core porn actress. Fisher accused Hurd of sexual harassment and he was forced to resign.

So here are our picks of tech's biggest disgraces.