December 15, 2006 2:23 PM PST
Reporters' Roundtable Podcast: Goofiest tech moves of 2006
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When it came to wacky decision-making in the IT industry, this year saw plenty of examples of what not to do.
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Somebody must have been hitting the egg nog a little early this year. How else to explain some of the more bizarre happenings in the computer business in recent memory?
Hewlett-Packard seemed to have experienced a temporary lapse in sanity when it illegally obtained the phone records of almost a dozen reporters for writing what were largely positive articles about the company.
Microsoft released under-the-radar data encryption software that turned into a nightmare for some businesses.
And the year also saw thousands of people camped out at PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii sales events, widespread shock over the identity of an anonymous YouTube star, and plenty of heated debates about global warming.
Join Charles Cooper, Jim Kerstetter, Ina Fried and Michael Kanellos for the final edition of 2006's CNET News.com Reporters' Roundtable podcast.
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