2007年对于IT业而言，是意义重大的一年。我们惊喜地发现身边发生了很多激动人心的变化。我们不得不感叹：技术改变世界。
但是，2007给我们带来惊喜的同时，又给我们带来了多少失望呢？PCWorld给了我们做了精辟的总结。不管怎样，还是让我们来关注一下吧。
附：英文原文出处：
The 15 Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2007
These much-ballyhooed products, sites, and services, it turned out, left much to be desired.
#1.No Wow, No How: Windows Vista
2007年，Microsoft终于发布了Windows Vista，业界也是对齐翘首以待。但是，绚丽的Vista，却没有达到微软的预期。很多用户（包括我）至今仍坚守XP。原文做了如下评价：
It’s just that Vista isn’t all that good. …Despite its hefty hardware requirements, Vista is slower than XP. When it debuted last January, incompatibilities were rampant–in part because hardware and software makers didn’t feel any urgency to revamp their products to work with the new OS. The user account controls that were supposed to make users feel safer just made them feel irritated. And at $399 ($299 upgrade) for Windows Ultimate, we couldn’t help feeling more than a little gouged.
我想，下面这句话应该引起Microsoft高层的注意了：
We have no doubt Vista will come to dominate the PC landscape, if only because it will become increasingly hard to buy a new machine that doesn’t have it pre-installed. And that’s disappointing in its own right.
也没有想到，Microsoft最王牌的产品会位列榜首…
#2.What Is It Good For: The High-Def Format War
现在，标准成为了最受关注的话题。标准化的重要性让那些业界巨头认识到，能够引领标准是企业地位的凸显，也能够为企业带来长远的利益。
于是，Sony、Toshiba开始了这场Blue-ray标准之争。不过，Blue-ray是乎离我们还很遥远。不过，我还是不希望看到，标准被某一个企业所垄断。
#3. The Anti-Social Network: Facebook Beacon
两年前，校内网的出现让人们看到了SNS(社会化网络服务)的巨大潜力。当我们的大学生在享受校内给生活带来的体验时，大洋彼岸的US也诞生了一个新生的力量：facebook。Microsoft似乎也看到了Facebook的希望与市场前景，投资2.4亿美元以发展期广告事业。最近的Alexa的排名显示，
Ｆacebook.com超越Myspace.com成为全球第6。但是，就是这样一个Facebook，怎么也会名列前三甲呢？原文的评价如下：
We have to give props to Facebook for stealing the social networking spotlight from MySpace this year. But once it got up on stage, Facebook laid an egg. For example, opening up the Facebook platform to third-party developers was inspired. Now, six months later, those viral-to-the-point-of-influenza Facebook apps are mostly just irritating. The introduction of Facebook’s Beacon advertising program was more than disappointing–it was disturbing. Suddenly, anything you purchased on Amazon, Overstock, Fandango or three dozen other sites would be broadcast to your Facebook friends. Worse, even when you were logged out, Facebook still gathered the information, though the company says it didn’t use the data.
看来，还是广大用户对于Facebook的期望太高了吧。抱怨终究归抱怨，Facebook的前景还是很看好。
PS：最近我也开始尝试使用Facebook，惊喜地发现身边的朋友也渐渐加入了进来。毕竟还是国外的产品，就目前来看，广大中国网民还是会更加青睐校内。
#4. In a Sorry State: Yahoo
不知道为什么，Yahoo也榜上又名。Alexa上现在还清晰地显示，Yahoo的流量为全球第一，位列Google之上。
还是看看人家的评价吧：
We can’t say we really expected much out of Yahoo in 2007. …Installing the original Yahoo, Jerry Yang, as head honcho also seems like a smooth move, even if the company seems permanently stuck in the number two position behind Google. Yet there’s one area where Yahoo can lay claim to being number one: creating political prisoners. At least three times over the past five years, information supplied by Yahoo to the Bejiing government has led to the incarceration of Chinese dissidents. This year, Yahoo executives admitted they’d lied to Congress when they claimed not to know why the Chinese demanded their subscriber data. Yang and general counsel Michael Callahan were forced to deliver a humbling public apology in front of a Congressional committee. Shortly thereafter, the company settled a suit brought by two of the dissidents’ families.
看来，更多的原因还是来自于政治原因。
#5. The Great, The Bad, The Ugly: Apple iPhone
Apple今年给使人最大的惊喜莫过于iPhone。iPhone的出现让业界再次体验到了Mobile行业的潜力。但是，iPhone今年的表现也是让人喜忧参半，要不然就不会榜上有名了。
Memo to Apple: It’s time to treat iPhones for what they really are–pocket computers with phone functions built in–and open them up the world. Just a thought.
#6. Un-Neutral: The Broadband Industry
#7. Cannot be Completed as Dialed: Voice Over IP
#8. Needs To Change Its Spots: Apple “Leopard” OS 10.5
尽管我没有亲看目睹Mac，但是映像中的Mac还是非常非常完美，非常朦胧。在美国也许还能经常看到，但是在中国只能当作是稀罕物了；至少是现在。
用户选择Mac，也是寄希望于远离病毒的骚扰。但是，Mac毕竟不是金刚之身，现在越来越的病毒出现在Mac平台，业界也不断反映Mac存在的安全漏洞，让人们感觉Mac越来越像经常打Hotfix的Windows了。看来，Apple也不能高枕无忧了。
#9. Sorry, We Already Gave: Office 2007
Microsoft又上榜了~
与Vista一起作为2007年的王牌产品，Office 2007也被Microsoft给予了重望。尽管Office 2007给我们带来了耳目一新的变化，但是最后带来的效应却并不是那么理想。由于常规的按钮与工具条被所谓的“Ribbon”所取代，以致用户经常找不到所需要的工具。最后造成的结果，是办公效率的下降。另外，Office的速度和Office 2003也不是一个数量级，资源的消耗也成直线上升。不知道Microsoft在开发Office 2007时有没有想到这一点。
Longtime PC World contributor Robert Luhn给出了这样的用户评价：
“Scrambled interface, incompatibility with old macros, but hey, I do get in-context spell checking,” he says. “Is that worth the $239 upgrade? Me thinks not.”
但是，Office 2007对XML的全面支持是一个非常值得关注的亮点。此外，Microsoft也有野心让Office 2007的文件格式成为Office领域的标准。看来，我们还将继续关注Office的发展。
#10. Is Anyone Listening?: Wireless Carriers
#11. Singing an Old Familiar Zune: Microsoft Zune
ＯＭＧ，Microsoft再一次榜上有名。
今年Microsoft发布了Zune，试图与iPhone一争媒体播放器市场，一时被戏称为“iPhone Killer”。但是，擅长于软件开发的Microsoft再一次碰壁了。尽管微软的工程师们费劲了心思去让Zune去吸引用户的眼光，但是用户还是不买账。过度古板的外观，如此庞大、臃肿的体形，怎么可能吸引越来越挑剔的用户？
And for every Zune Microsoft sells, Apple sells 30 iPods. Remember: You can’t kill an iPod if you can’t get close to it.
#12. Just Another Oxymoron: Internet Security
2007年，互联网安全成为了业界关注的焦点。与来越多的大型站点暴露出了很多安全隐患问题，很多站点更是遭到直接的网络攻击。现在，上网冲浪越来越让人感觉提心吊胆了。
不过，互联网的安全人人有责，不仅是网名需要做哈防范措施，开发人员和维护人员也应该提高安全意识。如果全民都动员，全民警戒，这些安全隐患也将无处藏身。
但愿2008年的情况会有所好转。我们期待一个安全的2008年。
#13. Web 2 Woe: Social Networks
SNS在2007年成为了一个广为关注的词语。Badoo, Bebo, Catster, Dogster, Facebook, Faceparty, Flickr, Flixster, Hi5, Hyves, Imbee, Imeem, MySpace, Mixi, Pizco, Pownce, Takkle, Twitter, Virb, Vox, Xanga, Xing, Zoomr等SNS站点进入了人们的生活。Web2.0，让人们感受到了SNS的魅力。
SNS，成为了现代生活必不可分的一部分。
来看看原文作者的赌注吧：
Here’s a safe bet: Two years from now, 90 percent of these networks will be gone and their founders will be back working at Starbucks. I’ll have a double mocha frappucino, please.
#14. Screwed up to the Max: Municipal WiMax
虽然我对于无线通信领域不是很了解，但是还是能切身感受到移动通信的潜力。
WiMax也有这样的野心：在大城市内部搭建无线互联网，作为其基础设施之一。此时，廉价、快速、随时随地的无线接入将成为一种现实。仔细想象一下，这样的生活还是很值得憧憬的。但是，这样的生活是乎离我们还有些遥远。但是，高昂的费用让WiMax不容乐观。
不管现在的情况怎样，无线通信领域还是会长盛不衰、充满活力。
#15. Box Unpopuli: Amazon Unbox
不得不说，Amazon是IT业的一大奇迹。最先通过网上书店营销，到现在成为横跨多业务的大型信息服务提供商，Amazon一次又一次展现了其强大的实力。
Unbox就是Amazon今年发布的一款新产品，能够像iPhode一样提供视频播放功能，并且提供了类似于”Apple iTune Store”的音乐下载服务。但是，现在的Unbox使用起来还是不那么方便。
The selection is weird, and searching is cumbersome. For example, you can rent ($3.99) or buy ($14.99) a digital copy of Ocean’s 13, but a search for “Ocean’s 11″ turns up an ancient concert video from the old prog-rock group Yes. You can send Unbox movies to your TiVo, but you have to wait for them to fully download before you can watch them–or 2 to 4 hours for a standard-length movie over a cable modem connection. Not exactly what we’d call ‘on demand’.
再一次，用户总是挑剔的。Amazon应该在如何吸引用户、提高用户体验上多下功夫。
也许正如作者Dan Tynan所说，2007年充满的失望。但是，我想这些仅仅是某些局部的表现。毕竟，技术还是在向前房展，只是它的某些方面不尽人意。但是，它们会做得更好的。
展望2008年，有什么值得期待呢？
一个小bug,是PCWorld 不错哦
谢啦，马上改正~