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May 7, 2008 3:34 PM PDT

CNET Top 5: Worst downloads of 2008 (so far)

by Jessica Dolcourt

2008 is nearly halfway over, which means that poor CNET Download.com senior content manager Peter Butler has reached deeply into the trash heap to pluck out, shake off, and crown with glory the most useless downloads published this year. He's handed the best of the worst over to CNET Executive Editor Tom Merritt for show and tell. Hey, even truly horrendous software deserves its moment of shame fame.

Jessica Dolcourt reviews the latest and greatest smartphone apps, in addition to a healthy dose of Windows software. E-mail Jessica and follow her on Twitter.
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by pdcr777 May 1, 2008 7:34 PM PDT
no video shows up
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by Talinus May 1, 2008 7:40 PM PDT
I guess that's how bad it is!
by sparksvalley May 8, 2008 8:54 AM PDT
yeah.....me too....no video =/
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by KevJ25 May 8, 2008 5:34 PM PDT
Good stuff...I really think the mouse clicking prog has potential. :)
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by Edgecumbe May 8, 2008 6:53 PM PDT
No video but a virus warning
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by JoyceNgo-218335993631273378369 May 8, 2008 8:35 PM PDT
What happened to the simple HTML? The videos never load for me :(
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by strongwinds May 9, 2008 10:01 AM PDT
LOVED IT!!! It works great on Firefox, nit sure what you guys are running
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by JoyceNgo-218335993631273378369 May 9, 2008 1:29 PM PDT
I'm.. running.. Firefox.
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by DSlick101 May 9, 2008 5:51 PM PDT
if you cant see the video and youre using firefox ADBLOCK IS BLOCKING YOUR VIDEO.. disable ablock to view video..
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by john3347 May 13, 2008 6:52 PM PDT
Might be a small bit of entertainment if there were a video of the worst downloads of 2008. As it stands, this qualifies at the number 1 position. If you couldn't create a video, why did you not just list the worst downloads?
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by andy prakken May 13, 2008 7:51 PM PDT
Video takes about 15 seconds before it plays. Am using Vista.
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by nowie63 May 19, 2008 3:17 AM PDT
video took almost the same bufferring and able to view streamed video over xp home edition in no time
by donmar5 May 13, 2008 7:59 PM PDT
Lets add a program to the worst list. C-Nets own Version Tracker Pro. I object to being used as a Beta tester and this program is surely in Beta testing. Too much of the programs it finds is wrong and msgs to CNet/Version tracker go unanswered. Incidently trying to run the video locked up my machine too.
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by donmar5 May 13, 2008 8:03 PM PDT
P.S. And to think, I paid for it too. We never learn do we?
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by Khorgan88 May 13, 2008 8:16 PM PDT
Using XP for ever and no Video at all.
This is already happening for a long time now, I have to give up trying to come to this place and try to see any of these videos. Its frustration guaranted
K
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by goedeke May 13, 2008 8:23 PM PDT
Saw the video. El Stupido! ! !
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by momma30 May 13, 2008 8:50 PM PDT
Not worth the wait! Move along, folks, nothing to see here.
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by catladys15 May 13, 2008 9:28 PM PDT
AMEN!!!
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by JPKeeley May 13, 2008 10:37 PM PDT
As someone who is mostly deaf, I dislike video (audio) news/articles/stories.

If they simply posted the Top Five, we'd all get the story just fine in a few seconds, without having to watch a three minute video (if it worked).

Sure, video articles are progress but are they more efficient? A picture can tell a thousand words, but a few words can tell the story better.

I am most bothered by CNN.com, which I visit many times a day. They have video (only) news stories that I can't hear, or some need speakers turned on. Just print the frickin' story or add text as an option.
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by pschwarzberg May 13, 2008 11:56 PM PDT
I can't believe I spend time watching this stupid CNET video. It's not funny or entertaining, just plain stupid and a waste of time
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by antonf2 May 14, 2008 1:17 AM PDT
This would not run in Firefox but I downloaded it and viewed it with VLC Media Player - one of the BEST software downloads - after all that the video was not exciting!
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by Christo May 14, 2008 1:19 AM PDT
Just simply listing the winners of the worst list would not only convey all the necessary information, but will also do it in a much, much smaller file to download. For someone like me on a slow connection, it is frustrating waiting quite a while for videos to download whereas it could be done much, much more efficiently in print.
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