2010 tech industry graveyard

An ongoing list of IT companies, technologies and ideas killed off or headed for the end of life (with maybe an occasional one that comes back to life).

Internet Explorer 6

OK, Microsoft says it will continue to support IE6 until April 2014, but this is going to be one long goodbye. Google says it will stop supporting IE6 in Gmail and Calendar services in the wake of a big Google break-in enabled at least in part through IE6 flaws. A Web design firm in Denver even announced plans to hold a mock funeral for IE6 in March (cause of death: workplace injury).

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