#6 HD DVD

HD DVD was one of the two formats for high definition DVDs. The other format was Blue Ray. When HD DVD was first launched, it had a sales lead over Blue Ray.

Families with children wanted access to Disney movies, but HD-DVD didn't have it. Warner Brothers basically killed the HD DVD when they decided they would be releasing all of their films and television programs exclusively on Blue Ray.

The company even offered to replace HD DVD titles with Blue Ray for a small shipping and handling fee.

#7 SPOT Watch

Smart Personal Object Technology (SPOT) was developed by Microsoft to personalize Household electronics and other everyday devices from toaster to TVs by smart software and hardware, to make their uses more easy and versatile. It used MSN Direct network services to deliver across U.S. and Canada based on FM radio broadcast signal. The service cost $59 a year.

It however attracted geeks, and other common people were put off by too tech feel of SPOT watch. Despite Gates’ prediction that SPOT to ultimately provide interface to number of household appliances, it remained mainly desktop-bound software. 

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