Here are their picks:
- Tonium Pacemaker, A pocket size DJ system
- email Stripper, Freeware to clean e-mails
- LappyMats, Laptop screen protectors
- Popuload, RSS reader for news
- Zecurion Zlock 1.3, Security software for Vista networks
- Emoze, Freeware for push e-mail
Those are bad, but when you think about it, most tech names are pretty silly.
iPod, Zune, Google, Twitter, Yahoo!, Eee PC, Nintendo Wii, they run the gamut of the absurd.
Of course, there’s value in a distinctive name that’s easy to remember, and many tech firms with odd names or oddly-spelled names (Joost, Hulu, Flickr, etc.) are specifically chosen because the resulting Web sites are easily available (joost.com, hulu.com, flickr.com).
If you’re a startup Web company, good luck nabbing, say, photos.com, books.com or sex.com, one of the most famously litigated URLs of all time (don’t worry, the link is safe for work).
On the flip side, there are some tech names that are appropriate and cool.
For example, I’ve always liked the name Segway, even if the scooter itself turned out to be something less than revolutionary.
You guys have any tech names you love or hate?
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