Pretty much every new product gets hyped as a potentially disruptive technology these days, and usually nobody outside of the company's marketing department actually believes it.

Google Voice takes the existing GrandCentral service, which consolidates landlines and mobile numbers into a single phone number with voicemail, and adds the ability to make free domestic calls, transcribe voice mails and more.

We take a look back at the tech products that were so overdone by marketing hype, that by the time they were released, most failed to meet expectations.

Google is to start selling a voice activated search application for the iPhone..

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One of the founders of the modern day internet has said that the system as it stands is broken and needs replacing..

Satellite system test could herald revolution in communications.

German motorist 'just obeying orders'.

Microsoft-powered shopping cart developed.

Intel predicts internet demand will make mobile ubiquitous.

Firm aims to sell 200 million units this year.

Can you imagine a time when computers didn't have GPUs? Here are graphics technologies that helped take computing out of the lab and into the hands of consumers and professionals

Planning that extended weekend away, or perhaps you have an overseas business trip looming? Then this list is a must-read.

From the moon landing, to the rise of Apple and Google, we rate the most inspiring technology moments in history.

Apple co-founder also voices concerns over the iPhone.

The world wide web is celebrating its twentieth birthday. Over those last two decades, the web has changed the way society works, plays, and interacts..