Yesterday, CNN’s Doug Gross posted his top 10 tech fails of 2010 on the news outlet’s website.  Though some are valid, others can be filed under meh:

1. iPhone 4 ‘Antennagate’

Some say it was overblown by the media, others say it was a real problem that kept millions of Apple fanboys from making phone calls.  In my opinion, I don’t know how this can be a fail when Apple has sold millions and sales numbers look better than any previous version of the smartphone.

Sounds more like a win to me.

2. 3-D TV

I agree with Doug Gross on this one.  After all the 3-D hype everywhere we turned in 2010, there wasn’t much delivered (aside from some big budget films in 3-D).  Until we fully recover from the downturn, I don’t think anybody wants to pay an arm and a leg for these bad boys.  Oh, there’s also the extra service you have to pay for the handful of 3-D channels, the 3-D compatible blu-ray player and the pricier dvds.

3. Microsoft Kin

Here’s a “duh” one.  Does anyone expect Microsoft to be successful at anything cool anymore?

4. Nexus One

Gross is spot on with this one.  Google’s Nexus One was actually really cool and had a ton of iPhone-like features, a better camera and unique apps.  Problem was the online-only availability.  You see how many people pack into Apple stores just to touch and play with their gadgets?

5. Facebook privacy

This was one of the biggest media-created, over-done stories of the year.  The only fail is how the media created a state of fear for Facebook users.  What Facebook did was nothing new on the Interwebs (Surprise!  For years your information has been shared wherever you go online.), they were just honest about it.

The other real fail was the backlash.  “Quit Facebook Day” only has 38,000 pledges and Facebook numbers continue to skyrocket.  I’d bet that the security hooplah actually helped them gain users.

For those still afraid of Facebook stealing your data, try installing Facebook Disconnect to your Google Chrome.

6. Google Buzz

Did anybody really think this one had a chance in hell?  No fail here, since nobody expected much.

7. Gawker media sites hacked

The hacking wasn’t the biggest fail.  Like Gross mentions, most of the hacked users had passwords like “12345” and “password”.  Really, folks?

8. Content farms

I agree that what Demand Media does is tough to swallow, but the beauty of the Internet is that it’s supposed to be an endless source of knowledge.  As long as there are people searching and clicking, these content feeders will be there to tell them where to go and what to read.  Even “respectable” news outlets do this to a certain extent.

9. Digg relaunch

This was a part of the endless spiral of online/social tool fails.  The Internet’s attention span is so very short.  Only one in a million really make it through the long haul.  Reddit is the flavor of the month, and then they’ll pass the torch to some other content-sharing site.  I think this goes to show that people are always looking for something better online which makes for some great competition.

10. iTunes Ping
No fail here.  Apple hasn’t even really promoted Ping at all.  Let’s wait until they integrate with Facebook and do a real push/launch to judge Ping.