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Sometimes even a well-designed and innovative product can still be a total dud. See the Apple Newton . The industry analysts at Forrester Research now say they know why this happens. Forrester's new research method says TiVo's superior design is trumped by cable DVRs' convenience. (Credit: ... (link)

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