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The 25 Worst Web Sites

From unforgettable flame-outs to some of the most popular destinations around, no one is safe from our look at the world's dumbest dot-coms and silliest sites.

Dan Tynan, PC World

Friday, September 15, 2006 5:00 AM PDT
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Contributing Editor Dan Tynan considers himself the Leonard Pinth-Garnell of high-tech journalism. He writes PC World's Gadget Freak column and is author of Computer Privacy Annoyances (O'Reilly Media, 2005). PC World Senior Copy Editor Steven Gray, Richard Laermer of RLM PR, and freelance writer Phil Houtz also contributed to this story.


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