Good technology and bad technology

There's a format that is recommended when helping people overcome a bad or unacceptable behavior: praise, correct, praise. Well, technology isn't human and doesn't know the difference between praise and correction. So, here's one example each of good and bad technology.

Good technology is my USB memory stick (aka thumb drive). 2 gigabytes of data storage that I have on hand to store all kinds of personal files. I really like my drive simply because I can transfer files quickly from computer to computer in order to get my work done. Brilliant technology that is really easy to use.

On the other hand, bad technology is almost too easy to spot. Right now I'm going to cite my laptop which runs an operating system (O/S) created by a very large and powerful company that will remain nameless. I have been have trouble with the O/S for nearly three weeks. It freezes or move slowly. I have shut down and restart it almost as often as I change my two-year-old's diaper. This is simply bad technology.

So, based on my examples, do you have any you care to share? More over how do we go about making good tech, great tech? Or bad tech, better tech? I'm interested to read your posts.