Sony's announcement Tuesday that it would soon retire its Betamax videotapes -- which debuted to great success in 1975 before being booted into obscurity by VHS tapes the following year -- provoked much of the same reaction: They were still making those?
It turns out there's plenty of outdated tech still being produced and used across the world, and not just for the sake of nostalgia. Here are five technologies we can't believe are still alive and kicking.
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