John Oltsik takes a look at the ten biggest "hype jobs" of the year on News.com. One or two of those he mentions - web services and security FUD - ring a bell, although if these are really the best he can come up with, it confirms my suspicions it has not been a vintage year for technology hype. But there is evidence of a slight improvement in hype's fortunes just of late, if the number of calls from PR companies asking "does the Guardian cover the internet at all?" are anything to go by.