The company promises that Windows 7 will be the best version of its operating system yet, critical acclaim has often eluded Redmond. We've decided to count down the ten best products ever to come out of Redmond, from DOS 5 to Flight Simulator and NT 4.0

Microsoft has given its strongest hint yet that Windows 7 will be in the shops by Christmas.

As we bring our Information Overload summit to a close, we have decided to name and rank the biggest culprits for the overload, the issues which more than anything else are causing companies to drown in a deluge of data..

Last week, in honour of the Windows 7 launch, we covered Microsoft's biggest successes in the computing field. This week, in the interest of balance, we're looking to the company's dark side..

Microsoft has changed its stance on the features of Windows 7 Starter..

Pretty much every new product gets hyped as a potentially disruptive technology these days, and usually nobody outside of the company's marketing department actually believes it.

Did Microsoft spend too long making Vista, as the chief executive claims? And will things be different with Windows 7?.

The summary of Microsoft's plans for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and netbooks, as announced at Computex

Breaks $10bn for first time.

We gaze into a crystal ball and and ponder the future, or possible demise, of some well-known technologies.

Some of the people on this list are successful billionaires, Some Nobel prize winners or high-tech nomads. However, some individuals are weird even by geek standards.

Apple now has more than 10 per cent of the operating system market, according to data from market research firm Net Applications.

An employee has accidentally leaked details of Microsoft’s next operating system via his LinkedIn profile..

China a distant second.

They're back on top in the graphics game, now AMD is trying to claw back some respect for its CPUs..

We take a look back at the tech products that were so overdone by marketing hype, that by the time they were released, most failed to meet expectations.

From Betamax to Amiga, here's a list of those IT innovations that fell under the bulldozer. Some were cruelly robbed of their advantage, others threw it away with bad management

Planning that extended weekend away, or perhaps you have an overseas business trip looming? Then this list is a must-read.

Every day it gets hard and harder to keep up. Here is a list of 10 handy tools for increasing workplace efficiency.

For every way that the web has improved life, it has also made things more complicated, frustrating and dangerous..