From the Commodore 64 to Microsoft vs Apple, we take a look at the top 10 fights in technology history.

We've all had great ideas in idle moments that are either forgotten or impractical, but these are people who identified technological advances and made them happen..

They say that behind every great man there’s a great woman, although these days it could just as well be the other way around..

A fortnight ago we reviewed the worst villains in computing history. But what would a villain be without a hero to battle with?

This week we examine a few of those true 'killer apps,' and what they have meant to computing

Personal empowerment, social interaction and global issues driving a new era.

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

Supercomputing Conference keynote maps out the future.

Can you imagine a time when computers didn't have GPUs? Here are graphics technologies that helped take computing out of the lab and into the hands of consumers and professionals

PC Authority takes a stroll through 2,500 years of computing history. Next month, we look at the future. Whether you work directly in IT, or even just about anywhere in todays soci

From the moon landing, to the rise of Apple and Google, we rate the most inspiring technology moments in history.

Cloud computing looks like threatening virtualisation for hype, but according to the famous Linux evangelist you'd be stupid to try it.

The Holy Grail of personal computing miniaturisation has to be the wristwatch PC. You might imagine that this was always doomed to be a typical example of form fighting function, and for a long time t

Every industry has its share of villains, and the computing world is no different.

Daniel Reed heads for Redmond.

From Silicon Valley to Station X during the Second World War, why Romania is teeming with software developers, and Zhongguancun in China where Microsoft is building its Chinese headquarters.

Intel has been outlining its research into the future of the internet and is predicting an increasing merging of the online and real worlds.

We've heard much about quantum computing over the last decade, which promises computers worlds faster than any Intel or AMD powered machine, but it's not until recently that we're actually starting to see real progress

'Fundamental new architecture' promises major speed boost.

IDF is Intel’s main forum for new releases and updates on the older products and as such is key to understanding the company’s direction. Here's what impressed us.