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

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.

Unless you've been living in a cave for the last week, you've witnessed the wholesale hysteria being launched over the recent Swine Flu outbreak..

Movers and stinkers from the world of business

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.

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..

Things that make you go aaaargh, including Vista, Bluetooth and other things that may or may not make you mad

South Korean chipmaker Samsung said that it has shipped its first 16GB DDR3 memory modules..

Outdated components leave Android powered handsets vulnerable.

CS3 beta is first universal binary version of Photoshop.

Skeptics be dammed - BluRay is kicking along just nicely thanks, in fact better than DVD did in its early years.

Are 32 nanometers better than 45? You bet your sweet High-K/metal gate. IBM is claiming a 35% performance gain over today's CPUs.

Project aims to uncover electronic surveillance in the U.S..

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.

Dancing baby sets legal landmark.

Update for Windows Defender among 20 patches in monthly update.

Analysts praise early numbers, but long-term outlook still up in the air.

Supercomputer tops professional player for first time.

Pirated movies beginning to appear on P2P networks.

Service Pack 3 release moved to first half of 2008.