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

Economy set for another three to four "very tough" years, but globalhealthcare still a priority.

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

Bill Gates has decried the use of Facebook and other modern tech tools, claiming it took too much of his time and caused him too much trouble trying to discern who were his 'real' friends were.

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates says the firm's motion-sensitive gaming project will also come to your office with a Windows version

The credit crunch has put Bill Gates back on the top of the Forbes rich-list as the number of billionaires on the planet falls by almost a third.

Sophos security expert points out Bill's folly.

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

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.

Inspired by the recent Jeff Bezos interview, we list our top 8 tech moments from Jon Stewart's Daily Show, from the weird to the kooky.

No matter how much we tell ourselves that we are rational, scientific human beings a Friday 13th still sends a tremor up some spines.

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

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

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..

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

Believe it or not, but Microsoft weren't always so web friendly. In fact, it was Bill Gates who initially panned the internet and Microsoft's future in it. So what turned it all around?

Why some argue Bill Gates effectively "saved" Apple on this day in 1997. Also: the official Windows 7 upgrade chart, win a Canon EOS 500D

Microsoft has never been known to make mistakes in the past, but never was it more apparent than with Vista - and no matter the promises and the hype, Vista never truly delivered.

The world's first universal programmable quantum computer has been unveiled in Colarado by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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