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

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.

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..

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.

Prophecy is a hazardous art when it comes to computers. We do know what's coming to the PC in the near future however, so read on to see the year ahead

The formal release of Windows 7 is still months away, but the new operating system is already being given the thumbs-up by industry analysts..

Rod Beckstrom, president of Icann, has used his address to the Black Hat USA 2009 conference to propose a new economic model for valuing computer networks and the internet..

One of the universe's greatest secrets may soon have its picture taken, thanks to the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), which can record 3,200 megapixel images

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..

Asus add yet another netbook to their range: the swivel hinged T91 Eee PC and HP offer the Mini 5101 netbook for professionals. We investigate the perfect netbook for busy professionals

Intel's Sean Maloney kicked off Intel's first Computex keynote yesterday with praise for the Taiwanese motherboard makers, talk of Wimax and some optimistic talk about innovation being the way out of the present economic crisis