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..

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

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..

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

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..

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

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

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

There’s so much to like about this package that it might just be worth switching operating systems to get hold of it.

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.

A stunning piece of design matched with excellent battery life, but with an Atom inside the price is surely too high

We like the ambition of producing a low-cost BlackBerry, but until it drops in price there’s too much competition.

The latest high-tech gadgetry for when you’re tangling with nature

The Olympus PEN E-P1 may look like a throwback to retro photography, but it’s expensive and flawed. However, it's beautiful image quality renders almost impossible to dislike.

Make this year’s biggest games shine with glorious high-detail, thumping sound and the best accessories

So, the last big name has fallen. HP gave out in April 2008, and both Dell and Toshiba's resistance crumbled by the autumn. But it's taken Sony until the middle of 2009 to produce what it confesses to be a netbook, the VAIO Mini W Series.

The HTC Magic, available through Vodafone and Three in Australia, may be the second Android phone but it's the first worth considering.

Get the latest gear to stream movies from the study to the lounge room, record digital TV and watch TV online

The A330 is a competent, fully featured and easy to use DSLR, but a backward step in some respects.