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

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

Every day it gets hard and harder to keep up. Here is a list of 10 handy tools for increasing workplace efficiency.

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

From flying cars to hoverboards, and AI to lasers, we delve into 10 technologies from a list of iconic films and find out just how close we are to making each a reality

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

To honour John Hughes, we've listed tech movies that give you all an excuse to sit down with a DVD or two and enjoy tech in the movies..

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.

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.

This feature is for anyone who's finished a working day with the horrible sense of dissatisfaction that things didn't go to plan, that you've been ineffective. That you just didn't do all the things you wanted to.

From budget laptops to ultra-tiny netbooks, ultraportables and high performance, we explain the tricks to finding out the ultimate laptop at the right price.

It seems like such a long time ago that we went to the loo, packed our lunches and set off on the road from oil dependency to a greener motoring future. So, are we nearly there yet?

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