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

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.

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

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

Apple computers from the sweetest to the rottenest

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..

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

They say that behind every great man there’s a great woman, although these days it could just as well be the other way around..

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

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.

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

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

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 take a look back at the tech products that were so overdone by marketing hype, that by the time they were released, most failed to meet expectations.

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

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

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..

Movers and stinkers from the world of business