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.

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

Last week, we looked at the geeks who created iconic technologies. This week, we examine the executives who pushed those technologies into becoming the basis of some of the largest businesses in the world.

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.

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..

Stolen car triggers 'Here's Johnny', but no axe through window.

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

Movers and stinkers from the world of business

Silicon Valley geek led astray.

Techcrunch50 panel scathing of big media.

Microsoft millionaire funds replica of Babbage's computer.

Deal will offer virtual tours of Mars.

The latest version of Google Earth will map the 70 per cent of the Earth's surface that is underwater.

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

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

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

The world wide web is celebrating its twentieth birthday. Over those last two decades, the web has changed the way society works, plays, and interacts..