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..

We rolled up our sleeves, put on our boots, and trawled the halls of IT's massive trade expo in Sydney looking for tasty tech delights.

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.

Taking over on the innovation and user friendliness from where the original iPod left off, the iPod Mini features similar design to the original, but is in every regard smaller.

What will you be buying, using and drooling over this year? Tim Dean looks at the astounding products and technologies due to hit in the next 12 months.

We provide the commentary on a bruising eight-round battle between Vista and Tiger.

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.

David Moss resolves an iTunes problem, looks into secret folders and Windows file sharing without a central server.

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

Care to pimp your car, geek style? Azentek have just released a Vista (shudder) powered in-car PC called the CPC-1200 that they claim will be safe for use while driving.

You don’t have to be a pirate to download music anymore. If you’ve been walking the Dark Side and want to go legit, we've reviewed the best online services available today - they'll change the way you listen to music.

Company credits Vista and Office for $17.4bn revenues.

Apple’s ads may be funny, but they’re woefully inaccurate. Here we reveal dozens of reasons why the PC outclasses the Mac.

Update fixes media player for 'most versions' of Vista.

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