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..

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Unless you've been living in a cave for the last week, you've witnessed the wholesale hysteria being launched over the recent Swine Flu outbreak..

Cyber crooks take attacks offline.

Cyber crooks take attacks offline.

A security researcher is warning of a possible security hole in the latest beta version of Windows 7..

Unlimited music downloads for a monthly fee? Virgin and Universal Music launch a new download service that could even be attractive to BitTorrent users.

Microsoft has responded to public criticism of its User Account Control (UAC) system, and has confirmed that it will not classify the reported issue as a security vulnerability.

Barack Obama, Fox News and Britney Spears among the victims. Is anyone surprised?

Solid state storage vendors have been breaking records with a new generation of solid state drives (SSDs)..

Apple chief executive and co-founder Steve Jobs has officially returned to his position following a six-month medical leave.

Microsoft appears to be developing a new input device known as a 'magic wand'. Hello Nintendo Wii?

From the dark old days of constant litigation, P2P network Kazaa has re-launched as a pay per month music service.

A US federal judge has issued a ruling to halt sales of the RealDVD disk-copying tool..

The Recording Industry Association of America has been awarded a $1.92 million decision against a woman accused of sharing music online..

Netscape founder Marc Andreessen is climbing on board a new browser project known as 'Rockmelt.'.