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..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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'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..

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.

Scientists working for IBM have announced they have programmed a supercomputer with a working simulation of a cat’s brain

Apple has rehired one of the original members of the Newton development team, fuelling reports that the company is planning a tablet launch shortly.

AMD has been displaying its new ATI Eyefinity graphics card system, which allows users to run six monitors from a single card.

A woman has been conned out of US$4,000 by scammers who hacked into a Facebook page belonging to one of her friends..

A datacentre conference has heard how one nation plans to drastically cut the cost of running data centres by using sea water to cool servers.

Xerox is claiming a major breakthrough in the field of printable circuitry with a new form of 'silver ink' that could allow electronics to be produced more cheaply and flexibly..

A PhD student from Texas has designed a cardboard computer chassis that could be going into production in an effort to cut computer waste.

An employee has accidentally leaked details of Microsoft’s next operating system via his LinkedIn profile..

Intel has developed a new line of Atom processors designed for use in televisions and is calling for developers to write widgets and applications for the new platform.

The standard was first proposed seven years ago, and is now official for wireless routers.