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

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..

A few weeks ago we asked for your eBay stories, and we’ve received a lot of responses about bad sellers, demanding buyers and more.

Movers and stinkers from the world of business

Life would be easier if we didn’t have to patch our operating systems and apps. Patrick Gray explores the real reasons why updating is important.

How did a vibrant palace of bargains and trust turn into a standoff between buyers and sellers? Part one of our major feature.

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

Can’t decide between an Eee and a Wind? A Mini note or an Aspire One? Believe it or not, there’s a bunch of old school smaller laptops that may do the job for less money. We took a look at 7 old school ultraportables.

11-03-03 Internet censorship. What's the deal? Plus: bonus dumb links!!! Your reward for scrolling past...

As you might know, I'm currently reporting from San Francisco's Macworld. Aside from getting access to the latest in technology, it's great to meet journalists from around the world, sharing opinions on the industry and generally getting to know how the rest of the world operates. But for the first time in my career I was absolutely stunned at the behaviour of my international comrades and amazed at the high level of professionalism in our own country.

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

ATM security is so poor worldwide, that many more machines are likely to be easily compromised in the future, warns Kaspersky

Impressive and free antivirus and antispyware package

Dell’s long-awaited netbook has much to recommend it, but it’s far from the perfect product.

It doesn't happen often, but in case it does, we'll step you through Linux disaster recovery.

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.

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..

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.