From flying cars to hoverboards, and AI to lasers, we delve into 10 technologies from a list of iconic films and find out just how close we are to making each a reality

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

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..

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.

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.

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

For every way that the web has improved life, it has also made things more complicated, frustrating and dangerous..

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

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

Industries keeping a sweet outlook during these sour times.

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..

There's a lot of fake news going around about the upcoming GPUish chip called the GT300. Let's clear some air on this Larrabee-lite architecture.

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

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..

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

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

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

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..

They say that behind every great man there’s a great woman, although these days it could just as well be the other way around..

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.