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

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..

Scientists are reporting successful tests of a new memory device that could allow terabytes of data to be stored without corruption for millions of years

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..

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

Industries keeping a sweet outlook during these sour times.

To honour John Hughes, we've listed tech movies that give you all an excuse to sit down with a DVD or two and enjoy tech in the movies..

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.

Eee Box measures just 222mm x 178mm x 26.9mm.

Science writer dies at home in Sri Lanka.

US government stopped from accessing customer files.

The use of LimeWire as a tool for identity theft has been highlighted by a court case in Seattle.

Security firm Sophos seems to be preparing to launch a version of its software security suite for users who prefer to speak Klingon..

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

Ever wondered which of your favourite Sci-fi films still holds up? Ian Thomson and Shaun Nichols looked at classics such as Jurrassic Park, War Games and The Matrix and found a few surprsies..

Trans-Pacific Express carries five terabit connection between superpowers.

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

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

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

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