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..

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

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

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

The strange, the antique and the downright geeky – we chronicle the 10 best (and worst) vintage tech advertisements of all time

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..

The Harwell computer will become the oldest functioning electronic stored program device in the world if Bletchley Park boffins can raise the funds to get it fixed

Computer users are being plagued by DRAM memory errors much more than previously believed, according to a DRAM Errors in the Wild report (PDF) produced by Google in collaboration with the University of Toronto..

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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

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

The New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo has announced it is launching an anti-trust investigation into Intel after allegations that the chip giant abused its market position.

Warning messages about piracy could soon start appearing in peer-to-peer (P2P) applications if the US government agrees to new legislation..

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The world's first universal programmable quantum computer has been unveiled in Colarado by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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