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..

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..

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

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

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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.

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..

We tour several of the leading tech research labs in the US to discover which 10 research projects could soon change the world

We are not saying you need them for a deserted island, but these incredibly useful gadgets are among our favourite PC essentials.

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..

WiTopia's CloakBox makes it simple to buy a green card for your lounge room.

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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