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

Do you remember Windows ME, the Sinclair C5, Zip disks or the Apple III? Early adopters usually pride themselves with getting the finest tech products first, but sometimes being first isn’t always best.

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.

New audio capture technology recreates original perfomances.

Former Xbox boss says consoles heading for the scrap heap. Lets hope he's thrown on a flame proof suit.

Old music business model 'dead and gone'.

Supercomputing Conference keynote maps out the future.

Apple's build quality goes from strength to strength with users of its expensive Time Capsule product complaining that it bricks their hard-drives.

For years realistic water effects have been one of the limitations facing the gaming world - now Nvidia is demoing real time water movement.

Gaming portal steam is making wads of cash by giving gamers exactly what they want, when they want it, and copying content delivery models from the pirates and beating them at their own game

Millions of downloaders worldwide seek adoption.

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

Make this year’s biggest games shine with glorious high-detail, thumping sound and the best accessories

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..

Movers and stinkers from the world of business

Sharp are finalising plans to commercially produce quad and triple layer Blu-ray discs capable of 100GB and 8x read speeds using new disc materials and improved laser technologies

Vinyl records may outlive CDs.

Nothing else to do during Lunar New Year holiday ....