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

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.

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

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..

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

An iPhone box that charges your iPhone? Also: 8-track audio technology isn't dead, PlayStation 3 tricks, and scary smile tech

Often regarded as the world's first public internet forum - usenet dates back all the way to the late 1970s. But it's not quite dead and you can still use it today.

A hugely likeable phone that excels at web browsing and manages to just live up to its ambitious name.

Microchip controlled bullets that can fly at pre-calculated distances to take out enemies hiding deep inside their bunkers, are now a battlefield possibility thanks to a new weapon technology

Intel's Sean Maloney kicked off Intel's first Computex keynote yesterday with praise for the Taiwanese motherboard makers, talk of Wimax and some optimistic talk about innovation being the way out of the present economic crisis

Microsoft has never been known to make mistakes in the past, but never was it more apparent than with Vista - and no matter the promises and the hype, Vista never truly delivered.

Nvidia's refusal to let its users do what they like with the cards they have bought has sparked a backlash amongst hackers.

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is holding a rally in Boston, Massachusetts today to campaign against Microsoft and proprietary software, ahead of the release of Windows 7 on 22 October..

Impressive and free antivirus and antispyware package

TiVo have doubled their drive capacity, introduced IPTV capabilities, vast amounts of new content and better home networking options. But can the marketplace handle another content provider?

Open source malware now accounts for as much as 10% of the overall malware marketplace as criminals cotton onto the many benefits of adaptable code.

Fantastic battery life and a transflective screen aren’t enough to justify a price this high for the everyday business user.

It's very, very thin, and very light. MSI’s X340 somehow manages to be sleek, sexy and undesirable all at the same time.