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

Zip drives were once the top choice for storage, well before DVDs and USB sticks gained in popularity. But whatever happened to this once mega-popular format and what sealed its demise?

The Thecus N5500 NAS is a pricey option for your storage needs, but its loaded with useful features and delivers decent performance.

Backup is a lot like flossing: no matter how frequently you do it, some expert is going to say you should be doing it better or more often. That's why HP's SimpleSave is among the easiest back-up drives to use.

The WD TV LIVE is the latest product from a slew of manufacturers to offer high definition media centre playback with enhanced multimedia features and multiple file formats

Be the most connected home on the street with these tech toys for getting your family online.

As we bring our Information Overload summit to a close, we have decided to name and rank the biggest culprits for the overload, the issues which more than anything else are causing companies to drown in a deluge of data..

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

It’s not cheap, but it’s powerful and cleverly constructed to make the most of the components.

There’s so much to like about this package that it might just be worth switching operating systems to get hold of it.

Defragment your hard drives

Cleanse & organise your iTunes library

Quickly create, remove or merge a drive partition

Recover lost & deleted files

Backup & restore your important files

A US firm has started selling DVD storage discs that it claims will still be readable in 1,000 years..

Optimise, tweak & defrag your system

Get the latest gear to stream movies from the study to the lounge room, record digital TV and watch TV online

Here's what's in store for 2010, including Intel's big gun - the Clarkdale CPU - and the highly anticipated new netbook platform

Backup or restore your hard drive