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

Pretty much every new product gets hyped as a potentially disruptive technology these days, and usually nobody outside of the company's marketing department actually believes it.

The HDMI licensing body just certified a rather nifty HDMI cable by the unfortunately named Torrent, Inc. It has a built in diagnostic light and locking connectors.

A few weeks ago we asked for your eBay stories, and we’ve received a lot of responses about bad sellers, demanding buyers and more.

HP has officially denied allegations that it has used end-user data gleaned via channel marketing programs to go direct, cutting out resellers.

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

New platform guns for enthusiast users with four graphics cards.

Paul Maritz talks up the 'software mainframe' at VMworld in Cannes.

RIP Netscape Navigator: 1994 – 2008.

ATI today is announcing its new Stream transcoding paradigm, and unlike some others, it makes quite a bit of sense. Stream now parses workloads between the CPU and the GPU, and does things much more intelligently.

Movers and stinkers from the world of business

Global sales of PC microprocessors reached $8.7bn in 4Q07.

Australia's PC market is predicted to become saturated by the year 2010, according to an industry analyst.

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

There's a lot of fake news going around about the upcoming GPUish chip called the GT300. Let's clear some air on this Larrabee-lite architecture.

Nope, not the N97, but a full–on capacitive touchscreen to smash the iPhone and Palm Pre

Software Assurance customers are eligible for upgrade as part of a special promotion, according to reports overseas.