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

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

IDF is Intel’s main forum for new releases and updates on the older products and as such is key to understanding the company’s direction. Here's what impressed us.

AMD/ATI and its partners made quite a splash with the recent release of the 5 series GPUs, and is creating a lot of excitement about what future iterations of the cards will be able to do

Intel’s three new CPUs promise Core i7 power in an economical and efficient package. We put them through their paces to see whether small really is beautiful

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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

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

The end of Moore's law may happen sooner than we first thought, according to two physicists who have predicted the end of rapid computing advancement.

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Will AMD blow its lead again in graphics? An analysis of the current state of play in the race for processor and graphics superiority

Chip giant AMD will launch its Congo platform for ultrathin notebooks at the end of October or the beginning of November, according to reports on Asian IT news site Digitimes.

The HP Pavilion s5180a punches above its weight and provides a welcoming entry point for a starter or low-end upgrade system.

Your iPhone's onboard camera might not be all that exciting, there's no end of camera-specific applications that can make something special out of your photos once they've been taken

If you're a gamer or enthusiast, the trusty conventional PC is still your friend, not the shiny new all-in-one PCs hitting the market

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The Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ6 is the best option here for pure image quality and flexibility, if you can live with its size and quirks.

The Mayan prophecy might be counting down, but the science behind the new film 2012 might leave a few people confused. We look at what the film got right and what is best left to conspiracy theorists.

Google has officially released the software development kit (SDK) for its Android operating system..

The much-criticised Vista operating system losing market share even before Windows 7 arrives.