Movers and stinkers from the world of business

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.

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.

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..

From Silicon Valley to Station X during the Second World War, why Romania is teeming with software developers, and Zhongguancun in China where Microsoft is building its Chinese headquarters.

Last week, we looked at the geeks who created iconic technologies. This week, we examine the executives who pushed those technologies into becoming the basis of some of the largest businesses in the world.

Things that make you go aaaargh, including Vista, Bluetooth and other things that may or may not make you mad

Unless you've been living in a cave for the last week, you've witnessed the wholesale hysteria being launched over the recent Swine Flu outbreak..

Professional 'queuers' charging up to $1,000 to wait in line.

Ever wondered which of your favourite Sci-fi films still holds up? Ian Thomson and Shaun Nichols looked at classics such as Jurrassic Park, War Games and The Matrix and found a few surprsies..

Analysts praise early numbers, but long-term outlook still up in the air.

WWDC recap yields details on Apple mobile.

Draft for Mobile Trusted Module specification would protect data, preventtampering.

Cannot wait for big brother to grow up.

Site claims to pay users for submitting stories.

New version of player guns for the iPhone crowd.

Vendor to support XP Home and Media Center Edition for an extra five years.

SuiteTwo could serve as a portal for RSS, wiki and blog services.

AMD is looking to expand its Stream project, which uses graphics chip processing cores to perform computing tasks normally sent to the CPU, a process known as General Purpose computing on Graphics Processing Units (GPGPU)..