Sighs of relief all round.

Bipartisan bill to be introduced in January.

Online hacks the fastest growing segment of imprisoned press.

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.

A fortnight ago we reviewed the worst villains in computing history. But what would a villain be without a hero to battle with?

Logitech has launched a new range of laser mice that can work on glass or shiny surfaces. The new mice use two lasers rather than one to work on a variety of previously unusable surfaces.

New technology better than old law.

Cloud computing looks like threatening virtualisation for hype, but according to the famous Linux evangelist you'd be stupid to try it.

Controversial game on hold after widespread protest.

Open source group circles the wagons.

Will Redmond take over from SCO?.

We've all had great ideas in idle moments that are either forgotten or impractical, but these are people who identified technological advances and made them happen..

From the moon landing, to the rise of Apple and Google, we rate the most inspiring technology moments in history.