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

Some of the wildest, weirdest and most useful gadgets and gizmos for kids - or big kids at heart

First there was Street view, now there's traffic view. SUNA traffic will be providing web surfers with a head start on their daily commute by displaying traffic data across Google's Australian Map service.

Launch apps within a safe environment

From the Commodore 64 to Microsoft vs Apple, we take a look at the top 10 fights in technology history.

Play old arcade games on your PC

Make this year’s biggest games shine with glorious high-detail, thumping sound and the best accessories

Nvidia’s long-awaited 3D kit finally arrives and when it works, it’s every bit as good as we’d hoped it would be.

Nintendo's president Satoru Iwata has said that the Wii has stalled due to its failure to release "the next thing". But is he talking about Wii 2?

Like a digital Swiss Army knife, these are the utilities and tools that are so useful you won't know how you ever did without them

Is the bargain in the shop in front of you really all that cheap? Your phone can let you know. Here's how.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas on your iPhone. Here's seven great Christmas-themed apps

Prophecy is a hazardous art when it comes to computers. We do know what's coming to the PC in the near future however, so read on to see the year ahead

If you want to compare big TVs sitting on the shelves, go shopping when there's sport on the TV.

Acer brings 3D to the masses with a 3D screen on a mainstream laptop

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..

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

A series of commercials directed by Fight Club director David Fincher for US phone company AT&T in 1993 is making waves across the net for its accurate representations of the future including video on demand and tollway E-tags.

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

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