From Betamax to Amiga, here's a list of those IT innovations that fell under the bulldozer. Some were cruelly robbed of their advantage, others threw it away with bad management

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..

There’s so much to like about this package that it might just be worth switching operating systems to get hold of it.

So, the last big name has fallen. HP gave out in April 2008, and both Dell and Toshiba's resistance crumbled by the autumn. But it's taken Sony until the middle of 2009 to produce what it confesses to be a netbook, the VAIO Mini W Series.

Be the most connected home on the street with these tech toys for getting your family online.

A hugely likeable phone that excels at web browsing and manages to just live up to its ambitious name.

A stunning piece of design matched with excellent battery life, but with an Atom inside the price is surely too high

MSI’s Wind Top AE1900 takes on the touchscreen nettop competition, but singularly fails to excite.

A stunning piece of design to rival any Apple offering, and the price is surprisingly reasonable

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

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

A Sony Ericsson designer has confirmed that the company is working on a second installment to its Pureness simple phone brand, and it could get even simpler

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?

Apple is prepping a Snow Leopard update that will kill off support for the Intel Atom chipset, preventing users installing the OS on inexpensive netbooks

Well priced, with a robust chassis and touchscreen option that make it a good choice for classroom use, and any one else wanting a netbook that's a little bit different

The cheapest way to get OS X, but it has all of the MacBook Pro’s shortcomings and more of its own

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

The Dell U2410f features breathtaking image quality, but the price is steeper than most are willing to pay for it.

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.

Apple has released its sixth security update for its Mac operating systems this year, with a huge 32 out of 58 accompanied by the phrase “may lead to arbitrary code execution”, which in the vendor’s jargon means critical..