Movers and stinkers from the world of business

iPod maker expected to kick off home entertainment offensive.

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..

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.

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..

Google browser open to 'carpet bomb' attack, other flaws.

Scottish supercomputer said to be ten times more energy-efficient.

Security updates pile up for Apple browser.

Researchers at Intel are coming forward with a new process which could cut the power consumption for transistors..

Retrieval of cryptic password could one day allow for the installation of custom applications.

Redmond takes second shot at iPod killer with pre-orders and pricing revealed for the new Zune HD media player..

According to security software firm McAfee, yearly malware growth is on pace to smash records.

The 3.0.7 update for the browser promises multiple security patches as well as stability fixes.

All the data on AMD's new Radeon lineup, including the 4870 X2 which clocks in at 2.4 teraflops.

Game companies looking to launch Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) should give up hope of charging subscription fees, according to researchers.

Photonics project hits new benchmark.

Script-kiddie virus authoring tool starts churning out custom exploit code.

A US federal judge has issued a ruling to halt sales of the RealDVD disk-copying tool..

iPhone, Android and Windows Mobile smartphones could be vulnerable to attack warn security experts at a US held BlackHat conference..