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.

Company continues to increase market share.

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.

This week we examine a few of those true 'killer apps,' and what they have meant to computing

Movers and stinkers from the world of business

Smartphone software developer continues market dominance.

There is a world beyond the eternal Apple-Microsoft battle, Mozilla tellsApple.

A new report is predicting that sales of Blu-ray discs will top 100 million by the end of 2009..

Proposal would force sales of 'blank' PCs.

Company gives up on HD-DVD.

'Competitive battleground' taking shape as data proliferates.

Flash memory branches to create new company.

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.

New hardware and remote management tools target mid-sized firms.

Linux machines hit market as vendor announces major deal with Wal-Mart.

Big Blue could see big trouble in EU.

Intel is revealing new details on its forthcoming Larrabee chip. The new graphics processor is Intel's foray into the high-end graphics market currently dominated by nVidia and ATI..

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

Google's plans to develop a Chrome-based operating system will not pose any immediate threat to Microsoft, according to industry analyst Charles King..