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.

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.

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..

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

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.

Movers and stinkers from the world of business

Things that make you go aaaargh, including Vista, Bluetooth and other things that may or may not make you mad

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..

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.

Ever wondered which of your favourite Sci-fi films still holds up? Ian Thomson and Shaun Nichols looked at classics such as Jurrassic Park, War Games and The Matrix and found a few surprsies..

Flash drives may not take off until 2013.

OEMs continue to offer 'downgrades' to XP.

A group of developers claims to have succeeded in breaking the iPhone's SIM-lock, allowing users to equip the phone with a SIM-card that allows them to operate the device on GSM networks other than AT&T.

GPUs 'not just for gaming and movies'.

Apple, Microsoft, Adobe and Real under fire for not using DRM controller.

Experts sound alarms over early disclosure.

Company comes clean on retail site outage.

Search firm to place text ads within embedded videos.

Proposal would force sales of 'blank' PCs.

Company accused of misleading advertising.