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..

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

As we bring our Information Overload summit to a close, we have decided to name and rank the biggest culprits for the overload, the issues which more than anything else are causing companies to drown in a deluge of data..

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

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

A father and son team have completed an arduous 3000km journey across Australia on an ex-'postie' motorcycle, all for the sake of proving that the impossible can be done with expensive Polish alcohol

An explosion in high-def Personal Video Recorders with VoD services, like the TiVo and Telstra's T-Box, is making it harder and harder to justify paying for Foxtel each month

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

High-profile short films from around the world are now getting made on DSLR cameras, thanks to rapidly improving sensors and prices. Judge for yourself, with these five videos made with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II.

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

Windows 7 may be fresh on the shelves, but new job vacancies on the Microsoft website show that work on Windows 8 is already underway

We've packed the latest issue of PC Authority with a massive 101 desirable tech gift ideas including DSLRs, home theatre, sport, and Xbox, PlayStation and Wii accessories. Plus, get your free antivirus protection on the cover DVD

We like the ambition of producing a low-cost BlackBerry, but until it drops in price there’s too much competition.

It's not quite Foxtel IQ and it's isn't TiVo either. The T-Box lets Telstra users watch movies and TV from the Bigpond site, as well as record and watch digital TV

Bringing destruction to life on screen is a everyday job for the effects wizards behind the upcoming film 2012. In fact, the filmmakers produced a whopping million gigabytes of data

More digital Swiss Army knife software, including Linux utilities and tools that are so useful you won't know how you ever did without them

TiVo have doubled their drive capacity, introduced IPTV capabilities, vast amounts of new content and better home networking options. But can the marketplace handle another content provider?

Output just about any document as a PDF file

The European Union has finally agreed the last details of the Telecom Reform Package, and decided that citizens' internet access can be restricted if necessary, but only after a "fair and impartial procedure including the user's right to be heard".

Wireless in-car connectivity centres are gaining popularity thanks to 3G and burgeoning 4G services. We take a look at a couple of the bigger examples and investigate how they're changing the way we drive.