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..

Movers and stinkers from the world of business

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.

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

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

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.

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..

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.

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..

OpenOffice wins big with users.

Google reinforces service to run faster and support new features.

Apple users told to get new e-mail address for Messenger service.

New systems feature remote repairs and better battery life.

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

Redmond's bid to create a new tech juggernaut looks like failing.

Researcher finds glaring holes in new Apple OS.

System will automatically block copyrighted material.

iPod maker expected to kick off home entertainment offensive.

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