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

Can the PC maker beat off the iPod.

DVD isn't so bad after all, is the message coming from Toshiba. Maybe our massive DVD collection won't be redundant after all..

Taser device has 1GB of music storage and a 50,000 volt bite.

Format wars starting to get silly.

New code should make life easier for Linux and Solaris users.

Dirty secrets revealed in emails.

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.

Steve Jobs has unveiled Apple’s revamped media player range for the crucial Christmas sales period and announced a major software update for the iPhone..

Students enrolling at the Missouri School of Journalism this autumn will be required to own an iPhone or an iPod Touch..

UK man gets broken iPod for invention.

We take a look back at the tech products that were so overdone by marketing hype, that by the time they were released, most failed to meet expectations.

Humanity safe for now.

Apple has released a massive security update containing 47 fixes for a host of platforms..

Microsoft has extended its attack on Apple over pricing with a new advert that claims it would cost US$30,000 to fill the latest 120GB iPod using iTunes purchases..

Equivalent of Austrian population now online.

Intel has announced the official beta release of Moblin 2.0, the open-source operating system designed for netbooks.

Apple co-founder also voices concerns over the iPhone.

Another nail in the coffin.

Proprietary version of wireless USB.