From flying cars to hoverboards, and AI to lasers, we delve into 10 technologies from a list of iconic films and find out just how close we are to making each a reality

Smart chaps the ancient Greeks.

Criminologist promises statistical likelihood of an individual becoming a murderer.

New technique predicts actions before they take place.

Analysts predict bumpy ride for personal networking technology.

Universal players will become the norm, says ABI Research.

The Nintendo Wii continues to dominate sales, though analysts predict the PS3 is catching up. Interestingly, the PC remains the "most used" gaming platform.

Teething troubles overcome, says research.

Analysts predict increased chunk of chip sales.

New TomTom GPS models claim to predict your trip with 'eerie' accuracy - filling us with a mixture of wonder and fear.

New numbers out today from market research outfit Jon Peddie (JPR) predict worldwide growth for PC gaming hardware shipments and regional market share to be “amazing”.

Lays out new chip and cloud plans.

Vertical integration key to internet/TV convergence, says analyst.

Analysys International says new chips are vital for Intel' s future.

Long been considered the Holy Grail of online funding, Micropayments were once hailed as the next big thing in internet commerce. But somehow, they just never took off. We delve into the days before Paypal ran the show.

The SUNA traffic network have taken extra steps to improve their GPS traffic services by utilising taxis, hoping that the city's busiest motorists will help the rest of us get to work faster

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

SuperSpeed USB due next year with speeds of 3GBps touted for external hard drives and peripherals.

1.5 billion smartphone browsers to ship by 2013.