Two British boffins in the running.

First challenger for Google Lunar X-Prize.

Machines approach Turing Test threshold.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is giving away a series of large cash prizes for the discovery of Mersenne prime number discoveries. A record breaking 12-million digit prime recently scored its finders a $100,000 cash prize.

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.

Machines approach Turing Test threshold.

Video playback, traffic info and coursework are the order of the day.

Prizes for best third-party tools.

This year's Nobel Prize for Physics has been given to three men behind fibre-optics and digital photography..

Want to know what's really going on in the world of internet security? Post your questions for one of the world's most well-known figures in data security, Eugene Kaspersky, CEO and co-founder of Kaspersky Lab

The results for the latest week of our competition are in - we've picked 5 winners to receive a Belkin Rockstar.

The results for the latest week of our competition are in - we've picked 5 winners to receive a Belkin Rockstar.

Samsung Euro Championship offers US$100,000 in prize money.

As you may be aware, we've been sorting through piles of worthy reader comments for the winners of our Mwave competition. It's been a big job, and here are the winners

Academic project to solve "humanity's grand challenges" sounds like sci-fi fans dream with classes on AI, robotics, cognitive computing and biotech

An annual hacking conference in Canada is offering enterprising hackers $10,000 in cash and phone prizes for finding vulnerabilities in smartphones such as the iPhone, Android and Blackberry.

To the many users who took part, a big thanks, a $500 prize for one of you, and some info on what you've asked to see on the PC Authority Web site.

Well, the wait is over. Cue the drum roll, as we announce the PC Authority site winner of a spanking new Lenovo X300 notebook. Also, new stuff for our forum users.

We're running a survey to find out more about you, dear reader. Fill out the online survey, and you can win $500, not to mention helping us make the PC Authority site even better.

The results for the first week of our competition are in - we've picked 5 winners to receive a Belkin Rockstar.