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..

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

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.

The latest edition of the Ubuntu Linux operating system has been released.

Company will use "protocol agnostic" controls to manage traffic.

Climate-modeling cluster to top 67 teraflops.

IBM to showcase 3Mbps encoding system.

Copyright bloodbath to end at last.

Proof-of-concept code could run without user knowledge.

New systems feature remote repairs and better battery life.

IBM's Roadrunner system has once again been verified as the fastest supercomputer on the planet..

Financial institutions bullish on new system, but privacy concerns loom.

The formal release of Windows 7 is still months away, but the new operating system is already being given the thumbs-up by industry analysts..

'Essjay' episode could change makeup of user-driven encyclopaedia.

This week we examine a few of those true 'killer apps,' and what they have meant to computing

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..

System will automatically block copyrighted material.

Solid state storage vendors have been breaking records with a new generation of solid state drives (SSDs)..

Big guns form Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization.

Google's plans to develop a Chrome-based operating system will not pose any immediate threat to Microsoft, according to industry analyst Charles King..