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

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.

Ever wondered what a particular acronym stands for? Find the answer in our comprehensive reference guide to computer industry acronyms. RTFM!

What will you be buying, using and drooling over this year? Tim Dean looks at the astounding products and technologies due to hit in the next 12 months.

Nathan Taylor explores the world of wireless technology, from WANs, LANs and PANs - what we've got and what's to come.

Businesses should beware of technology for technology's sake, warns analyst.

New wireless standards, better user interfaces and innovative displays coming soon.

Peer-to-peer networking is one of the Great Internet Treasures. David Kidd looks at the future of file sharing, and how to get the most out of it.

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

Sound specialist looks to the internet.

Toshiba’s resident portable computer visionary speaks about hardware design, Vista, and the future of notebook tech.

The chip giant outlines the future of mobiles, including screen piggybacking and multi-radios combining WiMax and WiFi. Zara Baxter reports from the massive Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai.

Klausner Technologies demands $360m for 'visual voicemail' system.

Convergence will revive end-of-life technologies, Cisco predicts.

MSI's new motherboard is based on the Intel 865, or Springdale chipset, heralding the arrival of a host of new technologies (such as support for dual-channel DDR-RAM, AGP 8x and SATA) in Pentium 4 boards. These technologies have been commonplace in Althon boards for more than six months, and it's been an agonizing wait for many Pentium 4 fans.

A wealth of web server load-balancing and traffic-management features; ideal for those on a tight budget.

Can you imagine a time when computers didn't have GPUs? Here are graphics technologies that helped take computing out of the lab and into the hands of consumers and professionals