From Betamax to Amiga, here's a list of those IT innovations that fell under the bulldozer. Some were cruelly robbed of their advantage, others threw it away with bad management

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..

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

As we bring our Information Overload summit to a close, we have decided to name and rank the biggest culprits for the overload, the issues which more than anything else are causing companies to drown in a deluge of data..

The Mayan prophecy might be counting down, but the science behind the new film 2012 might leave a few people confused. We look at what the film got right and what is best left to conspiracy theorists.

A father and son team have completed an arduous 3000km journey across Australia on an ex-'postie' motorcycle, all for the sake of proving that the impossible can be done with expensive Polish alcohol

Wireless in-car connectivity centres are gaining popularity thanks to 3G and burgeoning 4G services. We take a look at a couple of the bigger examples and investigate how they're changing the way we drive.

High-profile short films from around the world are now getting made on DSLR cameras, thanks to rapidly improving sensors and prices. Judge for yourself, with these five videos made with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II.

AMD/ATI and its partners made quite a splash with the recent release of the 5 series GPUs, and is creating a lot of excitement about what future iterations of the cards will be able to do

It’s not cheap, but it’s powerful and cleverly constructed to make the most of the components.

So, the last big name has fallen. HP gave out in April 2008, and both Dell and Toshiba's resistance crumbled by the autumn. But it's taken Sony until the middle of 2009 to produce what it confesses to be a netbook, the VAIO Mini W Series.

We like the ambition of producing a low-cost BlackBerry, but until it drops in price there’s too much competition.

Some of the wildest, weirdest and most useful gadgets and gizmos for kids - or big kids at heart

Make this year’s biggest games shine with glorious high-detail, thumping sound and the best accessories

The strange, the antique and the downright geeky – we chronicle the 10 best (and worst) vintage tech advertisements of all time

Bringing destruction to life on screen is a everyday job for the effects wizards behind the upcoming film 2012. In fact, the filmmakers produced a whopping million gigabytes of data

A stunning piece of design to rival any Apple offering, and the price is surprisingly reasonable

Part laptop and part nettop, the Gigabyte Booktop M1022M is the first netbook we’ve seen that overcomes the ‘3 USB problem'.

Well priced, with a robust chassis and touchscreen option that make it a good choice for classroom use, and any one else wanting a netbook that's a little bit different

Simon Hackett's electric Tesla Roadster is making the most of its rapid recharge facility in Australia's Eco Challenge; as other challengers show off their fuel efficiency in the 3000km race.