They say that behind every great man there’s a great woman, although these days it could just as well be the other way around..

From Silicon Valley to Station X during the Second World War, why Romania is teeming with software developers, and Zhongguancun in China where Microsoft is building its Chinese headquarters.

Last week, we looked at the geeks who created iconic technologies. This week, we examine the executives who pushed those technologies into becoming the basis of some of the largest businesses in the world.

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.

From the moon landing, to the rise of Apple and Google, we rate the most inspiring technology moments in history.

We've all had great ideas in idle moments that are either forgotten or impractical, but these are people who identified technological advances and made them happen..

The world wide web is celebrating its twentieth birthday. Over those last two decades, the web has changed the way society works, plays, and interacts..

Every industry has its share of villains, and the computing world is no different.

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

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

From the Commodore 64 to Microsoft vs Apple, we take a look at the top 10 fights in technology history.

A fortnight ago we reviewed the worst villains in computing history. But what would a villain be without a hero to battle with?

Equivalent of Austrian population now online.

Movers and stinkers from the world of business

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.

For every way that the web has improved life, it has also made things more complicated, frustrating and dangerous..

To honour John Hughes, we've listed tech movies that give you all an excuse to sit down with a DVD or two and enjoy tech in the movies..

Leo creator David Caminer passes on.

World robot Olympics start today.

The head of the UN International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has told delegates at the ITU Telecom World 2009 conference that the next big war will most likely be fought online..