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.

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

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.

There is a world beyond the eternal Apple-Microsoft battle, Mozilla tellsApple.

Sony is giving users their first glimpse of the upcoming DC Universe online game. And it's for both PS3 and PC (sorry, no Xbox).

Ah the irony. Battling the IE giant, Mozilla sets a "World record" event to publicise the new Firefox 3, only to see its servers swamped and downloads slow to a crawl.

IBM to build chips for world's largest radio telescope.

Cyber crooks take attacks offline.

Cyber crooks take attacks offline.

Industry reflects on 60th anniversary of invention.

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..

Testing of release candidate not helped by beta upgrade, say developers. Testers have been told to turn around and go back to Vista for better results.

Google browser open to 'carpet bomb' attack, other flaws.

Sex chatters flock to teen-friendly site.

Unless you've been living in a cave for the last week, you've witnessed the wholesale hysteria being launched over the recent Swine Flu outbreak..

Game companies looking to launch Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) should give up hope of charging subscription fees, according to researchers.

Latin America design contest zooms in on local demands.