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..

A bold drive whose attraction proves more than skin deep with great performance and a generous software suite.

Global Gaming Factory (GGF) is to propose to shareholders a new operating model for The Pirate Bay, whereby the entertainment industry would be reimbursed for downloads..

Microsoft and Yahoo have announced a 10-year search partnership that will potentially allow them to rival Google..

Bill Gates has decried the use of Facebook and other modern tech tools, claiming it took too much of his time and caused him too much trouble trying to discern who were his 'real' friends were.

Ever wished that connecting to the office was as easy as being in the office? Aruba Networks has made it happen with its RAP-2 devices – at a price that’s perfect for small business

Infamous BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay has been bought by Swedish software firm Global Gaming Factory X.

A new behavioural analysis module only adds to AVG’s capabilities, although it isn’t the most elegant marriage

Ambitious search project is 'almost' out, and so is Google's competing service.

A fierce protector when it comes to web threats, but merely middling elsewhere

Four Windows Mobile handsets, including a dual-SIM model, and more touchscreens.

A massive bundle worth the extra money, containing absolutely every tool a video producer might need.

Impressive and free antivirus and antispyware package

Movers and stinkers from the world of business

AMD is looking to expand its Stream project, which uses graphics chip processing cores to perform computing tasks normally sent to the CPU, a process known as General Purpose computing on Graphics Processing Units (GPGPU)..

Nokia is dropping its own business mobility solutions to concentrate on providing mobile email services for consumers..

OpenOffice wins big with users.

Search giant ready to cough up $200m.

Boardroom coup called off as investor is given seat.