The speculation Microsoft is receiving poor feedback from the purchasers of its latest operating system, Windows 8, has allowed many to wonder if this is a moment similar to the disastrous launch by Coac-Cola of a new "Coke" some 30 years ago which was hated by customers.

As the rate of technological innovation accelerates, we are not only seeing a new generation of digitally enabled, entrepreneurial businesses emerge, but likewise, traditional industries are being disrupted and existing small and medium businesses are being given a renewed competitive advantage.

What I find far neater about Dada Engine variants, however, is that they can produce some pretty epic prose, not just bureaucratic drivel. Again, I played around with a variant of the Engine for a while and came up with such gems of wisdom as: "Art is nothing more than noise" and "truth is the greatest lie".

Google has helped to secure the legacy of Bletchley Park, the wartime HQ of Alan Turing and Britain's heroic codebreakers, by launching a new online m...

After years of hype, 2012 was the year when the cloud made its mark on the enterprise agenda. As it becomes a necessity for businesses across the globe lets take a look at the state of the cloud computing industry and some of my predictions for 2013.

The world's oldest computer has been resurrected and rebuilt. 'The Witch' was first designed in 1949 as part of Britain's atomic energy research ef...

Sexism in science reinforces an outdated message. It underlines the fact that, for young women, sexist attitudes are a barrier to their involvement in science and technology.

A t-shirt which allows the wearer to share their Facebook status, Tweets, photos and songs with anyone who walks past has been demoed on the streets o...

Microsoft expects to sell a "few million" Surface tablets - and has warned that it will not "leave any space uncovered" for Apple. In a speech to t...

It may have been called 'Internet Doomsday' - but the decision to switch off a temporary fix to a virus which could have thrown thousands offline appe...

In either instance, assuming Moore's Law holds true for the next few years, by 2030 it seems I could reasonably expect to hold a computer in my hand at least five hundred times as powerful as the one I have today.

The 100th anniversary of the birth of Alan Turing has been marked all over the world - but at the University of Manchester over the weekend the celebr...

An IBM supercomputer has regained its place on the list of the world's fastest machines for the United States. The IBM Sequoia took the number one ...

We have become used to the idea that every year computers get faster, chips get smaller and... well, our iPads get cooler. But now we may be approa...

'Visionary' is one of Linus Torvalds' - creator of Linux - least favourite words. His license plate may read 'King of the Geeks', but ahead of fin...

Whether you're browsing Facebook on your mobile, sending a Tweet, Skyping someone on the other side of the world or using your supermarket loyalty card, IT is behind it all. IT is everywhere, but as our dependency on it grows, as does the opportunity for inefficiency.

When humans, machines and the internet get together, what will the future look like? Michael Chorost's fascinating The World Wide Mind takes us through a journey of all the possibilities.

It may look like nothing more than a bit of metal with legs, but the humble transistor is responsible for the function of every single modern electron...

There isn't a day that passes without an article talking about the demise of PC and desktop computing in favour of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.

I can't code. I wouldn't know where to begin. As an avenue of learning, I've not so much missed the turning as driven to the wrong city. Such attitudes to coding are, it seems, quite widespread.

A computer intended to cost just $25 (£15) has surprised its creators by netting thousands in an online pre-sale. The Raspberry Pi computer is aim...

Yesterday, I decided that I'm finished with Apple products. You might think this is a trivial decision. But how wrong you are. This has been one of the hardest decisions I've ever had to make. I want to say it's not you, it's me, but that would be a lie. It's entirely you. I'm totally blameless, you have ruined my life.

What more can be said about the visionary co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, that has not already been said in the thousands of obituaries flooding the ...