This week, Trojan horses wreak havoc, cellphone users get attacked, Symantec employees get laid off, and new flaws appear and old ones get fixed.

Despite continual talk of establishing a software economy, SA`s international software producing ranking is relatively low. What needs to change?

Dave Glazier wraps up the week`s top news: Shareholders approve the MTN-Investcom deal, and ICASA Act becomes law.

This week`s launch of Virgin Money SA`s credit card was a marketing coup, with celebrity hype winning over news sense.

Is data transmission slowly wiping out the old-fashioned gossip session? There are advocates for both sides of the argument.

This week we explore shocking data breaches and vulnerable applications lists, and a couple of worms that get nasty.

The arrival of cellphone television begs the examination of an intriguing business case for Naspers` digital TV offerings and the possible longer term impact on society.

Have you ever hinted heavily and gotten exactly what you asked for? Try it, it works.

A quiet ICT week saw a few small acquisitions by some of the major international players.

This week, Business Connexion agreed to Telkom`s offer, and SARS cancelled a R1.5 billion tender.

This week we see another scintillating smorgasbord of spam kings, phishing and other attacks, as well as a worm called Yamanner that got the better of Yahoo.

While I fully endorse the idea of getting away from the office and spending some time on the golf course, this kind of indulgence can bring untold problems to journalists.

The cellphone industry is dying a slow death of unimaginative and copycat design.