Broadband over power lines technology remains controversial. Is it the answer to our prayers, or a faulty technology that will never deliver on its promise?

The Department of Communications` strategy for 2006/07 seems to focus on talking about talks, instead of actually getting things done.

We need only look to automated payment stations in parking garages to see why it`s not a good idea to replace airplane pilots with computers.

The European Union`s (EU`s) warning to Microsoft dominated the international ICT scene last week.

Easy-as-pie malware kits, eBay user account info for sale, and robot armies lying in wait come into focus as eEye steps in where Microsoft does not.

Technology is increasingly becoming part of our lives, but as exciting as it can be, I would stop short of defining myself in terms of it. How about you?

This week saw Telkom workers following through on their promise to strike, and details of the e-mails aimed at removing Zuma supporters from government.

The Freecycling phenomenon in SA has sparked a question of safety: do you really want a stranger pitching up at your front door to pick up your old sofa?

Hellopeter.com has given South Africans a fantastic opportunity to air their gripes about bad service.

The delays to Microsoft`s Vista operating system and the new version of its Office software dominated international headlines last week.

The past week was characterised by a hangover from the foreign IT skills recruitment debate and criticism of ICASA over various issues.

There are few things more frustrating than software that doesn`t work properly. Surely these things are tested before being unleashed on unsuspecting users?

This week the focus is on combating phishing, the MS Vista delays, different kinds of malicious malware, and a kind of "Idols" for security geeks.