I am a winner - I have an e-mail that says as much.

Last week was dominated by the billion-dollar acquisitions made by AMD and HP.

This week`s crime awareness smorgasbord includes new bits of adware, spyware, spam, vulnerabilities and artificial intelligence.

Throwing resources at developing a software engineering industry in SA is pointless if there is no market. Something needs to be done, but what?

In the US this week the equivalent of R70 billion changed hands in just two IT business deals.

An increasing number of companies are discovering that an integrated supply chain can help them spot problems earlier, grow revenue and cut costs.

ICASA may be unwittingly hampering the country`s aims of growing economic output.

A tale of a bank with a charge of fraud against it - for 33c.

At long last, the Electronic Communications Act and the ICASA Amendment Act were passed into law last week.

This week we see more on Microsoft, hackers strike databases, click fraud soars, and revising anti-spam law in the UK.

When it comes to broadband Internet, SA seems destined to wait forever. At least there is no need to wait for VOIP.

Hitting the headlines this week was the EC Act`s promulgation, a R750 million purchase for the SNO, and the lowering of broadband prices.