The latest bee in ICASA`s bonnet has to do with getting rid of handset subsidies - but does the regulator really think consumers need this kind of help?

Banking the unbanked is all well and good, but education is desperately needed for those who are not familiar with computerised interfaces.

The local scene was dominated by telecommunications news last week, with financial results from MTN, Telkom and Vodacom.

With certain things, like fashion, "less" can be "more", but some would argue that when it comes to technology, sometimes "more" is "less".

The temptation is immense. Rather than continue to perpetrate the same tired old headlines on readers, IT journalists are starting to develop mainstream sensibilities.

The recent stream of complaints from users who can`t access their favourite porn sites just proves that Internet use has shifted somewhat from its original purpose of sharing important information.

Several significant acquisitions dominated the international ICT market last week, while at home there was little of great significance.

I recently read that we`ll be able to download our memories to computers someday. Good. Maybe then I`ll be able to find my car keys.

Last week was quiet locally and internationally, but this could be the lull before the storm breaks prior to the long Northern Hemisphere summer break.

As the Americans and Europeans debate the pros and cons of biometric IDs, perhaps we should be taking note.

Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri`s recent statement: "I don`t want a sector to be monopolised by people who do not look like me", warranted the outrage that followed.

After a 10-year break, Finders Keepers is back in the Sunday Times magazine, but this time with a new dynamic: the Internet.

The latest software piracy figures show Zimbabwe is the worst piracy culprit in Africa.