It seems I am not the only one frustrated beyond measure with the inanities of the service industry in SA.

Last week saw several new local country manager appointments.

A new mobile communication technology promises to give new life to the oldest form of wireless communication. But will this be the best thing since radio, or simply a crafty way of generating new revenue streams?

Harry Potter is not calling children to his banner of witchcraft and devil worship. Neither, for that matter, is Time magazine.

Last week saw the delay of Datatec`s Westcon IPO and the application for the liquidation of EC-Hold.

As part of the drive to make PCs more accessible to all South African citizens, some software developers are targeting language barriers, but will this achieve its objective?

Isn`t it funny how, when you are a monopoly, you can do as you please with absolutely no concern for customer care? Telkom`s latest debacle once again states the case for a service-based market.

There should be some kind of e-mail licence that people have to earn to ensure they understand the difference between real information and utter rubbish.

Last week saw a flood of international quarterly results that were proportionally significantly better than this time last year.

Radio frequency identification (RFID) advocates have whipped the media into a near frenzy about the technology`s potential to revolutionise the business world. When are we going to see delivery on this promise?

Ken Kesey, author of Sometimes a Great Notion, understood that society persecutes its greatest sons and daughters and kills off their ideas. Let`s hope Google desktop search`s creators don`t find that out.

The goings on in the local telecoms industry over the past few years read like the script from a bad science fiction movie, except that maybe this time the conspiracy is real.

US election insanity prevails, and what better place to spectate than on the Internet?