No matter how the hardware guys try to tone it down - it`s game on in the battle between Microsoft and Linux with Novell`s world-first, SA-originated bundling announcement.

Between Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri`s SNO buck-passing, Nexus Connexion`s legal action and Telkom`s sudden change in attitude, something is decidedly fishy in the telecoms industry.

After a long period of denial, I can no longer hide from the truth: my name is Georgina, and I am an SMS junkie.

Growing interest in radio frequency identification (RFID) tends to focus on its maturity and ability to gather information. But will enterprises be able to do anything with the huge volume of information they generate?

Novell was once a company to be reckoned with. Chances are it will be again.

Who really is to blame in a case where a man sends abusive threats to a company that refuses to stop sending him a barrage of spam?

A mathematical problem that might have just been solved could bring e-commerce to its knees.

Who or what made Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri ditch managed liberalisation of the telecoms market and go for the "big bang" approach?

With no sense of direction and an MTN cellphone, a girl can do anything in this town.

Last week saw good news for the telecommunications industry.

Many local businesspeople are finding it difficult to get excited about e-commerce in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles. However, others say we can`t afford to ignore its potential.

The communications minister is setting the SNO up for a fall in a manner that will allow her to wash her hands of the issue and proclaim that it is not her fault.

In the unedited archives of the online universe, even the most improbable tales gain a ring of veracity.