Last week saw a boost for both the empowerment charter and second national operator (SNO) processes.

The advent of Bluetooth was greeted with much enthusiasm, but with new wireless technologies on the horizon, is the Bluetooth era already over?

After a three-day ordeal with the Discovery Health call centre, I have further evidence that even the best-architected IT solutions are not 100% idiot-proof.

The Internet is in a mess. It`s time somebody cleaned it up.

The acquisition of Intelsat by a consortium of private equity partners and the Google initial public offering (IPO) dominated international IT news last week.

Microsoft`s long-awaited Windows XP Service Pack 2 is barely out of the starting blocks and already there has been a fair amount of criticism. But is that criticism fair?

Having been billboarded with the suggestion that we should say things like "spafe" (spontaneous, yet safe) and "modtro" (modern, yet retro), I`ve decided to comply. I think the IT industry is better for it ("befot").

Telkom`s trademark infringement case against Hellkom has sparked an interesting legal battle, but it is ultimately a perceptual war the monopoly can never win.

Jumbling the letters of people`s names to produce humorous results has long been a pursuit of wordsmiths. Now the fever has hit ITWeb`s offices.

Last week saw further progress on the ICT empowerment charter as well as the continuing squabbles surrounding the proposed staff cuts at Telkom.

As South African companies clamour for cheaper bandwidth, others blame the 'greed` of local ISPs for the poor state of Internet development.

Around August every year, I usually try to regain lost balance by focusing on something other than work. It`s tough, if not impossible.

Estate agents, the very people who are supposed to make purchasing a house simple, endeavour to make the process as complicated and unpleasant as possible. The Internet provides a solution.