The apprentice has outstripped the master, as evidenced by the inefficiencies of a company to which the Johannesburg municipality has outsourced its services.

Last week saw the $1.9 billion acquisition of AFC by Tellabs and two other $1 billion+ acquisitions in the telecommunications sector.

There`s no shame in not wanting to look. The past week proved that the Internet can be a dangerous, venal, petty and occasionally disgusting place.

The use of digital photography and the Internet to spread images of torture and execution are unlikely to change the nature of war - just our perception of it.

Last week saw the release of the third draft of the black economic empowerment charter.

The religious seriousness with which ordinary people approach blogging is astounding.

A recent trip down memory lane led me to discover a dark side of the Internet about which no one ever warned me.

A series of irritating phone calls sets journalists wondering exactly what it is that PR agencies are doing to safeguard their clients` image.

Last week saw the Meta Group`s annual METAmorphosis 2004 conference, with the theme "The Adaptive Organisation: Building value by remodelling for IT flexibility".

A US jury has found the man who listed Amazon.com guilty of obstruction of justice. Therein lies many a lesson.

They have signature taglines in their e-mails. They have a vocab of sounds for video games. They probably read EULAs. Geekhood is incurable, and it`s spreading.

There is a lot of buzz around location-based services (LBS) in the cellular industry at the moment. But is it a passing fad or here to stay?

An incident of off-road rage makes me acknowledge the value of an online crimewatch organisation.