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?

Look out for the new permanent CEO of Computer Associates. Rumours suggest it is between the current acting-CEO, Ken Cron, and Leo Apotheker, SAP AG`s president of Global Field Operations.

Almost three years after Microsoft entered the gaming console market, local gamers still can`t officially get their hands on the most powerful of the three next-generation consoles.

Prepaid makes it possible for poor people to pay good money for the right to speak to people they can`t see.

The aims of the ICT empowerment charter are noble, but how long will it take before we see real transformation?

Tired of yammering on relentlessly about how things don`t work, I have decided to do something about it.

In the absence of any new technology delivering the same benefits, mainframe systems stay in use for mission-critical computing. But what if the mainframe outlasts the skills pool that supports it?

It`s the new disorder of the Internet age. It`s called cyberchondria, and it`s catching.

The small gods of banking have conspired to make me take back all the nice things I`ve been saying about my bank.

Commerce One`s demise was the key international IT story last week, while locally we saw a further SNO delay.

Every week sees a crop of new technologies or new applications for older ones, but who makes sure the technology is usable?