Securing your Linux boxes against intrusion is a time-consuming task. Fortunately there are a number of open source applications that make the task just a little bit simpler.

Change need not be an intimidating enemy but rather an ally in the quest for personal fulfilment. All it takes is a little creativity.

The rand`s diminished status is hurting everyone, not least the market for imported software.

Just about two weeks remain for public comment on the Electronic Communications and Transactions Bill, before our "second Constitution" goes beyond civic hands. While some organisations recognise its importance, and danger, the public remains strangely unexcited.

If you have a few old computers lying around, or if you need to set up a low-cost network, have a look at the Linux Terminal Server Project for one of the easiest ways to set up a diskless Linux network.

We should pay ICASA more, or let Cosatu run Telkom, because either way telecommunications faces an uphill battle in SA.

Last week saw DataMirror`s hostile take-over bid for Idion, and shareholders` approval of the HP/Compaq merger.

Proof that while SA is no mobile phone backwater, it certainly ain`t top of the heap, either.

The police`s new toy, a mobile fingerprint-scanning device called the MorphoTouch, could be a very scary piece of technology if combined with the Hanis and identity smart card projects.

A scary case of overpricing coupled with advertisements of questionable motivation make me wonder if Microsoft knows what it`s doing with the Xbox.

The mega HP/Compaq merger still has the local and international IT industries abuzz with speculation as to which way shareholders will vote.

The world is constantly changing, and the only way to cope is to indulge in some creative business thinking.

The little AOL proves that business in SA needn`t be immature about cooperation.