Despite the dire warnings of the doom mongers, there is still reason for optimism and, now more than ever before, we need to push forward and harness the new challenges that we face.

Don`t believe all of the bad press about our IT industry - it`s not as dismal as us parasitic journalists want you to believe.

A look at last year`s major IT and telecommunications happenings, with some predictions for the new year.

The Evolution takes an interesting turn on the Linux desktop by releasing version 1.0 of its e-mail client as well as a controversial paid-for connector for Exchange servers.

Avoid unwelcome Christmas guests by locking down at this dangerous time of year.

The issue of people development must be urgently taken into consideration if workplaces are to survive in the current world economy.

Although the IT industry is slowing down for the year, last week still saw many local companies reporting financial results.

Galeon salvages the best from the Mozilla project to create a lightweight yet feature-rich browser that ranks with the best of them.

We should say goodbye to complex computing. Computing should be as simple and intuitive as using a television.

Faced with the prospect of being removed from the local Internet scene for a while, I`ve considered which of the e-tailers I`ll miss most (or least) in the near future.

Last week saw the re-emergence of Workgroup and a flood of interim and local results.

The unstructured development process that made Linux strong could well be its downfall as developers and sub-communities head off in diverse and often contradictory directions.

An indulgent look, in anticipation of the movie, at how Harry Potter has changed the history of e-commerce.