The "war of words" between Bill Gates and Larry Ellison at Comdex and the Hewlett family`s rejection of the HP/Compaq deal made headlines during the past two weeks.

Bridging the digital divide is not only about providing broadband access to the Internet, but more importantly about delivering applications best suited to the African continent.

I would not be at all surprised if Absa re-evaluates its free Internet offering and deems it unsustainable.

A glimpse at an educational utopia in which technology implemented at various stages in the education value chain could change the world as we know it.

The secret to successful project management is establishing a sense of purpose within a team.

A new technique that allows administrators to run multiple instances of Linux on one box using just one kernel opens up a range of new options for hosting companies.

Hiring may be the way of the future, but ownership is important to a consumer like me.

The Pollyanna in me can still see the silver lining to the thunderhead darkening the local e-tail landscape.

The delay in Telkom`s IPO and the sudden plunge in Prism`s share price had the IT industry abuzz last week.

Microsoft`s Windows XP is not just an operating system. It is a marketing campaign and a service that is marginalising its competitors, and others.

Open source developers now have a range of options available to them if they want to escape the command line interface.

Online service providers are becoming part of the online furniture - and those that get it right are making certain tasks just slightly easier than they have been in the past.

Last week saw continued speculation about the eventual fate of Siltek and its various divisions.