Following a spate of badly organised ICT conferences, the big question is who is more unprofessional: the event planners or the delegates who don`t bother to pitch?
The new threat of onboard car computers getting viruses has brought out the best in doomsayers. However, it has to be admitted that it is such fun to ponder the worst possible car virus and hacking scenarios.
Just when we all thought that deregulation meant a new dawn for local telecoms, our communications minister has once again thrown a spanner in the liberalisation works.
While Telkom`s response to the VANS licensing issue was typical of a monopoly protecting its turf, Internet Solutions pulled no punches in defending the concept of deregulation.
Asia`s tsunami disaster has created a fertile breeding ground for the world`s weirdest conspiracy theories - and they are all there for spluttering over on the Net.
The silly season is most definitely upon us, as a host of bizarre techno gadgets hit the market. But isn`t a USB electric blanket more than a little stupid?
When I heard the SITA seat tender short-list was finally ready, I was under the delusion this would be seen as an early Christmas present for most companies. I was wrong.
The Internet activation needed to get the eagerly-anticipated PC game Half-Life 2 to work is a bugbear for many gamers.
Spammers are likely to be clogging servers well into the future.
If a black businessman can manipulate his political contacts to become super-rich in SA, should we see this as unethical or a milestone?
Now that Telkom has a genuine black empowerment shareholder, maybe it is time for government to start cutting its stake.
Isn`t it funny how, when you are a monopoly, you can do as you please with absolutely no concern for customer care? Telkom`s latest debacle once again states the case for a service-based market.