Any takers?

That no one found anything in Affinity worth buying must surely cast a big shadow over Personal Broadband Australia.

What's in the public good

The importance of the internet should be considered when funding is being allocated, writes Nicholas Gruen.

Eee not all right for everyone

Last week, a feisty debater challenged us to justify our decision to purchase an Asus Eee mini-notebook - the toy, as he dubbed it - when Hewlett Packard's new 2133 model is clearly a more potent offering.

Standing on the outside

With smaller players perennially sidelined by preferred supplier agreements, Australia is unlikely to be the breeding ground for any global IT giants.

Selling the sizzle

In the face of tightening economic conditions and fiercer competition, vendors are trumpeting their communications efforts loudly, Chris Morris writes.

Chart a new course

It's time we stopped thinking of hierarchy and started stressing purpose, governance and corporate culture to attain superior performance, Mary Ann Maxwell writes.

Spinning wheels

The honeymoon is over, and the Rudd government needs to drop its grandiose symbolism, sharpen its fiscal razor and rein in IT trough feeding, Julian Bajkowski writes.

Wiki model virtually as easy as it gets

At the intersection of open-source software and virtual computing lies a great business opportunity. MindTouch Deki Wiki is a case in point.

Software upgrade asleep at the wheel

Fast moving metal objects such as cars generally benefit from the addition of brakes, and these brakes are usually applied when you need your metal object of choice to do one thing. Stop.

Gershon flies into heated reception

When Sir Peter Gershon files into mid-winter Canberra next week to cast his ruler over the Federal Government's sprawling computer inventory, he will be treated to a small-town spectacle that strikes at the very heart of why so many public sector IT projects here often fail

A tweak in time saves the eyes

If PCs were shoes, hardly anyone's would fit comfortably. For some reason, few of us take advantage of Windows' custom settings. With a little tweaking, life can be a whole lot easier.

NEO wins over Outlook

It's not often we can begin a column advising to buy this product, but if you're a Microsoft Outlook user, that's our recommendation for NEO by Caelo Software. This is how Outlook should have been designed.

Pay up or your document gets it

We're very excited to be reporting to you this week from the FBI headquarters in downtown Sydney, Australia, where we have moved our operations in response to the recent spate of document kidnappings.