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• What Telstra, others can learn from South Africa

  A mobile telecommunications revolution in Africa is bringing new economic opportunities to the world's most impoverished continent, while providing lessons that can help carriers around the world push into other low-value markets. Brad Howarth reports.

• 10 security problems unique to IT

  Organisations face a host of security concerns driven by the power of technology and the vulnerabilities inherent in its use. IT pros have to be vigilant about all these issues, from system penetration threats to hardware portability to employee turnover.

• Are you ready for AI?

  Artificial intelligence has gone beyond a gimmick to become a business tool you will almost certainly deploy in the future. But, as Simon Sharwood discovers, you may already be using AI without even knowing it.

• ISPs versus the zombies

  If providers don't pitch in against the threat, customers might defect -- and the health of the Net itself could suffer.

• US Senate approves electronic ID card bill

  Last-minute attempt fails to derail the bill, which with President Bush's signature would require federalised IDs for all Americans.

• A question of QoS

  All geared up for the new year and nowhere to go. This is how employees at a Sydney company felt when production drew to an abrupt halt due to the incompetence of its Internet Service Provider.

• Patent pending: The threat to tech

  An intellectual property executive warns that few firms will invest in next-generation technologies unless the patent-approval system gets fixed.

• How to cover your IT assets

  A narrow product focus has isolated IT asset management from business goals and other company assets for too long. Find out how the industry is redefining the asset management value proposition.

• The Internet worm comes of age

  The first Internet worm appeared 16 years ago and online security has never been the same, say security professionals.

• Avis bins PeopleSoft system after ,45m IT failure

  Car rental firm Avis Europe has taken a multi-million-pound hit on its bottom line due to problems with its IT.

• Will there be life after Microsoft?

  The pressure on Redmond seems to be intensifying, following a week-long string of "Is-there-life-after-Microsoft?" headlines: Gartner declaring Windows' permanent beta status, Ballmer acknowledging StarOffice challenges in Europe, IE-only developers lamenting their futures, plus a lot of pro-Firefox coverage.

• Profligacy, destruction and IT

  We frequently think of technology as saving the world, as a solution to older, dirtier business practices. But are we being a more than little nave?

• Sony, Microsoft playing the convergence game

  Sony and Microsoft confront consumer apathy as they attempt to turn game consoles into multipurpose entertainment gadgets.

• Security's disorderly mess

  Tech analyst Jon Oltsik says a new computing security conundrum presents a problem that's not easy to solve.

• Better tools let hackers strike more quickly

  Increasingly, attackers are using better tools to find vulnerabilities quickly, exploit flaws and hide their attacks.

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