If you’re disappointed or angry about treatment by a guru, then take a look at the new report from Unguru.me and you’ll see that you’re far from alone. And what the report says about gurus largely applies for many others, such as IT consultants, stockbrokers, real estate agents, and mobile phone salespeople.

Microsoft giveth and Microsoft taketh away. After handing out the pre-Christmas 2010 gift of Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 they’re doing the exactly opposite with Windows SteadyState which will not be available for download after 31 December this year. This puts Windows XP and Windows Vista users of this handy management tool for shared computers into a bind — but it doesn’t affect Windows 7 users because they can’t use it anyway!

President Barack Obama achieved notoriety in BlackBerry-loving circles because he loved his handheld so much he insisted he continue to use it in office, despite past precedent that U.S. Presidents not compose e-mail. Yet, the National Security Agency may have been proven correct after a report by Fox News that the President’s BlackBerry has been hacked!

If you were a celebrity stuck in a lift, what would you do while waiting to be rescued? 

HTML clipboardNo wonder Skype has trouble providing accurate call rates for Australia. They seem to think it's in Europe!

Tired of being ripped off for three years, the surviving members of the legendary UK comedy team Monty Python have launched their own YouTube channel.  Is this the right room for an argument?

The 2008 Ig Nobel Prizes have been dished out at the 18th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony at Harvard's Sanders Theatre. Can comparing cat and dog flea jumping ability really spur people's interest in science, medicine and technology? Heck, you ain't seen nothing yet...

Opinion: Computers and IT used to be fun once. Have we lost the plot? Maybe... or maybe not.

Ian Usher has not coped brilliantly with the ending of his 8 year marriage. In fact, as everything seems to remind him of his failed relationship he has decided to do something about it: sell his entire life on eBay.

Broadband deprivation, Vista, Linux, Telstra, Microsoft, Yahoo, iPhone, spambots, phishing, climate change ... It's all getting too much for me. Won't these technology issues ever go away!