This week's print edition of the Technology supplement is online too.. with a plethora of thought-provoking pieces:
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You've got (paid-for) mail
Advocates believe that 'paid-for' email schemes are essential to put a stop to ever increasing spam, but critics say it will lead to a two-tier internet. Charles Arthur reports. -
An online time and place for everything
Google's new calendar could entice you to put your pocket diary on the web - and never again worry about losing it. -
Living on the street with no name
Free our data campaign: The eagerness of public bodies to cash in on their data has created a black hole in satellite navigation systems. -
Simple pleasures hold key to the console's future
The growth of videogames that anyone can play and appeal to old and young alike are giving publishers a much-needed boost. -
IT is the magic ingredient to keep council services local
To some local authorities, the whole e-government strategy may already look like one giant Trojan horse. For the rest of us does this really matter? Asks Michael Cross. -
Jockeying for attention
Amateur film editors can subversively recut movies and adverts - The Shining as a feel-good film, West Side Story as a zombie flick. But will their work make the big studios smile or sue? -
NewsBytes
News in brief -
This tablet could be worth taking for now
Victor Keegan: If the holy grail of mobile communication is to have all the functions you need on a single device, then the long-awaited Nokia 770 is a deep puzzle. -
Technobile
Instant messaging requires patience, and newcomers need to be schooled in the subculture's etiquette, writes Wendy M Grossman. -
Read this week's letters
Send your letters, comments, questions and rants to tech@theguardian.com, and please include your address and post town. -
Can a Windows update actually be a downgrade?
Yes, and Microsoft performed one last week, when it released its latest Windows update, MS06-013. Along with the code to fix various security holes in Internet Explorer. -
Have you ever paid for sex.com?
Some people have, and it doesn't come cheap. Inflated domain prices may be the second horse of the online apocalypse - the first, of course, being startups getting huge cash inflows. -
Games
Games of the week: Guitar Hero | Tomb Raider: Legend | Driver: Parallel Lines -
Educative powers lost amid the violence
Games aren't just about base instincts, argues Aleks Krotoski. Yes, a disproportionate amount of fighting goes on, but there's a lot more to games than most non-players imagine. -
Ask Jack
Send your questions and comments to jack.schofield@theguardian.com. Published letters will be edited for brevity, but include full details with your query.
