Technology in print: is chip and pin good for us, Sweden's political pirates, the horror of Notes and much more

It's time for the weekly Technology section, and it's another bumper week...

• The magic numbers: will chip and pin for retail transactions fight fraud, or just let banks offload it? Guy Clapperton investigates
• Pirates pursue a political point
  A new Swedish party aims to abolish the copyright laws that criminalise file sharers, reports Gwladys Fouche.
• Survival of the unfittest
  Lotus Notes is used by 120 million of people, almost all of whom seem to hate it. How can a program be so bad, yet thrive? Charles Arthur reports.
• A sharp increase in the value of paying attention
  Jack Schofield: Unless you are browsing anonymously, companies are collecting personal data, and they are going to get better at it. Who should own it: them or you?
• Pick your best shots to rev up the rewards
  Victor Keegan: An American friend told me last week that some of the hottest talk among venture capitalists was about Revver.com, a website enabling you to upload your videos in an easy way and get paid for them.
• Online tax gets positive return
  This year, more people than ever filed their self-assessments on the web, but more work remains, writes Michael Cross.
• Games of the week
  Shadow of the Colossus | We Love Katamari | Dead or Alive 4
• Gamesblog: finally, games are getting in touch with our feelings
  Aleks Krotoski: It is accepted in the offices of top-flight publishers and research firms that tapping the emotional font is necessary for games if they wish to continue in their bullish trend.
• Technobile
  Kieren McCarthy: Concerns grow about internet users who are dangerously addicted to Google. Quick, read it now!
• Read this week's letters
  Send your letters, comments, questions and rants to tech@theguardian.com, and please include your address and telephone number; we'll only print a town name, not your full details
• 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. Please visit our Ask Jack weblog for daily updates.
• Newly asked questions
  • Why did Dell discontinue its hard drive MP3 player?
    The PC giant's decision to stop selling the Dell DJ may be the final indication that the economies and tactics of the PC market really don't work in the consumer electronics space.
  • Did eBay sales predict the Superbowl winner?
    The 'eBay sales' idea was simple, playing on the 'wisdom of crowds' idea, which suggests that large bodies of people acting independently will make better predictions than a few acting together. Pity it failed completely on this topic..
  • Why are AOL and Yahoo set to charge for receiving email?
    Because they are trying to thwart spammers, and make a bit of cash on the side.
  • How is the blogosphere doing?
    It's in rude health - but you might as well give up if you ever hope to be able to read everything about a given topic.