The other story that created a firestorm was entitled Grey hairs slowing convergence uptake, which appeared on October 4, 2006. Mention grey hairs and not surprisingly, there is a revolt.

While grey hair is one of the joys of aging, the other is developing a great sense of humor.

Despite the sensitivity surrounding age, readers relied on humor to make their point in every single letter that I received.

The message is clear - humor improves with age.

There was a bit of confusion in the IT security industry this week following an announcement by the Department of Defence that government agencies are no longer required to buy products from the Defence Signals Directorate's (DSD) approved product list (EPL).