M2 Telecommunications has made an offer to acquire People Telecom in a combined stock and cash deal worth about $17 million.

TELSTRA chief operating officer Greg Winn says the federal Government's attempt to censor the internet is akin to trying to "boil the ocean".

Balancing the checkbook is a tense chore for an unemployed IT consultant and his wife. Their story is becoming less unique.

While consumers wait for a mass-market electric auto, carmakers show off vehicles under development and those already being used.