Highlight of 2006: The inaugural meeting of the Internet Governance Forum. This was a talking shop, but a talking shop involving all internet stakeholders – governments, academics, internet specialists, civil society, business. Something that holds out hope that there will be real progress towards a global “information society”.

What to watch in 2007: Terrorists will try but fail to bring down the internet by attacking the main domain name routing computers. Nothing will appear in the media to avoid alarming users. Oh, and in the trend to using consumer electronics in business, office workers will have their computers replaced by Sony Playstation 3s but will be warned they face the sack if they play games on them.