James Niccolai - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by James Niccolai

Article | 8/01/2004 Intel to invest $200M in 'digital home'

Intel Corp will announce plans to invest $200 million in companies developing new types of hardware, software and networking products for the "digital...

Article | 17/12/2003 Microsoft SPOT watches to see light in January

Microsoft will use January's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to announce wrist watches and wireless services based on its Smart Personal ...

Article | 18/11/2003 Dell takes LCD TV line to 30 inches

Dell expanded its consumer offerings Monday by announcing two new LCD (liquid crystal display) televisions at the Comdex trade show in Las Vegas.

Article | 20/10/2003 IBM offers unlimited-user price for DB2 Express

IBM will announce a new pricing option Monday for DB2 Express, a version of its database software aimed at small and medium-sized businesses.

Article | 22/09/2003 Tibco upgrades products, sees 'predictive' enterprise

Tibco Software Inc. announced upgrades to some of its core messaging and integration products Friday, along with a longer term plan to develop softwar...

Article | 12/08/2003 Feared RPC worm starts to spread

Security experts on Monday warned of the first self-propagating virus to take advantage of a widespread vulnerability reported last month in Microsoft...

Article | 23/07/2003 French government funds video game development

The French government has set aside €4 million (AUD$6.95 million) this year to fund the development of video games to try to boost its standing in the...

Article | 11/07/2003 IBM PCs add extra security to Adobe Acrobat 6.0

Adobe Systems has tweaked the cryptography features in its Acrobat 6.0 software to let users take advantage of a security chip included with IBM's new...

Article | 2/07/2003 Consumer electronics industry rallies around Linux

In a move that could potentially bring Linux to the masses, eight of the world's top consumer electronics vendors have formed an alliance to promote d...

Article | 26/06/2003 Big names work on standards for digital home

Seventeen high-tech and consumer electronics companies have banded together to develop standards that should make it easier for home users to share di...

Article | 24/06/2003 Dell faces Dutch PC maker Monday at start of jury trial

Lawyers for Dell Computer are due to appear in court Monday for the start of a jury trial in which Dell is accused of selling PCs that infringe on tec...

Article | 18/06/2003 RealNetworks to unveil major European wireless deal

RealNetworks expects to announce a deal with a large European mobile operator next week that will see its software used to provide audio and video ser...

Article | 16/05/2003 Dell reports 18 percent jump in revenue

Dell Computer Corp. reported an 18 percent jump in revenue for its first fiscal quarter, citing strong demand for its Intel Corp.-based servers and st...

Article | 12/05/2003 Microsoft plans new Xbox Live pricing

Microsoft will offer new pricing in North America for its Xbox Live online gaming service, later this year. It will raise the price of its "starter pa...

Article | 11/04/2003 Microsoft expands Windows CE shared source program

Microsoft Corp. is expanding a program that provides access to the source code for its Windows CE .Net operating system, allowing device manufacturers...