Joris Evers - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Joris Evers

Article | 16/05/2005 Microsoft to slim down Windows XP for older PCs

Microsoft is readying a slimmed-down version of Windows XP for users who want to upgrade their Windows operating systems but not their PCs.

Article | 16/05/2005 Microsoft readies PC security, tools bundle

Microsoft is readying a new consumer security product that offers virus and spyware protection, a new firewall and several tune-up tools for Windows P...

Article | 12/05/2005 Microsoft to simplify licensing lingo

Aiming to make the licensing terms for its products less complex, Microsoft plans to publish in July a shortened and simplified version of its "Produc...

Article | 11/05/2005 New Microsoft Office release coming in 2006

Microsoft plans to release a new version of its Office productivity software next year, company Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates said ...

Article | 11/05/2005 Microsoft unwraps Windows Mobile 5.0

Microsoft, as expected, unveiled a new version of its operating system for mobile devices that it says offers increased reliability, improved hardware...

Article | 4/05/2005 Microsoft recruits bloggers to preview Longhorn

Revving its Longhorn marketing engine, Microsoft is forming a team of bloggers who will get early access to prereleases of the operating system and wi...

Article | 29/04/2005 Microsoft revenue falls short of expectations

Citing a mixed enterprise software environment, Microsoft on Thursday reported year-over-year increases in revenue and net income for its third fiscal...

Article | 29/04/2005 Xbox chief calls for more casual games

Robbie Bach, Microsoft's chief Xbox officer, loves to talk about gaming, but not yet about the new Xbox game console that Microsoft is slated to unvei...

Article | 28/04/2005 Public Windows Server R2 beta slightly delayed

Microsoft has slightly delayed the public release of the second beta version of Windows Server 2003 R2. The test version will be available in the next...

Article | 27/04/2005 Corel adds e-mail client to WordPerfect suite

Corel on Tuesday announced a small business version of its WordPerfect Office 12 suite that includes a new WordPerfect Mail e-mail client.

Article | 26/04/2005 Microsoft aims "Metro" at Adobe

The next version of Windows will include a new document format, code-named "Metro," to print and share documents, Microsoft said Monday. Metro appears...

Article | 26/04/2005 Samsung and Microsoft to "flash" hard drives

Samsung Electronics plans to show a prototype hard-disk drive that includes flash memory, promising lower power usage and less hard disk drive trouble...

Article | 22/04/2005 Forgent sues Microsoft over JPEG patent

Forgent Networks has added Microsoft to the list of companies it has sued alleging infringement of a patent for a data compression technique it claims...

Article | 14/04/2005 Mac, iPod sales bring Apple record earnings

Apple Computer on Wednesday reported record quarterly earnings and revenue on significant increases in Macintosh computer and iPod digital media playe...

Article | 13/04/2005 Second Windows Server 2003 R2 beta to start soon

Microsoft later this month plans to release a second beta version of Windows Server 2003 R2, an update to Windows Server that the vendor plans to ship...