Tom Spring - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Tom Spring

Article | 20/11/2000 Pushing the portable MP3 player envelope

From the looks of things at Comdex it won't be long before ballpoint pens and key chains will be able to play your favourite song.

Article | 7/11/2000 IBM gets fashionable with wearable mobile phone

Are Tiffany's and Cartier about to be challenged by IBM? The company once famous for its white shirt-black tie uniforms is leaping into the world of f...

Article | 26/10/2000 AOL, Microsoft revive browser wars

Watch out: Tech goliaths America Online (AOL) and Microsoft are gearing up for another rumble. On the same day that AOL 6 debuted, Microsoft released ...

Article | 5/10/2000 Netscape Revamps Site and Browser Beta

Netscape is unveiling a redesigned Netscape.com, highlighting simpler access to small-business services and applications. Also, many bugs are fumigate...

Article | 22/09/2000 Iomega ships digital music player

Iomega is hoping its next big hit will be on your hip. The storage maven is entering the crowded field of portable digital music players with the rele...

Article | 19/06/2000 Excite@Home upgrades searches

Excite@Home has launched a new search engine this week, geared to making search results more relevant and easier to navigate.

Article | 13/06/2000 IBM makes Linux portable

Windows alternative Linux got a boost Monday when IBM expanded its support for the operating system, saying it will preload it on upcoming ThinkPad po...

Article | 2/06/2000 Net2Phone gets you yapping online

Net2Phone wants to remove the geek barrier from PC-to-telephone calls over the internet.

Article | 25/04/2000 Gates: Windows Is Glue

Microsoft promotes voice, video, and music streaming from Windows on systems from Pocket PCs to servers.

Article | 13/04/2000 Doing the Jailhouse Rock

Interested in those powerful new tools for swapping MP3 files? So's the FBI--and the crackdown begins next month.

Article | 5/04/2000 You've Got Broadband Content

Starting tomorrow, America Online Inc. (AOL) moves into bandwidth overdrive, for the first time piping media-rich content to broadband users of its AO...

Article | 24/03/2000 ThinkPads Go Wireless

IBM partners with TDK to put Bluetooth technology on ThinkPads, WorkPads.

Article | 9/03/2000 Bug Bites Dell Notebooks

Owners of Dell Latitude and Inspiron notebooks might find their computers have a hard time waking up after drifting into sleep mode.

Article | 3/03/2000 Shopping Wirelessly

Wireless firms want you to think of your mobile phone as a shopping mall, wallet, and credit card

Article | 25/11/1999 A Peek at Communicator 5.0

Netscape is being secretive about its latest version of Communicator, but sneak peaks at the browser reveal a sleeker, leaner and speedier browser.