Elizabeth Heichler - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Elizabeth Heichler

Article | 8/06/2010 Researchers: Poor password practices hurt security for all

A large-scale study of password-protected Web sites revealed a lack of standards across the industry that harms end-user security, according to two re...

Article | 25/05/2010 WCIT: Kroes positions Digital Agenda as crucial to recovery

With Europe's debt crisis top-of-mind for many delegates to the World Congress on Information Technology opening in Amsterdam Tuesday, European Commis...

Article | 8/02/2010 Apotheker is out as SAP CEO

Leo Apotheker has resigned as CEO of German ERP giant SAP, the company disclosed on Sunday. The decision was by mutual agreement with SAP's supervisor...

Article | 15/11/2009 Google, plaintiffs submit revised book search settlement

Right up against a deadline to submit a revised settlement agreement to a judge overseeing a lawsuit filed against Google by the Authors Guild and the...

Article | 26/09/2008 EmTech 08: Mundie's bets are on 'first life'

The dramatic increase in compute power unleashed by multicore processors will enable applications that blend virtual representations of the real world...

Article | 14/07/2008 Yahoo rejects MS proposal, seeks bid for entire company

Yahoo Saturday night rejected a joint proposal from Microsoft and investor Carl Icahn that had called for a restructuring and the sale of Yahoo's sear...

Article | 18/06/2007 eBay anywhere

Developer conference outlines how eBay will move to a more accessible approach to online auctions

Article | 9/02/2006 Speech vendor Nuance buys Dictaphone for $357 million

Acquisition-prone speech technology firm Nuance Communications continues to bulk up. On Tuesday it disclosed plans to buy Dictaphone, a major player i...

Article | 31/12/2004 Sony's Connect Co. to hone focus on digital media

Sony Corp. has set up a cross-company working group dubbed Connect Company to focus on the digital media market, the U.S. office of the Japanese elect...

Article | 12/05/2003 Small businesses to get more from Yahoo in Q3

When Yahoo rolls out a new e-commerce offering in the third quarter of 2003, small-business owner Lynne Bingham predicts that at least one of the pro...

Article | 13/12/2000 The stories that made IT headlines in 2000

As the year draws to a close, PC World takes a look at some of the major technology news stories of 2000.

Article | 29/03/2000 MS/DOJ - Judge Won't Rule on Microsoft Tuesday

According to a voice message at the U.S. District Court where Microsoft's antitrust trial has been conducted, Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson will not b...

Article | 23/12/1998 What made news in 1998: The Top 10

Will 1998 be remembered as the year the balance of power shifted in the IT industry? What was once an upstart PC clone-maker bought out one of the mos...