Grant Gross - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Grant Gross

Article | 5/11/2008 E-voting: What will it take for a smooth election?

Tuesday's U.S. election may not be long remembered for widespread problems with voting systems, but there were at least scattered reports of problems ...

Article | 4/11/2008 E-voting groups are watching a handful of US states

Pamela Smith, a longtime critic of electronic voting machines, is worried more about long lines on Tuesday, election day in the US.

Article | 31/10/2008 Supporters lay out tech reasons to vote for Obama, McCain

Barack Obama could either raise taxes on corporations and worker savings plans if he becomes U.S. president, or he could focus on bringing broadband t...

Article | 30/10/2008 Miami woman sentenced to prison for Internet kiosk scheme

A Miami woman has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison and ordered to pay US$18.2 million in restitution for a scheme to sell Internet kio...

Article | 29/10/2008 ICANN proposes new way to buy top-level domains

ICANN is seeking comments on a proposal that would open up the market for generic top-level domains (TLDs) on the Internet, basically allowing anyone ...

Article | 22/10/2008 US gov't increasing efforts to fight ID theft, report says

The U.S. government has taken several steps to combat identity theft during the past two years, including increased prosecutions of criminals and decr...

Article | 21/10/2008 Where the US presidential candidates stand on tech issues

The 2008 presidential election gives CIOs and other IT executives a choice of two major-party candidates who are interested in technology-related issu...

Article | 20/10/2008 E-voting report: Several states still vulnerable

Several U.S. states still are not doing all they can to ensure the accuracy of votes over electronic voting machines and 10 states received inadequate...

Article | 16/10/2008 FBI: Several nations eyeing US cyber targets

About two dozen nations have developed cyber-attack capabilities and have their eyes on targets inside the US government or businesses, the top cyberc...

Article | 3/10/2008 Survey: Many computer users lack basic security precautions

Cybersecurity efforts in the US government and many businesses are improving, but many individual computer users still don't take basic precautions ag...

Article | 30/09/2008 Lawmakers call on DOJ to approve Google-Yahoo deal

A group of 11 members of the US House of Representatives has called for the Department of Justice to approve a proposed advertising deal between Googl...

Article | 29/09/2008 Groups pressure DOJ on Google-Yahoo ad deal

Critics of Google's proposed advertising deal with Yahoo stepped up the pressure on the US Department of Justice last week, as the agency decides if i...

Article | 26/09/2008 Radio show turns to wiki for listener suggestions

A popular New York radio show is taking reader participation to a new level -- by enlisting them to help produce the show through a wiki.

Article | 26/09/2008 Large ISPs endorse customer opt-in for Web tracking

Three of the four largest ISPs (Internet service providers) in the US said Thursday that they will adopt policies that require them to get meaningful ...

Article | 25/09/2008 Google's Page: White spaces test was unfair

Google cofounder Larry Page blasted as unfair recent interference tests of prototype devices that would deliver wireless broadband on unused televisio...