Grant Gross - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Grant Gross

Article | 5/11/2007 Online privacy policies need work, advocates say

Online privacy policies need to be easier to understand and more conspicuous because few people now actually read them, said panelists at a U.S. Feder...

Article | 31/10/2007 7-year Internet tax ban heads to president

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a seven-year extension to an Internet tax ban, the final step before the legislation heads to President...

Article | 30/10/2007 U.S. FTC: More spyware-fighting tools needed

Organizations and law enforcement agencies fighting spyware are making progress, but new tools in an antispyware bill stalled in the U.S. Congress cou...

Article | 30/10/2007 Verizon income up due to wireless, fiber growth

Verizon Communications posted net income of US$4.2 billion for the third quarter, up 19 percent from a year ago, driven largely by new wireless and fi...

Article | 25/10/2007 US Poll: Internet video should be regulated

More than half of U.S. residents want the government to regulate Internet video in some way, according to a poll released this week.

Article | 24/10/2007 US trade rep launches campaign against counterfeiting

The Office of US Trade Representative (USTR) will seek to negotiate a voluntary anticounterfeiting trade agreement with several major trading partners...

Article | 23/10/2007 Microsoft signs deal to work on international development

Microsoft has joined with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and other development organizations to attack AIDS and other humanitar...

Article | 23/10/2007 Intel: US Patent reform still needed

The US technology industry has faced dozens of lawsuits by "patent speculators" in recent years, and it's time for Congress to fix problems with the p...

Article | 17/10/2007 Microsoft abandons appeal of Korean antitrust ruling

Microsoft has filed a request to withdraw its appeal of a South Korean antitrust ruling against the company, Microsoft said this week.

Article | 16/10/2007 US Tech group calls for new cybersecurity legislation

Members of the Business Software Alliance (BSA) have called on the U.S. Congress to pass legislation that would address new types of cybercrimes and i...

Article | 9/10/2007 Vonage settles Sprint's patent claim

VOIP provider Vonage Holdings has settled a patent dispute with Sprint Nextel by agreeing to pay Sprint about US$80 million, the two companies announc...

Article | 9/10/2007 Google, IBM promote 'cloud' computing at universities

Google and IBM have teamed up to offer a curriculum and support for software development on large-scale distributed computing systems, with six US uni...

Article | 9/10/2007 McAfee to buy SafeBoot for US$350M

Security software vendor McAfee will acquire SafeBoot for US$350 million in an effort to expand its large-business product line, the company announced...

Article | 5/10/2007 Microsoft launches online e-health service

Microsoft has launched an online health-care service designed to help patients take control of their health records and monitor their medical conditio...

Article | 1/10/2007 Survey: Consumers only think they're cyber safe

Most U.S. consumers believe they're protecting their computers against cyberattacks, but their actions indicate they aren't as safe as they think, acc...