Grant Gross - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Grant Gross

Article | 28/09/2007 Microsoft, others protest Google's DoubleClick deal

Google's proposed merger with online advertising server DoubleClick would create a giant that would control a huge portion of online advertising and h...

Article | 26/09/2007 Dell to go 'carbon neutral' by late 2008

Dell will neutralize its carbon emissions and become carbon neutral by the end of 2008, Chairman and CEO Michael Dell announced Wednesday.

Article | 26/09/2007 Cisco, China's Haier in home networking deal

Cisco Systems has entered into a partnership with Haier, the largest manufacturer of large home appliances in China, that will allow the companies to ...

Article | 21/09/2007 Inventors protest patent reform bill

Patent reform legislation before the U.S. Congress would kill the value of patents and allow companies from other countries to steal U.S. intellectual...

Article | 21/09/2007 Senators push for Internet tax ban

Three Republican U.S. senators on Thursday called on Congress to pass a permanent Internet tax ban before a moratorium expires Nov. 1.

Article | 19/09/2007 BSA collects $3.5 million from firm for infringement

The Business Software Alliance has collected a record settlement of nearly US$3.5 million from an international media firm that was using unlicensed s...

Article | 18/09/2007 Privacy groups: Google's call for standard not enough

The US government still needs to block or impose conditions on Google's acquisition of online advertising server DoubleClick, despite Google's call fo...

Article | 7/09/2007 Judge strikes down part of US Patriot Act

A U.S. district judge has struck down a part of the antiterrorism-inspired Patriot Act that requires telephone and Internet service providers to turn ...

Article | 7/09/2007 US DOJ questions net neutrality rules

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission should resist calls to impose net neutrality regulations on broadband providers because such rules could hu...

Article | 31/08/2007 MS ANTITRUST - DOJ: Settlement has benefited consumers

The 2002 antitrust settlement between Microsoft and the U.S. government has yielded several benefits for consumers, with competing Web browsers, multi...

Article | 31/08/2007 Lockheed Martin begins to deploy IPv6

U.S. government contractor Lockheed Martin has begun to move part of its network to IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) as a way of showing customers h...

Article | 28/08/2007 Unlocking the iPhone could invite DMCA suit

Hackers who unlock Apple's iPhone from the AT&T network and share the method with 10 million of their closest Internet friends are inviting a lawsuit ...

Article | 27/08/2007 Matsushita to cover direct costs of Nokia's battery recall

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (MEI) will cover the direct costs of a battery recall affecting 46 million Nokia mobile phones, which could be as h...

Article | 10/08/2007 AT&T says it didn't censor rock band Pearl Jam

U.S. rock band Pearl Jam is crying fowl after an AT&T webcast censored politically themed lyrics by lead singer Eddie Vedder, but the telecom giant sa...

Article | 9/08/2007 Study: Search engine privacy policies improving

Search-engine providers have begun to compete with each other on privacy protections, but the U.S. still needs to adopt a national privacy law, says a...