Stories by Michael Gowan

Article | 9/08/2004 MPee3 invites browsing for tunes
While users are turning away from free peer-to-peer services like Kazaa under threats of industry lawsuits, worries about spyware, and dissatisfaction...
Article | 24/11/2003 See and be seen Web camera
Apple has a gift for taking existing technologies and making them more simple and elegant to use — and that talent has never been more evident than wi...
Article | 18/07/2003 The users’ guide to user reviews
Mike Woznicki has been reviewing computer hardware, software, books, and videos on Amazon.com for the past five years. Woznicki, an IT manager and tec...
Article | 9/07/2003 Apple's ITunes Music Store is a winner
If you're hunting for music, tunes in quantity are available on peer-to-peer services, such as Kazaa, which offer millions of songs. You can't predict...
Article | 18/05/2002 Requiem for Napster
We gather to mourn the passing of Napster -- or at least mourn its evolution into a different virtual life-form.
Article | 23/05/2001 Apple ships all Macs with OS X
Apple is now shipping its Mac OS X operating system on all Macintosh systems, which will soon also ship only with LCD monitors. The company also unvei...
Article | 11/01/2001 Cross-platform products help Windows, Mac cohabit
Like those feudin' families the Hatfields and the McCoys, Mac users and Windows users perpetually debate over which operating system is better. But ma...
Article | 14/12/2000 Next: smaller, faster, wireless streaming media
Admit it: You don't care what it takes to get your audio and video streamed to you. You just want to get it, and you want it to work. At the Streaming...
Article | 24/05/2000 How It Works: Instant Messaging
Instant messaging is moving out of the playroom and into the office. Here's how messages get to you instantly.

Best Deals on PCWorld

Mobile PhonesView all »
NotebooksView all »
TabletsView all »
Printers & ScannersView all »
Networking, Wireless & VoIPView all »