Tim Greene - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Tim Greene

Article | 23/03/2010 Dorm room, basement, garage, university lab?

The technology world is flush with businesses that occupy enormous campuses, some of which define the very cities where they reside. But all had humbl...

Article | 23/03/2010 Vendors ally with Microsoft at Voicecon

At Voicecon's opening Monday in Orlando, vendors are poised to push unified communications, and Microsoft is stepping into the spotlight by announcing...

Article | 5/03/2010 Cloud security, cyberwar dominate RSA Conference

SAN FRANSISCO -- Cloud security loomed over the RSA Conference last week as a major concern of business, but worry about the threat of cyberwar was al...

Article | 27/02/2010 Researchers find materials that could lead to super crypto chips

Researchers at Florida State University have discovered crystals that could lead to super security chips as well as contribute to the discovery of mat...

Article | 19/02/2010 Botnet revelation shows darker underbelly of malware

Information gathered about a newly discovered botnet called Kneber indicates that multiple infections by different malware on the same host could work...

Article | 15/02/2010 Intel experimental processor adapts to environmental challenges on the fly

Intel’s research labs have prototyped a resilient microprocessor that delivers as much as 41 percent more throughput using the same amount of energy a...

Article | 28/01/2010 Facebook tool could be exploited by cyber-bullies

A recent Facebook feature can be exploited to be a cyber-bullying tool in the wrong hands, a security vendor warns.

Article | 27/01/2010 F5 adds SSL VPN to its Big-IP

F5 Networks has added a new member to its Big-IP application delivery family that combines SSL VPN security with existing access control and WAN optim...

Article | 22/01/2010 MIT creates picture-driven programming for the masses

Computer users with rudimentary skills will be able to program via screen shots rather than lines of code with a new graphical scripting language call...

Article | 19/01/2010 Avaya lays out Nortel migration road map

Avaya tomorrow will reveal a road map that shows how its customers – in particular its newly minted Nortel customers - can move to unified communicati...

Article | 18/01/2010 Quiz: What were the first products from today's biggest tech companies?

Cisco, Microsoft, IBM: They all started somewhere. Take this quiz to see how well you know the humble origins of today's tech titans

Article | 15/01/2010 Nortel's bankruptcy: A year of major change

Thursday marks the end of a very busy year of bankruptcy for Nortel, one that saw painful dismantling of the once mighty telecom giant and that leaves...

Article | 13/01/2010 World's biggest cruise ship sails through wireless challenges

The world's longest cruise ship posed knotty wireless networking problems but also provided Royal Caribbean the opportunity to pounce on iPhones, touc...

Article | 12/01/2010 Skype and LifeSize may have HD video compatibility soon

Skype is introducing high-definition video calling that it plans to make interoperable with corporate videoconferencing gear, so individuals could joi...

Article | 6/01/2010 Y2K all over again in 2010?

A decade after the Y2K crisis, date changes still pose technology problems, making some security software upgrades difficult and locking millions of b...