Sarah Jacobsson - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Sarah Jacobsson

Article | 25/03/2010 GameCrush: Pay to Play (Video Games) with Hot Girls

Attention gamers: Do you often find yourself logging onto your <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/190946/xbox_live_invites_more_sharing.html?tk=r...

Article | 20/03/2010 Social networks, criminal networks?

One of Italy's 100 most wanted criminals was arrested in Isola Capo Rizzuto on Tuesday, thanks to his love of Facebook.

Article | 3/03/2010 Sexy iPhone app escapes ban, earns $10,000 in a week

At least one sexy app slipped under the radar of Apple's porn purge: picture-viewing app Tubes managed to pull in almost US$10,000 in the week followi...

Article | 28/02/2010 TigerText: The app for spies and cheaters

If you've ever sent a text message that you've later regretted sending (Tiger Woods, I'm looking at you), then a new texting application just released...

Article | 25/02/2010 Apple explains sexy app double standard

Apple's ban on sexy apps -- more than 5000 apps were removed from the app store over the weekend because they contained "overtly sexual content" -- ha...

Article | 22/02/2010 9 Gmail tips that will let you take a long lunch

I've used practically every Web-based e-mail program, from Hotmail to Yahoo to Chick Mail (seriously), and I have to say Gmail is awesome. But it coul...

Article | 18/02/2010 New Website PleaseRobMe highlights issues of sharing updates online

A new Website with the tongue-in-cheek name PleaseRobMe.com seeks to highlight the potential danger of updating the world, via social networking sites...

Article | 29/01/2010 Fujitsu says it owns rights to 'iPad' name, not Apple

Apple's iPad is barely a day old, and it's already facing legal troubles. Not terribly surprising, as "iPad" is hardly original -- and Apple has a his...

Article | 15/01/2010 T-Mobile and Eric Clapton pitch fender themed phone

T-Mobile announced Thursday a new Limited Edition myTouch 3G: Fender/Eric Clapton Edition android-based phone aimed at hardcore fans of the rock lege...

Article | 13/01/2010 Facebook allows you to reply to wall comments via e-mail

Facebook now allows you to reply to wall posts, status updates, and photo comments via e-mail, eliminating the need to log into your account first. Th...

Article | 19/11/2009 Oddball gifts for uber geeks

These Christmas gift ideas may surprise even the most hardened geeks in your life

Article | 11/09/2009 Tough tech: Rugged gear that can survive almost any calamity

You know that you should guard your expensive electronic equipment. You don't use your cell phone in the shower, you dive to catch a falling hard driv...

Article | 31/07/2009 Tech tattoos: The good, the bad, and the R U SRS?!

The great thing about geeks is that we just love our technology--operating systems, consoles, companies, gadgets, game characters--you name it, we ado...

Article | 30/07/2009 Kodak unveils 1080p, image-stabilized HD pocket camcorder

Kodak has announced a new high-definition pocket video camera, the Zi8, which captures video in 1080p HD. The Zi8 is a step-up in video resolution ove...

Article | 21/07/2009 Medicinal marijuana? There's an app for that!

We've seen a lot of unexpected, and sometimes cool, iPhone apps approved by Apple, but today's news might top the rest. Apple has approved a marijuana...