Tim Lohman - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Tim Lohman

Article | 6/04/2009 Telstra announces premium SMS consumer safeguards

Telstra has moved to head off further industry regulation through announcing plans to implement new safeguards to protect its customers from unwanted ...

Article | 6/04/2009 NSW govt ups first home owners grant fraud detection

The NSW Government will soon have a new weapon to combat fraudulent claims for the First Home Owners (FHO) grant. The NSW Office of State Revenue (OS...

Article | 2/04/2009 ACCC questions Hutchison, Vodafone merger

The ACCC has warned that the proposed merger between Hutchison and Vodafone, announced on February 9th, could lead to increased prices for mobile tele...

Article | 1/04/2009 Telstra goes live with T-Suite SaaS platform

Telstra has announced that its software as a service (SaaS) platform T-Suite has gone live. The platform, launched in beta in November last year, allo...

Article | 1/04/2009 New phone-based Taxi payment service launches

Taxis.net.au has launched a new service which allows passengers to book and pay for taxi trips using a 3G-enabled mobile phone, PDA, Blackberry or via...

Article | 31/03/2009 Internode pumps up Tasmania's data capacity

ISP Internode has announced will be boosting its data capacity between Tasmania and mainland Australia through a new deal with Basslink.

Article | 30/03/2009 Vodafone, Lebara launch new pre-paid mobile service

Netherlands-based MVNO Lebara Mobile has partnered with Vodafone Australia to launch a new prepaid mobile SIM card service for local and international...

Article | 30/03/2009 Hammond Care implements DR, WAN optimisation

Health care provider Hammond Care has implemented a business continuity solution designed to reduce traffic over its network while integrating with it...

Article | 26/03/2009 New security threats, data integration, affecting cloud adoption

Questions around security, vendor openness and cost continue to hold back cloud computing adoption in Australia, according to analyst firm IDC.

Article | 25/03/2009 Ten years after Melissa, malware, worms still haunt IT

She may be just about to turn 10, but the Melissa virus has given birth to many children since she was born on March 26, 1999.

Article | 24/03/2009 More doubts surface over enforceability of ACMA's blacklist

With the leaking of the supposed Australian Communication & Media Authority's (ACMA) URL “blacklist”, further doubts have been raised over whether suc...

Article | 20/03/2009 First look: Internet Explorer 8.0 loves add-ons, search and acceleration

Amid increasing pressure from competing products from the likes of Google, Mozilla and Apple, Microsoft has released the biggest upgrade to its flagsh...

Article | 20/03/2009 GNOME 2.26 big on device, messaging integration

Like gum to a shoe, the GNOME Project has stuck to its six monthly release schedule again, issuing version 2.26 of its open source desktop environment...

Article | 14/10/2005 Linksys and Skype make VoIP consumer play

Linksys has joined with Skype to make a push into the consumer and SOHO voice over internet (VoIP) market.

Article | 10/10/2005 Lenovo gives little away at consumer launch

Chinese PC vendor, Lenovo, has unveiled a little more of its plans for a move into the consumer market.