Ian Paul - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Ian Paul

Article | 16/01/2010 Gag prize awarded in Apple Tablet scavenger hunt

Technology blog Valleywag says it has a winner in its Apple Tablet scavenger hunt offering prizes to anyone who can provide proof the mythical device ...

Article | 15/01/2010 Google Earth reveals the devastation in Haiti

Google responded to the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti earlier this week by working with satellite imagery company GeoEye to quickly make image...

Article | 14/01/2010 Tech tools tell the story of earthquake in Haiti

The worst earthquake to hit the Caribbean in 200 years struck Haiti on Tuesday. The 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck near the Haitian Capital of Port-a...

Article | 13/01/2010 Facebook tracks your every move, employee claims

Facebook is tracking your every move on the site -- or so says one purported Facebook employee, according to an anonymous interview with the Rumpus. I...

Article | 13/01/2010 Apple tablet frenzy hits new heights

Now that this year's Consumer Electronics Show is history, gadget hounds are turning their attention to a rumored Apple event on January 27, when it i...

Article | 12/01/2010 Facebook CEO challenges the social norm of privacy

Lost in the flurry of products announcements at last week's Consumer Electronics Show was Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's suggestion on Friday that som...

Article | 5/01/2010 Google's Nexus One event: What to expect

Google's special event on Tuesday morning, when the company is expected to launch a Google-branded superphone, the Nexus One.

Article | 5/01/2010 Google's Chrome tops Safari: Is Firefox next?

Google Chrome hit a milestone over the weekend when it became the third-most popular browser after Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox, ac...

Article | 31/12/2009 Xbox Live headed to Windows Mobile devices?

Microsoft may be bringing Xbox LIVE to Windows Mobile devices perhaps as early as the launch of Windows Mobile 7 expected late 2010, according to rece...

Article | 29/12/2009 Amazon: Kindle is most gifted item ever

Amazon's Kindle e-book reader hit a watershed moment on Christmas Day, when, for the first time ever, customers purchased more Kindle books than physi...

Article | 29/12/2009 Chrome netbook specs stretch believability

Interest in Google's Chrome OS is heating up with the emergence of new rumors about specs for an upcoming netbook. The device would supposedly have a...

Article | 24/12/2009 OLPC plans super-thin, super-cheap tablet

The nonprofit group One Laptop Per Child wants to produce a touchscreen tablet computer by 2012 that will cost less than US$100. OLPC released its dev...

Article | 20/12/2009 What's cheaper: replacement ink, or a new printer?

With inkjet printer prices so low, and inkjet replacement cartridge prices so high, is it cheaper to replace your printer instead of buying new ink? T...

Article | 17/12/2009 Twitter's top trending topics of 2009

Did you know that Twitter users are a bunch of Super Bowl cheering, American Idol watching, Google Wave using music lovers? That's according to Twitt...

Article | 10/12/2009 Google Chrome for Mac: First Impressions

Google has finally released the beta version of its Chrome browser for Mac. As expected, the new browser is lacking some features that its Windows cou...