Preston Gralla - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Preston Gralla

Article | 22/06/2007 101 Fantastic Freebies

Want to make your PC more productive, secure, informative, and entertaining? These downloads and services will do the trick -- and they don't cost a c...

Article | 21/06/2007 25 Web Sites to Watch

What's tomorrow's YouTube? The Web's next breakout hit may be one of these innovative, useful, and fun new sites.

Article | 17/05/2007 Keep Yourself Safe When You Surf

The Internet is a dangerous place full of scammers, privacy invaders, and hackers intent on turning your PC into a junk-message-purveying bot. And som...

Article | 15/05/2007 Turning a home router into a powerhouse

There's a lot more power lurking in your home or small-office router than you realize. It may be capable of tricks that powerful, multihundred dollar ...

Article | 15/05/2007 Techie Tools for the Internet and for Home Networks

Where do you spend most of your computing life? Probably on a network and online, either at work or at home. But while you probably know quite a bit a...

Article | 14/05/2007 Downloads for Getting the Most out of Vista

Microsoft unleashed Windows Vista on a complaisant world several months ago, and already 20 million people have installed it (according to the company...

Article | 8/01/2007 Wireless hot spot protection

Wi-Fi hot spots in airports, restaurants, cafes and even downtown locations have turned Internet access into an always-on, ubiquitous experience. Unfo...

Article | 19/02/2007 Hidden costs of a Windows Vista upgrade

The shiny, new Windows Vista beckons, and an upgrade is mighty tempting. But before you take the plunge, be aware that you may end up forking out a lo...

Article | 8/02/2007 New Vista firewall fails on outbound security

Microsoft has touted Windows Vista as giving significant security improvements over Windows XP, and it offers the Windows Firewall, with its new two-w...

Article | 2/02/2007 Windows Vista: 15 reasons to switch

Windows Vista is almost here. To anyone who has been sitting on the fence over whether to upgrade to Microsoft's new operating system, I'll say it lou...

Article | 29/12/2006 Internet Explorer: Top dog for good reason

Common wisdom holds that it takes Microsoft three versions to perfect a product. That's not quite the case with Internet Explorer -- it's taken Redmon...

Article | 23/10/2006 Just say yes to Internet Explorer 7

It's been a long time coming, but Internet Explorer 7 is here at last. If you're dying to get your hands on the new browser, you can go download it ri...

Article | 29/09/2006 Things to love about networking in Windows Vista

Vista is the first version of Windows created for a world where networks and wireless access are ubiquitous. One of Microsoft's goals in creating Wind...

Article | 25/09/2006 Microsoft releases interim Vista build

Microsoft has released an interim build of Windows Vista to 100,000 Customer Preview Program (CPP) participants. The new build is also available on Te...

Article | 6/09/2006 Microsoft plans sweeping Vista test plan

Microsoft Tuesday unveiled the details of its sweeping plan to get Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 (RC1) into the hands of millions of new testers a...