David Smedley - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by David Smedley

Article | 8/03/2000 Telstra announces record half-year profits

The strong growth of new technologies has boosted the half-year profits of telecommunications giant Telstra to a new record.

Article | 6/03/2000 Goodbye to The Old School

Online education is emerging as a hot area of e-business as more training sites emerge offering courses in everything from basic training to professio...

Article | 6/03/2000 More ads than you can poke a click at

Companies serving up ads to Web sites are doing a roaring trade.

Article | 28/02/2000 Security worries most net users

More Australians are set to go online this year, however security online is still a major concern.

Article | 28/02/2000 Less than 10 per cent ready for GST

ANewspoll survey finds most businesses are unprepared for the GST.

Article | 23/02/2000 Surfing the slopes in NZ

In preparation for this year's New Zealand ski season, Travel.com.au has established a "virtual" Website for consumers intent on a season in the land ...

Article | 17/02/2000 LookSmart: Organisation the Key to Profits

The best way to make money on the Internet is not by "providing" content, but by "organising" it, according to search engine guru and LookSmart head, ...

Article | 16/02/2000 Primus introduces new DSL and ASP services

Primus Telecommunications has continued a busy week with the launch of its Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) service, Jetstream, and its second foray into...

Article | 11/02/2000 The Internet for Dummies (Australian Edition)

Okay. So you've been handing over your hard-earned cash to your ISP for about 12 months now, and you've got as far as watching your kids log onto kidz...

Article | 9/02/2000 Search engine looking for local interest

Investors can expect Nasdaq-listed LookSmart to raise capital on the local market following news it plans to apply for a compliance listing on the ASX...

Article | 8/02/2000 Inprise draws on Corel

The local industry can expect "very little change" in the operations of Corel and Inprise after the companies $US2.44 billion merger, according to Inp...

Article | 7/02/2000 'Net stocks are fool's gold': Macquarie Bank

Some publicly listed Internet startups have less than six months to live if they continue current earnings trends, Macquarie Investment Management's c...

Article | 1/02/2000 Information service suffers 24-hour delay

The ASX's 20-minute delayed market information service has been suffering technical problems after the system failed to go live yesterday.

Article | 1/02/2000 Crime pays for providers

A $15 million contract for a national DNA database - the next stage of the Federal Government's national police information system known as CrimTrac -...

Article | 28/01/2000 E-tail giant heads Down Under

US etail giant Amazon.com has finally made a move down under by taking a 50 per cent share in John Fairfax Holdings' f2 Investments.