Linda Rosencrance - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Linda Rosencrance

Article | 19/06/2002 AlltheWeb.com claims to outpace Google

Search engine AlltheWeb.com claims it has out-Googled Google Inc. by indexing more Web pages than its rival.

Article | 2/05/2002 Melissa virus creator sentenced to 20 months in prison

The computer programmer who created the Melissa virus was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison today for unleashing the virus that infected thousa...

Article | 22/03/2002 Bug-reporting standard proposal pulled from IETF

The authors of proposed standards on reporting software security holes have withdrawn the document from the Internet's main standards-setting body, th...

Article | 5/03/2002 Be Inc. is not to be

Unsuccessful computer operating system vendor Be Inc. said Tuesday it will dissolve its business March 15 and delist from the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Article | 26/02/2002 Truste, AT&T to bring privacy protections to wireless

AT&T Wireless Services has become the first wireless carrier to display the Truste privacy seal on its Web site.

Article | 21/12/2001 Startup has designs on Web documents

Since 1996, the staff at Case Western Reserve University's School of Medicine had been looking for a tool that would let faculty and students mark up,...

Article | 6/11/2001 IBM donates software to open-source community

IBM Corp. Monday said it is donating US$40 million in software to a new independent, open-source community.

Article | 22/10/2001 Red Cross warns of Trojan horse

The American Red Cross is warning people of a credit card-stealing Trojan horse program sent via e-mail that looks like it comes from the disaster-rel...

Article | 19/09/2001 W3C recommends online accessibility guidelines

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has issued recommendations to ensure that the Internet is accessible to people with disabilities.

Article | 14/09/2001 US ATTACK: Consumers urged to be aware of relief scams

E-mail protection and consumer advocacy groups are warning users to beware of online terrorism-related scams.

Article | 27/07/2001 New Telnet hole affects some Unix-based servers

A security hole discovered in a Unix-based operating system can allow remote hackers to gain complete access to or crash the Web server. It is unclear...

Article | 3/04/2001 Microsoft steps up fight against Internet piracy

Microsoft said Monday that it has joined with law enforcement and several software companies to fight software piracy and online fraud around the worl...

Article | 11/08/2000 Amazon, Toysrus.com teaming to sell toys online

Amazon.com and Toysrus.com - two of the big names of internet-based retailing- this week announced that they're teaming up to launch a new co-branded ...

Article | 26/07/2000 AOL Rivals Unite to Force Open Instant Messaging

Leading technology and instant-messaging (IM) companies Tuesday united to pressure America Online to open its instant-messaging service.

Article | 26/07/2000 Online Privacy Gets a Boost

Truste, a leading privacy seal program, has joined forces with 12 high-tech companies, including Microsoft, Intel, AltaVista, Verizon Communications a...