Katherine Noyes - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Katherine Noyes

Article | 27/04/2011 Save money and trees with green printing tools

Companies and organisations come in virtually countless shapes and sizes, but one thing that tends to unite them all is at least some reliance on prin...

Article | 20/04/2011 Ubuntu 11.04 'Natty Narwhal' to star on Kogan laptops

With the final version of Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" just around the corner, excitement about the new Linux release is reaching a fever pitch. Now, ...

Article | 15/04/2011 Five hot features coming to Google's Chrome browser

The pace of browser development seems to be reaching breakneck speeds as Mozilla, Google and Microsoft race to keep their contenders ahead in the ongo...

Article | 14/04/2011 Coming soon: A new Twitter rival?

Following Twitter's decision to clamp down on third-party developers -- earlier this year, it now looks like an effort may be afoot within a leading p...

Article | 13/04/2011 7 free security tools for Linux

One of the big advantages of using Linux is that its security tends to be so much better than that of the competing alternatives.

Article | 9/04/2011 New Firefox schedule will bring the good stuff faster

Mozilla's Firefox 4 may still be fresh from the oven and cooling on millions of users' computers, but Mozilla has already set an aggressive schedule w...

Article | 7/04/2011 Happy 20th birthday, Linux: The celebrations begin

The Linux Foundation on Wednesday kicked off what will be several months of celebrations in honor of the 20th anniversary of the Linux operating syste...

Article | 6/04/2011 Mozilla brings Thunderbird back in-house

Signaling a shift in its approach to online communication, Mozilla on Monday announced that it is bringing its Messaging subsidiary back within the fo...

Article | 5/04/2011 There's more to love in Puppy Linux 5.2.5

Back in January I wrote about some of the features of Puppy Linux that make it particularly suitable for use on old and slow computers, but over the w...

Article | 2/04/2011 6 Linux pranks for April Fools' Day

There's been no shortage of April Fools' Day pranks in the tech world this year, and the Linux community is no exception.

Article | 1/04/2011 Linux and ARM power new 10-inch netbooks

Hardware maker Hercules this week gave Linux fans a nice boost by unveiling two new additions to its eCAFÉ netbook line that use ARM processors and ru...

Article | 26/03/2011 Red Hat proves that open source is good for business

Critics of free and open source software are fond of making the argument that software must be locked up, patented and jealously guarded if it is to s...

Article | 25/03/2011 Why tablets are just a fad

At this week's CTIA Wireless 2011 conference in Orlando, tablets have taken center stage. Not only have multiple new devices been announced, but predi...

Article | 23/03/2011 Google and other titans form Open Networking Foundation

Google, Facebook and Microsoft are among the heavy hitters of the tech industry that have teamed up to support a new, cloud-focused initiative called ...

Article | 22/03/2011 10 ways Linux is making life better

Linux has long played a leading role in the world of servers, due in large part to its stability, security and lower total cost of ownership (TCO). Wh...