Heather Havenstein - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Heather Havenstein

Article | 10/04/2007 O'Reilly proposes blogging code of conduct

On the heels of the posting of death threats against prominent blogger Kathy Sierra, technology publisher Tim O'Reilly Sunday released a draft code of...

Article | 29/03/2007 Wikipedia cofounder talks about Citizendium

Larry Sanger's answer to Wikipedia is a new online encyclopedia called Citizendium, which was launched to the public on Tuesday. Sanger, Citizendium...

Article | 28/03/2007 O'REILLY - Death threats result in cancelled talk

Prominent blogger Kathy Sierra cancelled a workshop she was scheduled to give today at O'Reilly's Emerging Technology Conference in San Diego and susp...

Article | 27/03/2007 LTU targets media firms with image-based search engine

As several companies look to develop a better way to cull through text based on the meaning of the keywords -- or a "Google killer" -- a maker of imag...

Article | 27/03/2007 Two top Wikipedia officials resign

Two members of the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation, which manages the Wikipedia Web site, have resigned their posts.

Article | 21/03/2007 The widgetization of the Web

While the dot-com era focused squarely on aggregating data on the Internet, one of the most defining characteristics of Web 2.0 is the deconstruction ...

Article | 20/03/2007 Web 2.0: A new dot.com bubble in the making?

The dot.com bubble burst - numerically at least - seven years ago this month when the NASDAQ Composite index peaked at 5,048 - more than double its va...

Article | 9/03/2007 NewsGator to offer RSS feeds for enterprise uses

NewsGator Technologies Wednesday signed an agreement to resell /n Software's Real Simple Syndication feed-generation engine, which will allow its busi...

Article | 9/03/2007 Google alumni launch new answer brokering site

A group of former researchers for the Google Answers search and research service have launched a new answer brokering Web site.

Article | 9/03/2007 Tool will let Second Life residents rate one another

RatePoint on Monday plans to introduce a service that will allow residents of the Second Life online society to rate one another. The ratings promise ...

Article | 8/03/2007 PMA - Tool adds GPS tagging to digital cameras

NXP Software has brought out new technology that it says can enable a digital camera to capture the geographic coordinates of an outdoor location as a...

Article | 5/03/2007 'Cliffs Notes' for business tasks now on mobile devices

Need quick help on hammering out a marketing plan, making a cold call or disciplining an employee? Now you can check your cell phone for expert advice...

Article | 5/03/2007 Microsoft rolls out tutorial site for new programmers

Microsoft Thursday unveiled a Web site designed to help people with no programming experience learn to build Windows applications or Web sites using V...

Article | 1/03/2007 Sending U.S. soldiers to a 'virtual Iraq'

A soldier is riding in a humvee convoy through what could be the tranquil Mojave Desert. Soon the vehicle is passing through a Middle Eastern city whe...

Article | 1/03/2007 Google gadgets: Coming to an IBM portal near you

IBM and Google have unveiled a new portlet software that will allow WebSphere portal users to integrate more than 4,000 Google Gadget services and uti...