Heather Havenstein - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Heather Havenstein

Article | 10/10/2008 Yahoo debuts Web analytics tool

Yahoo this week began rolling out a beta version of a new Web Analytics tool that it says will provide up-to-date reports and graphs showing metrics l...

Article | 9/10/2008 YouTube adds 'click-to-buy' for music, video games

YouTube this week is moving to step up its efforts to generate revenue by adding e-commerce links that let users buy music and video games from the si...

Article | 9/10/2008 Open-source Wikia Search adds tool to customize results

Wikia Search, an open-source search tool launched early this year by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, today opened its platform with a new application p...

Article | 8/10/2008 Google's Knol online encyclopedia launches debate forum

Google Tuesday launched the first of a series of debates on Knol -- its version of Wikipedia -- that aim to help voters during this election season by...

Article | 7/10/2008 Jobs heart attack post highlights citizen journalism perils

Friday's false report on CNN's iReport site that Apple CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack is a strong example of potential pitfalls posed by s...

Article | 3/10/2008 Google lets users search like it's 2001

As part of Google's ongoing 10th anniversary celebration, the company is providing access to a 2001 version of the Google search index, allowing users...

Article | 3/10/2008 Google launches 'Google News for blogs'

Six years after Google launched Google News by applying its search technology to breaking news stories, the company has moved to apply its technology ...

Article | 30/09/2008 Britain's MI6 recruiting spies on Facebook, report says

Could the next James Bond be found on Facebook? Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6, hopes so after launching a series of adverti...

Article | 30/09/2008 Microsoft unveils new Visual Studio version

Microsoft Monday unveiled the next version of its Visual Studio IDE, and detailed new features of its Visual Studio Team System (VSTS).

Article | 26/09/2008 MySpace launches iTunes competitor with 5 million artists

Social network MySpace lobbed a shot across the bow of Apple iTunes last night with the launch of MySpace Music, a new site that offers free on-demand...

Article | 25/09/2008 MySpace, Facebook show tools to ward off child predators

MySpace is using technology to analyze whether potential users trying to sign up for the social network may be registered sex offenders, the company's...

Article | 24/09/2008 Yahoo aims to squelch advertiser angst over Google deal

Yahoo Tuesday announced that it is forming a Digital Advisory Council to help answer questions about its proposed search advertising deal with Google ...

Article | 24/09/2008 New wiki aims to stop voter suppression in US presidential election

While there have been myriad Web 2.0 projects set up to sway voters toward one presidential candidate or another, a new wiki is honing in on voter sup...

Article | 24/09/2008 Blogs becoming entrenched in mainstream, and more profitable

Blogs have become entrenched in mainstream life, according to the 2008 "State of the Blogosphere" report that found bloggers are adding new posts at a...

Article | 22/09/2008 Google's Brin blogs, says he's predisposed to Parkinson's

Google co-founder Sergey Brin Thursday became the first of the company's top three executives to launch a blog, and he immediately used the platform t...