Jon Phillips - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Jon Phillips

Article | 19/04/2013 In Pictures: When the PC is obsolete, how will you do this, and this, and this?

Take a tour of the PC's greatest talents.

Article | 5/03/2013 In pictures: Images from the dawn of the PC era

The PCWorld.com Web domain was created on April 24, 1992, but our oldest retrievable online content is from 1998 - and it's so damn quaint

Article | 10/01/2013 Microsoft Surface Pro hands-on impressions

Perhaps you remember Surface RT. It was Microsoft's bid to become a legitimate computer hardware manufacturer--a Windows-based tablet with a clever, s...

Article | 9/01/2013 In Pictures: Microsoft's 13 biggest wins and fails of 2012

It's been a busy year for Microsoft, including its challenges to Apple and Google on mobility

Article | 24/10/2012 Touch Cover vs. Type Cover: Empirical test data doesn't lie!

If you're going to throw down some cash for Microsoft's new Surface RT tablet, you absolutely must get either the Touch Cover or the Type Cover along ...

Article | 24/10/2012 Surface RT, Microsoft's bid for a 'thing' of its own

With its Surface RT tablet, Microsoft is trying to create a 'thing' of its own.

Article | 18/10/2012 5 Ways Windows 8 beats iOS

Consider first that I’ve been a daily iPad user since the day the tablet launched. I’ve never had much affinity for MacOS and Apple desktops, but I ha...

Article | 16/10/2012 Surface RT: Pricing details, spec updates, and impromptu Touch Cover testing

The waiting game is over. Microsoft's Surface RT tablet makes the leap from hardware cipher to hardware reality. Today I can answer many of the questi...

Article | 12/10/2012 In Pictures: Six Windows 8 tablets

Intel's hardware partners recently showed off their mid-range Windows 8 hybrid devices at a Clover Trail coming-out party. Now we reveal the hardware ...

Article | 4/10/2012 Acer W700 hands-on: Our first serious quality time with a Windows 8 tablet

Bad news for cynical tech bloggers, grenade-lobbing Internet trolls, and everyone else who's been attacking Windows 8 for the sheer thrill of sport: I...