Nancy Weil - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Nancy Weil

Article | 18/08/1999 Windows 2000 details announced

Microsoft has announced that Windows 2000 will include four products, all due out by the end of the year.

Article | 9/08/1999 US to crack down on cybersquatting

A new US bill proposes high penalties for "cybersquatters" -- people who register trademark domain names with the intent of making money through resal...

Article | 23/07/1999 Survey: Future PCs should do the laundry

A US survey conducted for Dell Computer has found that users want their PCs to tackle household chores like laundry and watering houseplants and the l...

Article | 1/07/1999 Win98 bug fixes available on CD

The Windows 98 Service Pack 1, which includes bug fixes and year 2000 upgrades for the Windows 98 operating system, is now available on CD via Microso...

Article | 30/06/1999 CMGI to acquire AltaVista from Compaq

Five days after confirming acquisition negotiations, Compaq has officially announced that it is selling a majority stake in AltaVista to CMGI, the Int...

Article | 23/06/1999 S3 plans to buy Diamond Multimedia

With an eye on the growing home networking and Internet appliance markets, S3 intends to buy Diamond Multimedia Systems in a stock deal expected to c...

Article | 21/04/1999 Gates says Windows convergence coming

At Spring Comdex in Chicago this week, Bill Gates revealed that a consumer release of Windows 2000 will happen in the next 18 to 24 months.

Article | 13/04/1999 Domino, Notes headed towards greater mobility

Users of Lotus Development's Notes groupware are expected to have a range of additional mobile capabilities soon, including the ability to receive and...

Article | 6/04/1999 Suspected Melissa creator arrested

US Authorities have arrested and charged a man suspected of creating the Melissa e-mail virus and unleashing it on the world from his apartment in a N...

Article | 8/03/1999 Hackers target Pentagon computers

A coordinated worldwide attack on the US Pentagon's military computer systems is being conducted by unknown hackers, reports in the US have revealed. ...

Article | 5/03/1999 Microsoft unveils e-commerce strategy

Microsoft has big goals for its new e-commerce strategy. In launching three new products, new services and a bevy of partnerships with existing e-comm...

Article | 9/02/1999 IBM, music companies to combat copyright piracy

Together with five major record companies, IBM will test a system that allows the distribution of full-length, CD-quality recordings via the Net, whil...

Article | 2/02/1999 McNealy: Stockpile computers for Y2K

Asia is "disastrously behind" in dealing with year 2000 computer issues, so it's possible that the region's vendors will not be able to provide an ade...

Article | 29/01/1999 Yahoo to buy GeoCities

Yahoo has announced it is buying GeoCities, the merged company it expects, will reach 58 per cent of those who use the Internet

Article | 22/01/1999 Microsoft releases two security patches

Microsoft has released patches for security holes in Word 97 and the Microsoft Forms version 2.0 ActiveX Control that made them vulnerable to potentia...