Martyn Williams - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Martyn Williams

Article | 4/12/2000 Sony Japan to replace faulty Transmeta notebooks

In the wake of a fault discovered in Transmeta's 600MHz TM5600 Crusoe microprocessor, Sony said Friday it will offer replacement machines to any users...

Article | 1/12/2000 Recall trouble hits Transmeta

Several of Japan's largest notebook computer manufacturers were put into a spin Thursday morning after NEC announced it was recalling around 10 per ce...

Article | 28/11/2000 Canon digital camera features built-in printer

Canon has unveiled a prototype of a digital still camera with an integrated bubble-jet colour printer.

Article | 27/11/2000 ROBODEX - Honda shows its most realistic humanoid robot yet

Honda Motor Company used the Robodex 2000 exhibition that opened here Friday to show off Asimo -- a 120-centimetre tall humanoid robot that walks in a...

Article | 24/11/2000 Sharp unveils Zaurus PDA with video player

Sharp unveiled its next-generation Zaurus this week -- a machine that goes the farthest yet towards bridging the gap between a PDA (personal digital a...

Article | 23/11/2000 Canon develops paper-thin digital display

Canon demonstrated Wednesday a prototype digital display that is only slightly thicker than a sheet of paper. The technology, which could be on the ma...

Article | 22/11/2000 Second generation DVD-R media hits the streets

The recordable optical media marketplace is growing fast. While a host of brand new formats, such as DVD+RW, are nearing launch existing formats are g...

Article | 22/11/2000 Sony unveils prototype humanoid robot

Sony on Tuesday lifted the veil on its latest entertainment robot development efforts and demonstrated it has made the evolutionary jump from four leg...

Article | 15/11/2000 Sony expands Memory Stick platform

Sony is enlisting support in its battle for supremacy in the memory card market. The company, which has been battling alone since the 1998 launch of M...

Article | 10/11/2000 Internet groups establish wiretap legal hotline

Trade organisations representing most of the world's largest Internet backbone operators and service providers have established a hotline where operat...

Article | 27/10/2000 Report: DoCoMo, Telecom NZ eye Optus Mobile

Japan's DoCoMo and Telecom New Zealand are in talks about the possibility of jointly bidding for a slice of the mobile business of the Australian comp...

Article | 26/10/2000 Report: police arrest ex-Liquid Audio Japan exec

Police arrested Wednesday the former president of Internet music distribution company Liquid Audio Japan and four others on suspicion of confinement o...

Article | 24/10/2000 Real Networks, Sony bundle ATRAC3 into new player

Sony and Real Networks announced Monday a digital music alliance that stands to benefit both companies by getting their respective technologies into m...

Article | 23/10/2000 NEC to boost 3G R&D in Australia

NEC plans to strengthen its work in development of third-generation cellular systems by increasing its investment in research and development in Austr...

Article | 20/10/2000 Japan plans Internet, IT training for millions

With the aim of laying the foundation for a strong future knowledge-based economy, the Japanese government Thursday unveiled an economic stimulus pack...