Peter Sayer - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Peter Sayer

Article | 25/02/2004 'Stop, thief!' say phone manufacturers

Hot on the heels of an initiative by network operators to discourage mobile phone theft, six phone manufacturers publicly pledged their support Tuesda...

Article | 25/02/2004 Openwave puts MSN messaging client in mobile phones

MSN Messenger and Hotmail users will soon have access to a slicker mobile version of those services, as new mobile phones incorporating clients for th...

Article | 23/02/2004 Entertainment a major theme of 3GSM World Congress

With several mobile phone manufacturers recently launching "designer" models, it's little wonder that the organizers of the 3GSM World Congress in Can...

Article | 15/12/2003 Verdict in 'DVD Jon' appeal expected Dec. 22

The Oslo Court of Appeals heard closing arguments Wednesday and Thursday in the trial of Jon Lech Johansen, also known as "DVD Jon." A verdict is expe...

Article | 26/11/2003 Opera fixes security holes in Web browser

A new version of the Web browser Opera released Friday closes two security holes which could allow someone to remotely take control of a computer, and...

Article | 16/10/2003 Mozilla adds spell checker, phone support for Net suite

The Mozilla Foundation updated its Mozilla open source Internet suite and added services to its Web site Wednesday, including an option to obtain tele...

Article | 26/09/2003 Microsoft prevails in Office Smart Tag patent suit

Microsoft Corp. has won a patent lawsuit brought against it by Hyperphrase Technologies LLC and Hyperphrase Inc. of Madison, Wisconsin. The case, due ...

Article | 11/09/2003 Intel, Xerox codevelop image processing chips

Intel and Xerox have co-developed a range of microprocessors which will allow digital imaging product manufacturers to bring products to market more ...

Article | 27/08/2003 Time Warner Telecom may be next Sobig.F target

Romanian researchers claim to have discovered a variant of the Sobig.F virus that looks to mail and domain name servers at Time Warner Telecomfor info...

Article | 22/08/2003 Sales of phones using Symbian OS soar

Shipments of handheld devices running Symbian's operating system software totalled 2.68 million in the first half of 2003, compared to 230,000 in the...

Article | 22/08/2003 Microsoft warns of critical flaws in Internet Explorer

Microsoft released a patch for a number of flaws in its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser Wednesday, including two it rated critical for some version...

Article | 20/08/2003 Microsoft launches Smartphone 2003 SDK

Software developers can begin developing applications for the next generation of smart phones based on Microsoft operating software. The company has ...

Article | 31/07/2003 EHelp adds Flash to RoboHelp authoring tool

RoboHelp, the help file authoring tool developed by eHelp, now includes support for Macromedia's Flash multimedia format, allowing help authors to inc...

Article | 18/07/2003 Macromedia updates Contribute

Macromedia will begin shipping a new version of Contribute, its desktop application for Web content maintenance, in Australia in August.

Article | 11/07/2003 Macromedia to update Breeze

Macromedia will breathe fresh life into its Breeze online presentation and training tool in September, with the addition of a new module, Breeze Live,...