Ashlee Vance - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Ashlee Vance

Article | 17/03/2003 Authors spar over HP-Compaq merger

The tale of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp. is one of intrigue, executive wrangling and even allusions to castration, accor...

Article | 12/12/2002 RIAA raids alleged music pirates in New York

The Recording Industry Association of America Inc. (RIAA) and the U.S. Secret Service raided an alleged music piracy operation in New York on Monday, ...

Article | 10/12/2002 Dell expands services to small businesses

Hardware giant Dell Computer fleshed out its service offerings Monday with a new program that gives small businesses a hand with building out their co...

Article | 11/11/2002 Microsoft forms committee to oversee its actions

Microsoft Corp. named three members of its antitrust compliance committee on Friday, an initial step in complying with court-ordered sanctions designe...

Article | 4/11/2002 Microsoft unlikely to appeal decision

Microsoft Corp. does not expect to appeal a ruling handed down Friday by a U.S. judge in its antitrust case, according to the company's top executive....

Article | 18/10/2002 AMD, Transmeta Q3s reflect chip market doldrums

One day after Intel reported less-than-stellar results for its third quarter, the "other" two PC chip makers chimed in with their own bad news.

Article | 10/10/2002 Sun's Linux leader ready to use Linux

Those rare animals at Sun Microsystems Inc. using rival Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system have edged closer to extinction, as the company's h...

Article | 17/09/2002 IBM lends supercomputing muscle to video production

From the laboratory to the cutting room floor, IBM Corp. is looking for some of its most advanced supercomputing software to work as a powerful editin...

Article | 5/09/2002 Sun yet to answer challenge from users

Sun Microsystems has yet to respond to a challenge from a group of its users made earlier this week, calling for an public debate about the future of ...

Article | 2/09/2002 Apple's Xserve appeals to new breed

After years of encouragement from Apple Computer, people finally are switching to the company's computers, but in an unexpected way.

Article | 29/08/2002 RIAA Web site hack allows music file downloads

The Recording Industry Association of America Inc.'s (RIAA) Web site apparently was hacked Wednesday, forcing the music industry backer into a most un...

Article | 28/08/2002 HP Q3 revenue drops from a year ago

Hewlett-Packard Co. continued to suffer from a slow down in technology spending in its third fiscal quarter, as the company Tuesday posted a drop-off ...

Article | 27/08/2002 Dell shores up low end of server line

Dell Computer on Monday released a pair of servers with Intel chip technology that comparable servers from competitors don't yet feature, thus offerin...

Article | 6/08/2002 Microsoft, Dell and Intel help expand Cornell cluster

Three technology heavyweights joined with the US Cornell Theory Center (CTC) Monday to announce their expansion of a project to build large, low-cost ...

Article | 31/07/2002 Sun and Apple not working on StarOffice for Mac

Sun Microsystems Inc. and Apple Computer Inc. have no concrete plans to codevelop a version of Sun's StarOffice productivity suite for the Mac OS X op...