Ashlee Vance - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Ashlee Vance

Article | 12/10/2000 ARM Lends a Java Hand to Wireless Devices

ARM announced a pair of designs Wednesday that hardware makers can use to enhance the operation of wireless devices and other Internet appliances. The...

Article | 12/10/2000 AMD Ignores European Worries, Posts Record Gains

Escaping the European woes that have haunted some other PC-related vendors, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) on Wednesday reported third-quarter earnings ...

Article | 11/10/2000 IBM Unveils Chip Roadmap to Support EServers

IBM at the Microprocessor Forum 2000 Tuesday unveiled the latest version of its chip roadmap, designed to complement last week's release of the vendor...

Article | 10/10/2000 Red Hat Linux to Run Across IBM's New eServer Line

Red Hat and IBM demonstrated their continued interest in driving Linux toward the enterprise with a Monday announcement that Red Hat Linux will run on...

Article | 5/10/2000 AMD Polishes Up New Athlon, Duron Chips

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will reportedly up the ante in its ongoing chip race with Intel.

Article | 4/10/2000 Oracle's Ellison offers $US1M Challenge

Oracle chairman and chief executive officer Larry Ellison celebrated the release of his company's next generation 9i database Tuesday by issuing a $US...

Article | 3/10/2000 No Ruling in Napster Case

A US federal appeals court on Monday heard arguments from both sides in the Napster copyright infringement case, but did not rule on the matter of an ...

Article | 3/10/2000 Corel and Microsoft Patch Differences

Struggling applications vendor Corel has secured $US135 million in funding from Microsoft, part of a strategic relationship that will see the companie...

Article | 29/09/2000 Forget surfing, sniff the Net

The phrase "surfing the Net" managed to become a cliche in a short amount of time. France Télécom, however, now looks to let users sniff the Net, ushe...

Article | 28/09/2000 Intel releases new chipset

Intel Wednesday released the first chipset based on its XScale microarchitecture designed to increase the processing power of Internet-based applicati...

Article | 28/09/2000 Copyright music bodies permit global Net licenses

The legal issues surrounding online music distribution may have taken a small step toward clarity Tuesday when a number of copyright organisations con...

Article | 26/09/2000 Music industry gets on copyright soapbox

While major music labels agree that the sale of music via the Web still faces hurdles, they vow that experience and market presence will help ensure ...

Article | 26/09/2000 Red Hat raises flag, leads Linux charge

The open-source Linux operating system continues to move closer and closer toward widespread enterprise acceptance. The penguins came out in full forc...

Article | 25/09/2000 Bluetooth debuts in bits and pieces

Get ready folks! The Bluetooth rush is on! In recent weeks, a number of vendors have thrown their hats in the Bluetooth ring, jockeying for position i...

Article | 22/09/2000 Intel Issues Q3 Earnings Warning

All is not quiet on the European front. Intel said Thursday that the company should post lower than expected third-quarter earnings mainly due to weak...