Eric Dahl - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Eric Dahl

Article | 28/03/2008 SanDisk Sansa Connect

SanDisk's networked wonder does a fine job of wedding Wi-Fi capabilities to a solid MP3 player.

Article | 26/11/2007 Microsoft Zune 80GB Media Player (Black)

Wireless syncing, good sound quality, and a nice touch control make this affordable player a good choice.

Article | 26/09/2007 MTV, Real, and Wal-Mart shake up digital music

The digital music industry is headed for a crossroads, as more stores and record labels try out DRM-free music sales, and as some of the bigger names ...

Article | 11/09/2007 First Look: Storage the main game with 160GB Apple iPod Classic

Is this the final stage of refinement for the hard-drive-based media player Apple now calls the iPod Classic? Judging by the tiny changes in this sixt...

Article | 4/04/2007 Windows Mobile 6: New e-mail options

Windows Mobile 6--Microsoft's generally modest update of its operating system for handheld devices and smart phones--will debut by midyear with enhanc...

Article | 4/01/2007 Microsoft Zune

Microsoft's potential iPod assassin has already hit the shops in the US, but the timing of the Zune's appearance in Australia remains shrouded in myst...

Article | 15/11/2006 Microsoft's Zune won't replace your iPod

Microsoft's first portable MP3 and video player has finally arrived. The Zune goes on sale in the U.S. on Tuesday, and though I doubt many people are ...

Article | 3/11/2006 Four cores may not beat two cores

Tests show that Intel's first quad-core chip, the 2.66-GHz Core 2 Extreme QX6700, should bring impressive speed boosts to complex video-editing and 3D...

Article | 19/10/2006 Apple's new and improved iPod

Refinement: that's what you get out of Apple's latest iPod, which comes with a brighter screen and an extra 20GB of storage. I tested the US$349 iPod-...

Article | 6/10/2006 Zen V Plus

Say what you will about the patent dispute between Creative and Apple, both companies make some darned good MP3 players. Creative's latest effort--the...

Article | 29/09/2006 First benchmarks for Intel's quad-core processor

The first benchmarks of Intel's quad-core Kentsfield processor are here, and the chip is showing some impressive speed in multithreaded applications. ...

Article | 26/09/2006 Plugged In: Two CPUs too slow? Try four

PC World U.S. senior editor Eric Dahl investigates Intel's planned Quad-core systems, the impending competition between Leopard and Vista, Samsung's l...

Article | 17/04/2006 Apple's Boot Camp

It works. Impressively well. With games, even.

Article | 4/03/2006 Logitech Z-5450

Logitech's latest high-end speakers should appeal to anyone who has ever tripped over cables or laboured to hide the wires connecting a surround-sound...

Article | 9/01/2006 CES - Shure takes in-ear headphones to the next level

Shure's dual-driver E5c headphones have long been one of the best (and most expensive) sets of off-the-shelf in-ear headphones you can buy. This week ...