Stan Miastkowski - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Stan Miastkowski

Article | 21/01/2000 PartitionMagic 5.0

PartitionMagic software utility lets you create, resize, and delete partitions from within Windows.

Article | 18/01/2000 Install a new motherboard

If you're looking for the ultimate performance boost, a motherboard upgrade is essential - we show you how in a few easy steps.

Article | 17/01/2000 Windows 2000 virus: Stunt or preview?

The discovery last week of the first computer virus that works specifically with Windows 2000 initially brought questions about the soon-to-be-unveile...

Article | 11/01/2000 Dragon roars, IBM much improved

The newest voice-recognition package releases from Dragon Systems and IBM, two key developers of this software, continue the forward momentum with sig...

Article | 15/11/1999 Bubbleboy worries the experts

The Bubbleboy worm has created a whole new ball game that could see Internet users blocking e-mail attachments for good.

Article | 1/09/1999 Iomega revamps Zip drive

Iomega has added to its range of Zip drives that support USB, unveiling an "ultra-slim" portable 250MB USB Zip drive at PC IT 99 in Melbourne this wee...

Article | 20/08/1999 Store your files on the Net, free

Do you ever wish you could store important files in a safe place off your PC, ready to grab whenever you need them, from anywhere? Lucky for you, free...

Article | 20/07/1999 Guarding against Spyware

ZoneAlarm, a free program, limits Web access to fight Trojan horses and viruses such as Back Orifice and Melissa.

Article | 7/06/1999 Seagate plans giant hard drives

You can walk into your local computer dealer and buy an EIDE hard drive with up to 28GB of storage. That may seem large, but hard drive makers are wor...

Article | 14/05/1999 Virus infects Corel scripts

A new wrinkle in computer viruses appeared this week with the discovery of a virus that infects the script language used by Corel products. But expert...

Article | 7/05/1999 Free MP3 packages sound sweet

The MP3 juggernaut picked up speed this week as three companies released free beta software designed to make it easier to obtain and play the huge var...

Article | 31/03/1999 Heavyweights endorse flat-panel standard

Everybody likes the look of desktop digital flat-panel displays, but connecting one to your PC can get confusing.

Article | 19/03/1999 Outlook Express 5 offers helpful tweaks

With all the hoopla surrounding the launch of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 5 yesterday, it's easy to overlook Outlook Express, the e-mail package and...

Article | 15/03/1999 Prepare yourself for the CIH 1.2 virus

The ICSA and the Antivirus Product Developers Consortium this week issued a bulletin about the CIH 1.2 virus, which is scheduled to trigger on April 2...

Article | 8/02/1999 Microsoft pushes hi-fi sound for gamers

Today's hot computer games have eye-popping graphics and decent sound effects, but the music behind the action is usually pretty wimpy. Microsoft is h...