Jared Newman - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Jared Newman

Article | 13/10/2010 Google Chrome OS might be released in a month

Google's Chrome OS is still on track for a holiday launch, and could be released in one month.

Article | 13/10/2010 Amazon Kindle Singles: A Short Wishlist

Just as MP3s changed the way we listen to music, Amazon wants to shake up our reading habits with Kindle Singles.

Article | 12/10/2010 Windows Phone 7: Problems out of the gate

No matter what Microsoft reveals at its Windows Phone 7 event, the company faces some huge hurdles in the race to create a popular smartphone platform...

Article | 6/10/2010 Nielsen: iPhone 4 fails to stave off Android invasion

The last time Nielsen declared Android to be the most popular smartphone operating system in the United States, Google's victory was incomplete. Apple...

Article | 3/10/2010 4 ways Google's URL shortening service can win

The Google URL shortening service Goo.gl, that allows you to transform long Web addresses into short easy to remember links, was opened to the public ...

Article | 2/10/2010 Apple TV jailbreak: Imagine the possibilities

The jailbreaking of Apple TV, days after shipping, is no surprise. The real delight will come in the weeks and months ahead, as hackers and developers...

Article | 1/10/2010 Xmarks considers comeback as a paid service

Fans of the bookmark, password and tab sync service Xmarks have spoken, and the response was so encouraging that Xmarks is no longer dead-set on shutt...

Article | 1/10/2010 Google phone gallery aids Android shoppers

The Web page once reserved for Google's Nexus One phone is now a monument to Android phones in general -- or at least the ones Google likes best.

Article | 28/09/2010 The BlackBerry PlayBook is RIM's tablet

Research in Motion's tablet is not the BlackPad, but the BlackBerry PlayBook, a 7-inch rival to Apple's iPad and Samsung's Galaxy Tab. The tablet will...

Article | 23/09/2010 4 ways a RIM tablet could smoke the iPad, Galaxy Tab

Research in Motion's tablet, rumored for months, is nearly official, according to the Wall Street Journal's unnamed sources. If the report is accurate...

Article | 22/09/2010 Twitter mouse-over flaw spawns potentially dangerous links

A security flaw has made Twitter's website a chaotic and potentially unsafe place, filled with annoying pop-up windows that activate just by rolling t...

Article | 22/09/2010 Nokia exec slams Android as N8 lags

What a day for Anssi Vanjoki, Nokia's outgoing executive formerly in charge of the mobile phone giant's phone division.

Article | 21/09/2010 The HP Tablet Is Here … In a Printer

HP's new printer tablet is not the "Slate" you're looking for, but it does lend a pinch of crazy to a tablet market that will soon get pretty crowded.

Article | 17/09/2010 From Russia with Android: Dual-screen smartphone

A Russian company plans to spice up the Android formula with a smartphone that has screens on the front and back sides.

Article | 17/09/2010 iOS 4.2 for iPad: Hot and not

Several websites have tried out the iOS 4.2 beta, and while the addition of folders, wireless printing and threaded e-mail will certainly make the iPa...