Yardena Arar - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Yardena Arar

Article | 8/01/2009 Fore! Garmin to debut GPS for golfers

Golfers, take note. Garmin's newest GPS line may not improve your handicap, but at least you'll know exactly where the greens are. The Approach G5, th...

Article | 3/12/2008 Six common HDTV showroom pitfalls

Many shoppers are looking to take the HDTV plunge these holidays and beyond -- and stores eagerly await them.

Article | 21/11/2008 RIM's BlackBerry Storm: awkward and disappointing

Research in Motion's BlackBerry Storm looks handsome enough, but it will disappoint prospective buyers hoping for a credible touch-based iPhone altern...

Article | 3/11/2008 Personal finance 2.0: A wealth of new Web apps

Using the Web to manage your money used to mean logging into a plethora of banks and other institutions to check balances and maybe pay bills. Now var...

Article | 24/10/2008 10 ways to waste time on the web

Want to idle away a few minutes--or hours? These sites will help you test your knowledge, name that tune, or write a haiku. You'll wonder where the ti...

Article | 20/08/2008 BuySafe

BuySafe.com rates e-commerce sites for security and privacy features, and offers merchants that it deems to be up to snuff the option of offering BuyS...

Article | 21/08/2008 Still Nervous About Online Shopping? Really?

Last October, I wrote about Assurz, a service that-for a small up-front surcharge-would let you return anything you bought at a participating retailer...

Article | 12/06/2008 Microsoft Surface surfaces in Las Vegas

For those who were wondering whether Microsoft's Surface tabletop touch-sensitive computers were going to be anything more than retail sales tools, he...

Article | 10/06/2008 Apple's $199 iPhone: How can it be so cheap?

Apple's announcement of a next-generation 3G iPhone wasn't a big surprise for most people at Monday's World Wide Developers Conference. But the low pr...

Article | 5/06/2008 Computex tech demo: Wi-Fi instead of Bluetooth?

I'm a big fan of wireless mice, and at home -- where my only PCs are notebooks -- I've been using wireless optical notebook mice for years. All use a ...

Article | 14/05/2008 New Web 2.0 services to try out now

The Web 2.0 Expo at San Francisco's Moscone Center West, doesn't take up a huge amount of space: Startups predominate, and most don't have money for b...

Article | 13/05/2008 RIM's BlackBerry Bold beats Apple to the 3G punch

Amid swirling rumours about the impending announcement of a 3G iPhone, Research in Motion today introduced its slickest, speediest, most powerful, and...

Article | 15/02/2008 New mobile phones dance across the world stage

Sony Ericsson's Xperia X1 Takes the Windows Mobile Plunge at the Mobile World Congress.

Article | 13/02/2008 Bluetooth to work with Wi-Fi

A future version of Bluetooth will be able to increase throughput for sending videos, music, and other high-bandwidth applications by using a nearby W...

Article | 11/02/2008 Sony Ericsson unveils first Windows Mobile handset

Sony Ericsson, which historically has created phones around the Symbian operating system, jumped quietly onto the Windows Mobile bandwagon with the an...