Emru Townsend - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Emru Townsend

Article | 19/08/2008 5 movies starring computers

Computers are all over movies these days, from the ones behind the scenes that create gosh-wow special effects to the ones on screen that are the cons...

Article | 6/08/2008 New FireWire spec is good to go, go go

Recently the 1394 Trade Association approved the FireWire S1600 and S3200 formats, with the final spec to be published in October.

Article | 19/05/2008 Five groovy sites for free music downloads

Short of "free food" and "free beer," "free music" is one of the sweetest phrases you can hear. But getting tunes gratis doesn't have to mean ending u...

Article | 6/05/2008 The top 15 vaporware products of all time

The tech industry has had more than its fair share of products that infamously failed to take off. Some fit the classic definition of vaporware, and w...

Article | 21/04/2008 5 gadgets that make you seem artistic

"Everyone is an artist." Those are the words of the controversial German artist Joseph Beuys, and I happen to agree with him.

Article | 25/03/2008 Five videos you won't see on YouTube

Tired of the YouTubescene? I am. It's a pain when the copyright-infringing video everyone's talking about disappears before you can catch it. And the ...

Article | 19/03/2008 Beatles Music Inching Ever Closer to iTunes

It's been almost two years since we first reported that the Beatles were digitally remastering their music catalogue in anticipation of making it avai...

Article | 21/09/2007 Coming Soonish: USB (and FireWire) for Speed Freaks

Anyone remember the old days of USB 1.1? I do, every time I plug my thumb drive into an older computer and find myself waiting interminably for that 8...

Article | 16/08/2007 Japanese embrace cell-phone novels

Here's why futurists look to Japan: while we just got around to finding someone willing to write a book on a cell phone, in Japan people have been rea...

Article | 19/07/2007 Sony, iPod make beautiful music together

Sony <a href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/sony-introduces-a-pair-o-docks-for-ipod-279697.php">unveiled</a> a pair of iPod devices Th...

Article | 12/02/2007 The top 15 wackiest USB devices

When the USB format was introduced just over 11 years ago, the creators envisioned it as a way to liberate computer users by making it easy for them t...

Article | 16/10/2006 Food and tech meet at uWink

When I got my first computer, its manual stated in bold type that it was a bad idea to eat or drink near it -- something I can't forget because, like ...

Article | 6/10/2006 In the future, all newscasts will be virtual

In the television industry, you have to be careful when you take a sabbatical because someone younger and prettier will try to horn in on your territo...

Article | 8/09/2006 You'll never again be at a loss for words

Franklin Electronic Publishers, long known for their electronic reference products, and Merriam-Webster, long known for their largely paper-based refe...

Article | 8/09/2006 Say cheese for this mouse camera

I love the idea of giving kids cameras to play with, but I'm always nervous handing over something I spent hundreds of dollars on to creatures who usu...