Alexandra Krasne - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Alexandra Krasne

Article | 30/12/2003 GeekTech: I RTFM, but it's still Greek to me

You've heard it from your geeky friends: RTFM, politely translated as "Read the Freaking Manual." But what if the manual is unreadable?

Article | 16/10/2003 Leading at high resolutions: GeForce FX 5900 Ultra

NVIDIA promotes its new GeForce FX 5900 Ultra chip as "the fastest GPU in history". It may be, but if so, it isn't by much. In tests with current game...

Article | 14/08/2003 LINUXWORLD SF - The penguin plugs along

Legal efforts by The SCO Group Inc. to license technology that many thought was open source seemed to weigh heavily on exhibitors and attendees at the...

Article | 7/08/2003 Geeks triumph at LinuxWorld Penguin Bowl

From Linux kernels and chemistry to lawsuits, all things nerdy and newsworthy were fair game at the Golden Penguin Bowl, a fixture of the LinuxWorld c...

Article | 24/02/2003 Desktop Linux products on parade

Attendees of the Desktop Linux Summit held last week in San Diego spent two days reveling in the growing number of games, PCs, software applications, ...

Article | 27/06/2002 TechXNY: Lexmark shows two all-in-ones

Targeting buyers with tight budgets, Lexmark International Inc. has unveiled a pair of all-in-one devices that replace copier, fax machine, scanner, a...

Article | 7/02/2002 Nvidia launches next-generation graphics chips

The PC graphics game entered a new level Wednesday as Nvidia Corp. launched two new graphics processors. The pricier GeForce4 Titanium chip boasts spe...

Article | 31/08/2001 Geeks, Nerds Rally at LinuxWorld Penguin Bowl

LinuxWorld's own version of the Weakest Link game show, The Golden Penguin Bowl, proves that knowing the difference between TCPIP and CPIP as well as ...

Article | 4/06/2001 Deal means ATI graphics chips may get cheaper

Just as the world's largest processor vendor has its "Intel Inside" logo emblazoned on the vast majority of PCs, ATI Technologies' name could soon be ...

Article | 15/05/2000 Visor Digicam Module: No Great Shakes

Everything about IDEO's Eyemodule is insignificant, except for the price tag.

Article | 4/04/2000 WordPerfect Opens Linux Office

Corel ports its complete desktop suite to the up-and-coming operating system.

Article | 22/03/2000 Microsoft Updates Office 2000

Service Release 1 includes bug fixes, auto-update utility, and configuration wizard.

Article | 17/03/2000 McAfee Tools Cover Your Digital Back

Guard Dog and Personal Firewall can protect the kids and the PC.

Article | 8/03/2000 Microsoft Linux: Forecast or fantasy?

The year is 2010 and when you boot up your PC, you're no longer greeted with a four-color Windows pane logo, but instead you see Tux, the fat black-an...

Article | 3/03/2000 DoubleClick Relents

Online ad firm admits mistake; privacy advocates claim pressure caused change of heart.