John Cox - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by John Cox

Article | 20/04/2009 Palm's webOS lives up to hype, early developers say

Underneath the sleek exterior, the multi-touch display and the sliding keyboard of the upcoming Palm Pre smartphone is the real innovation: a new kind...

Article | 15/04/2009 BlackBerry Web e-mail users experience three-hour outage

BlackBerry users around the United States were stranded for about three hours Monday when their Web-based e-mail service blacked out.

Article | 8/04/2009 Apple seen readying huge Wi-Fi boost for iPod Touch, iPhone

Apple seems to be laying the groundwork to introduce high-capacity, low-power 802.11n Wi-Fi to the iPod Touch, and presumably to its 3G-enabled compan...

Article | 6/04/2009 RIM becomes a $10 billion company

Research In Motion is going strong despite an economy in recession, for the first time surpassing US$10 billion in revenue for the fiscal year just en...

Article | 2/04/2009 Analyst: Apple readies two iPhone models, for different geographic markets

An equity research firm is predicting that Apple will shortly introduce two new iPhone models, tailored for different geographic markets.

Article | 23/03/2009 Chipmaker commits to LTE 4G chipset security

LG Electronics plans to protect its future Long Term Evolution (LTE) 4G chipsets and phones with an embedded security system from Israel-based Discret...

Article | 23/03/2009 Palm revenues plunge as Pre's launch draws near

Palm reported a continued steep decline in its smartphone revenues for the quarter ending Feb. 27, as it nears the launch of the anticipated Palm Pre ...

Article | 20/03/2009 Developer accidentally triggers iPhone tethering in 3.0 beta

A programmer "hacking around" with the beta release of the just-announced iPhone 3.0 operating system has stumbled upon the feature that lets a notebo...

Article | 19/03/2009 Mobile Firefox aka Fennec hits beta

Mozilla late last night posted the first beta release of Fennec, its mobile version of the Firefox Web browser.

Article | 16/03/2009 Apple to unveil iPhone 3.0 OS update, new developer tools

Apple is expected to preview version 3.0 of its iPhone software this week, prompting speculation that a new iPhone may be in the works for summer rele...

Article | 4/03/2009 New online community launches for embedded Linux developers

It probably won't be "Facebook for Linux" but a Web site launching Tuesday is intended to create an online community specifically for Linux programmer...

Article | 4/03/2009 Volantis updates open-source mobile Web development tools

Volantis has released an improved edition of its open source toolkit aimed at mobile application development.

Article | 2/03/2009 WLAN product blitz shows 802.11n more affordable, useable

A slew of new WLAN hardware and software suggests that 802.11n high-throughput WLANs are fast becoming more affordable and manageable across all indus...

Article | 23/02/2009 Undermining expectations at Mobile World Congress

Whatever your expectations, this year's Mobile World Congress -- the premier showcase for the global cellular industry -- was noteworthy for undermini...

Article | 18/02/2009 Microsoft aims for market share with Windows Mobile 6.5

The unveiling this week of Windows Mobile 6.5, married with Internet Explorer Mobile 6, is a major attempt by Microsoft to remain a viable player in t...