Michael Cooney - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Michael Cooney

Article | 28/10/2009 Can the Internet handle H1N1?

While sounding a bit like Chicken Little, US Federal government watchdogs today said that the H1N1 pandemic will cause a significant increase in the u...

Article | 8/10/2009 NASA says 200-yard long asteroid will miss Earth

NASA scientists have recalculated the path of a large asteroid known as Apophis and now say it has only a very slim chance of banging into Earth.

Article | 4/09/2009 NASA to build pod-like, high-speed everyday transport system

It looks a little like the Jetson's flying car but it travels on magnetically levitated highways. That's one vision of a future commuter system that c...

Article | 26/08/2009 Gigabit Ethernet fit for a tank

Ethernet continues to go places its inventors probably never imagined.

Article | 12/08/2009 Berkeley lab gets $62M to build blazing Ethernet network

Looking to build a blazing Ethernet network that will exclusively support science research, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is receiving US$62 ...

Article | 18/07/2009 US military spends $155M for the nucleus of future wireless networks

The central component to the US military's bulletproof IP wireless network strategy is now in place.

Article | 2/07/2009 How NASA connects with its latest moon orbiters

Flying to the moon is not easy feat but communicating with as well as relaying information to and from rocketing space probes is the most critical par...

Article | 12/03/2009 10 iPhone apps that could get you into trouble

iPhone applications are proliferating like rabbits, but not all of them are great. In fact some can get you into hot water.

Article | 19/12/2008 Ducks, dorks and deviants: Wackiest stories of 2008

It's not all bits and bytes

Article | 20/11/2008 Top 10 wicked cool algorithms

A round up of interesting algorithms and look at how they impact your community.

Article | 22/09/2008 Big bad robot warriors

Robots set for smack-down in US

Article | 19/06/2008 Top 500 supercomputers: Welcome to the petaflop generation

Welcome to the petaflop generation. That was the message as the new most powerful supercomputer in the world IBM's $100,000 million Roadrunner system ...

Article | 20/12/2007 Slideshow: 9 crazy USB stocking stuffers

Looking for a fun, last-minute little something for that special techie someone? Look no further.

Article | 7/11/2007 The Top 10 real-life Star Trek inventions

In the past few months, a number of technologies and products that invoke the Star Trek name have been rolled out. MIT was the latest with a tractor b...

Article | 11/07/2007 Report: Apple to unwrap nano-iPhone this year

Still basking in the glow of its overly hyped iPhone launch, Apple plans to launch a cheaper version of much-sought after devices in the fourth quarte...