Jeremy Kirk - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Jeremy Kirk

Article | 5/12/2007 F-Secure: Malware samples doubled in one year

Finnish security vendor F-Secure has collected twice as many malicious software samples this year than it has over the last 20 years, a trend that hig...

Article | 30/11/2007 As ISPs choke file-sharing, users look elsewhere

As ISPs constrict file-sharing services such as BitTorrent, new data shows that users are moving to file-hosting Web sites to avoid slow downloads.

Article | 26/11/2007 Broadcom will pursue injunction against Qualcomm

A US federal court ruling has cleared the way for wireless chip maker Broadcom to pursue an injunction against rival Qualcomm after a long-running pat...

Article | 24/11/2007 Feature list leaked for Microsoft's next IM version

Microsoft's next version of its instant messenger application will have a new security feature to report users who send unsolicited messages, known as...

Article | 22/11/2007 Under pressure, T-Mobile unlocks iPhone in Germany

T-Mobile will sell an unlocked version of Apple's popular iPhone in Germany while it fights a legal challenge from rival Vodafone, the company said on...

Article | 21/11/2007 FSF finalizes GPL-based license for Web services

The Free Software Foundation has published a new open-source software license aimed at developers whose code is used for software-as-a-service (SaaS) ...

Article | 17/11/2007 Microsoft delays WinHEC by six months

Microsoft is delaying by six months its annual conference for hardware engineers, where it reveals its upcoming software plans to PC makers and other ...

Article | 16/11/2007 Microsoft's Office Accounting 2008 speaks Spanish

The latest version of Microsoft's entry-level accounting program for small businesses released this week can handle accounts in Spanish and English, a...

Article | 14/11/2007 IT FORUM - Microsoft readies Stirling security console

Microsoft is on track to begin testing a console by the end of the year that will give customers a single tool for managing all of its Forefront enter...

Article | 14/11/2007 IT FORUM - Microsoft beefing up app virtualization program

Microsoft is improving its popular Application Virtualization program while also bundling it with beta versions of other new software management tools...

Article | 14/11/2007 IT FORUM - Word plug-in makes it easier to turn text into audio

Microsoft wants to create a plug-in that will simplify the process of exporting Word documents to applications that make texts accessible for the visu...

Article | 13/11/2007 IT FORUM - Microsoft reveals Server 2008 pricing, Hyper-V brand

Microsoft has released further details of a group of server and virtualisation products due next year that will set the tone for how well the company ...

Article | 10/11/2007 Nigeria favors Mandriva over Microsoft once more

Microsoft may not have beaten French Linux vendor Mandriva in a large deal to supply Nigerian elementary schools with laptop computers and software af...

Article | 9/11/2007 Trend Micro arms PlayStation against bad Web sites

Trend Micro introduced a security service for Sony's PlayStation 3 that blocks access to some potentially malicious Web sites. It's Trend's first prod...

Article | 6/11/2007 WORLDBEAT - Tube could hop on music-sharing train

Three computer scientists are hoping to turn London's Underground subway system into a thriving network for sharing music unencumbered by copyright.