Jeremy Kirk - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Jeremy Kirk

Article | 1/11/2007 AOL takes Truveo video search worldwide

AOL, which is trying to grow its online advertising business worldwide, has localised its video search site for eight countries and added two language...

Article | 1/11/2007 Researchers dig for hidden links in spam

Filtering spam messages is a thankless job for software.

Article | 1/11/2007 Hackers sneak tricks into MySpace band pages

Several band profiles on MySpace have been hacked to serve up some nasty tricks, according to security vendor FaceTime Communications.

Article | 31/10/2007 McAfee buys website security company for $US51M

McAfee will acquire ScanAlert, a Web application security vendor, for US$51 million, the companies announced this week.

Article | 31/10/2007 Meebo to transform Web-based IM into 'platform'

Internet startup Meebo is urging developers to create applications around its Web-based IM (instant-messaging) site, an attempt to create Facebook-lik...

Article | 30/10/2007 Hutchison 3 to release Skypephone in 8 countries

U.K. mobile phone operator Hutchison 3G UK rolled out the Skypephone this week, a handset designed to simplify use of the Skype VOIP (voice over Inter...

Article | 26/10/2007 Opera improves bookmark synching in new browser beta

Opera Software ASA has released a beta of its upcoming desktop browser, code-named Kestrel, which can synchronize bookmarks between a PC and a mobile ...

Article | 24/10/2007 Microsoft exec: Desktop application software is not dead

A top Microsoft executive defended desktop application software, the source of the company's revenue for three decades, arguing that even services-bas...

Article | 19/10/2007 Spammers' new MP3 trick may be short-lived

A variation of spam is sliding past spam filters into inboxes, but it's not likely the new trick will be successful much longer, a security expert sai...

Article | 17/10/2007 Symbian puts graphics, network improvements in OS

Symbian is adding a new graphics architecture as well as enhanced networking capabilities to its mobile OS, the company's CEO said this week.

Article | 17/10/2007 EQO promises speed by going native on Symbian

EQO Communications will soon release a faster version of its mobile VOIP (voice over Internet protocol) application for phones running the Symbian OS,...

Article | 15/10/2007 Google vows to increase Gmail storage limit

People using Google's Gmail service are sucking up storage space faster than the company can add it.

Article | 12/10/2007 .Asia registry to crack down on phishy domains

The registry for the new .asia TLD (top-level domain) plans to ban domain names that are consistently used for phishing sites.

Article | 10/10/2007 Canonical chases deal to ship Ubuntu server OS

Canonical, the company that supports Ubuntu Linux, is trying to work out a deal with hardware vendors such as Dell to make Ubuntu available preinstall...

Article | 9/10/2007 VMware to release SMB virtualization kits by year end

VMware announced this week it will release three software packages by the end of the year to help small and medium-size businesses take on virtualizat...