Keir Thomas - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Keir Thomas

Article | 19/03/2011 Twitter scam betrays users' lack of savvy

Security firm Sophos is warning that a new scam is spreading virally on Twitter, and that a significant number of people have already fallen for it.

Article | 18/03/2011 HP joins the Cloud, but others are ahead

One of the world's most venerable IT manufacturers is flying into the cloud. The new boss of Hewlett-Packard, Leo Apotheker, has announced that HP int...

Article | 17/03/2011 Google Docs gets Wave-like chat features

Remember Google Wave, the innovative although sadly unloved e-mail and chat hybrid that was retired last year? Well, it sounds like Google couldn't st...

Article | 15/03/2011 ARM Servers Are Coming, But Won't Be Cheap

Although the x86 architecture is as dominant as ever in the server and desktop space, there's a small number of people rooting for ARM chips to move i...

Article | 11/03/2011 Chrome 10 v. Firefox 4: Open source browser battle

It's been a busy week for Web browsers. Chrome 10 was released a few days ago, and today sees the release candidate of Firefox 4.

Article | 10/03/2011 IPv6 anytime soon? Don't bet on it

There's maybe never been a better time to be a network engineer--that is, provided you have IPv6 experience. Businesses are crying out for individuals...

Article | 11/03/2011 Is GPS about to be broken?

Could you live without your satellite navigation system?

Article | 8/03/2011 Eight security tips from the HBGary Hack

Thanks to Ars Technica and H-online.com, we now have intimate details of the Anonymous attack against security research company HBGary. There are no s...

Article | 3/03/2011 How to browse privately on public Wi-Fi for free

If you're a mobile worker and like to go online using public Wi-Fi services, like those in coffee shops, you probably don't realize how insanely reckl...

Article | 1/03/2011 Apple should be the savior of Cloud computing

Courtesy of a software developer friend, I had a chance over the weekend to play with the Mac OS X 10.7 preview release. As with previous versions, I ...

Article | 26/02/2011 Chrome browser acts more like an OS, but security is unclear

Google has announced that forthcoming releases of its Chrome browser will be able to run apps in the background. Essentially, the feature moves Chrome...

Article | 26/02/2011 10 cool things virtualization lets you do

Virtualization isn't just for geeks or those who run enormously powerful servers. It offers something for everybody, and if you haven't yet dipped you...

Article | 23/02/2011 Did Acer accidentally invent the Cloud workstation?

An intriguing report on German news site Heise.de on Monday unveiled a cheap monitor that includes built-in PC functionality. The Acer DX241H is an ot...

Article | 19/02/2011 Amazon S3 offers complete website hosting

Ever since Amazon launched its Simple Storage Service (S3) cloud storage service in 2006, people have been using it to prop up Websites hosted with ot...

Article | 21/02/2011 Stanford Researchers Double Wireless Networking Speeds

Researchers at Stanford University have shown it's possible to double the data rate of communication networks without the need for additional frequenc...