FREELANCE TECHNOLOGY WRITING
News reporting

Virtually every news article I've written as a full-time freelancer is listed below. There's also a tiny selection of the news pieces I wrote in my earlier career (at Newswire, I wrote literally hundreds of news stories, but sadly the site is no longer online). See also news features for longer, more analytical pieces.

  • SmartGate faces toughest challenge, ZDNet News, December 6 2004
  • Vendors weigh appliance plans for Microsoft backup, ZDNet News, December 1 2004
  • Dell seeks Australian growth from consumers and education, ZDNet News, September 28 2004
  • PayPal shunts shops aside in site redesign, ZDNet News, September 27 2004
  • Queensland shire goes big on Wi-Fi, ZDNet News, September 9 2004
  • eBay woos AU sellers with PayPal discount, ZDNet News, August 17 2004
  • IBM gets heuristic in database wars, ZDNet News, August 9 2004
  • IBM readies regional developer access plan, ZDNet News, August 5 2004
  • Enterprises urged: Copy Telstra for MS discounts, ZDNet News, August 5 2004
  • Telstra's airport network fails to fly, ZDNet News, August 3 2004
  • eBay Australia stands firm on reserve dumping plan, ZDNet News, August 2 2004
  • Telstra's new campaign: fetch me sex, ZDNet News, July 27 2004
  • Qantas trials SMS check in system, ZDNet News, July 26 2004
  • Legal war heats up over porn claims, ZDNet News, July 7 2004
  • eBay Australia goes it alone by dumping reserve, ZDNet News, July 5 2004
  • Factiva laughs off Google threat at AU conference, ZDNet News, July 2 2004
  • Porn stats make mockery of AU censorship laws, ZDNet News, June 30 2004
  • Telstra breaks into Sydney Airport, ZDNet News, June 28 2004
  • Hotmail ups capacity to 250MB in AU -- just don't ask when, ZDNet News, June 24 2004
  • The next virus threat: IP telephony, ZDNet News, June 18 2004
  • HP to expand 'smart chip' range, ZDNet News, June 10 2004
  • SAP: Love those developers, hate that open source, ZDNet News, June 3 2004
  • Paralympic phishing scam blocked by coding error, ZDNet News, June 1 2004
  • Can Sony make cameras and phones click?, ZDNet News, February 26 2004
  • Symbian backers downplay investment row, ZDNet News, February 26 2004
  • Ericsson signing Aust labels for music service, ZDNet News, February 25 2004
  • Linux hacked more often than Windows, ZDNet News, February 20 2004
  • Business apps battle Java deadline, ZDNet News, February 4 2004
  • Lotus looks to Linux in messaging wars, ZDNet News, February 2 2004
  • Australian corporates underwhelmed by .Net, ZDNet News, February 2 2004
  • Digital wills concept tested in Australia, ZDNet News, January 20 2004
  • Next Linux kernel to get Aussie name, ZDNet News, January 17 2004
  • Open source developers: protect yourself or face the music, ZDNet News, January 15 2004
  • Open source licences could damage Aust govt software collaboration, ZDNet News, January 14 2004
  • Open source in government: Forget support, focus on value, ZDNet News, January 13 2004
  • Cisco prepares Aust home networking onslaught, ZDNet News, December 16 2003
  • Why is it so hard to build a 3G phone?, ZDNet News, December 1 2003
  • Ericsson: No luck with Aust labs, but China's a chance, ZDNet News, November 28 2003
  • Does Australia need digital music downloads?, ZDNet News, November 17 2003
  • Dawn of the dual-screen PDA, ZDNet News, October 31 2003
  • Forget complex security, we just wanna encrypt, ZDNet News, October 30 2003
  • Butterfly notebook to spread wings again, ZDNet News, October 29 2003
  • Chat service to go but still room for discussion, The Australian, October 9 2003
  • NineMSN goes low profile with chatroom closure, ZDNet News, September 26 2003
  • Australian banks failing to capitalise on CRM, ZDNet News, September 23 2003
  • Outlook Express gets last minute reprieve, ZDNet News, August 15 2003
  • Microsoft kills off Outlook Express, ZDNet News, August 13 2003
  • PowerPoint: the black hole in Microsoft's XML vision, ZDNet News, August 12 2003
  • Aust Xbox Live demo nearly DOA, ZDNet News, August 11 2003
  • 7-Eleven bypasses Telstra, The Australian, July 31 2003
  • IBM does OS/400 for PlayStation, The Australian, July 30 2003
  • Australia lags in enterprise Linux: IBM, AustralianIT, July 30 2003
  • CA's southern discomfort, The Australian, July 17 2003
  • Linux users rate stability over TCO, AustralianIT, July 14 2003
  • ACP punts on a net guide for consumers, The Australian, May 22 2003
  • Citrix goes Linux to quell Windows fears, ZDNet News, May 15 2003
  • Go teller on the mountain, The Bulletin, May 12 2003
  • Taming the Lotus, The Bulletin, April 23 2003
  • No open source madate: Aust govt, ZDNet News, February 19 2003
  • New email order, The Bulletin, February 11 2003
  • Home court advantage, The Bulletin, January 21 2003
  • Penton frustrated as IT journos fly coop, The Australian, December 19 2002
  • For all the IT in China, The Bulletin, November 26 2002
  • Java and .Net both a disaster: research, ZDNet News, November 15 2002
  • Chip ahoy, The Bulletin, November 12 2002
  • Forrester grows anew, The Bulletin, September 10 2002
  • Space invaders, The Bulletin, August 13 2002
  • Biotech challenge, The Bulletin, August 13 2002
  • Volume control, The Bulletin, August 6 2002
  • War of the websites at News, Fairfax, The Australian, July 25 2002
  • Clouded vision, The Bulletin, July 23 2002
  • The long good buy, The Bulletin, July 23 2002
  • Handhelds: Now for the bad news, The Australian, July 11 2002
  • The great disc race, The Bulletin, July 9 2002
  • Telstra's $25m bait to net bright ideas, The Australian, June 27 2002
  • Niche TV goes bananas on the Internet, The Australian, June 13 2002
  • Internet a can of worms for PR, The Australian, June 6 2002
  • AOL7 tries paid content strategy, The Australian, May 16 2002
  • PC dial trial, The Bulletin, March 7 2002
  • Money blurs Big Brother's sexy web pics, The Australian, May 2 2002
  • Blu-ray guns for DVD, The Bulletin, March 12 2002
  • Fees not new at Ninemsn, The Australian, February 21 2002
  • Disc jockeying, The Bulletin, November 13 2001
  • Hailing Windows, The Australian, November 1 2001
  • Unlikely romantic entanglement, The Australian, November 1 2001
  • eBay watch, The Bulletin, October 30 2001