Stories by Ben Gerholt

Want cheap mobile calls? Adverts to subsidise new phone plan for Australians

A new mobile phone plan launched today offers a reduced price for users willing to receive mobile advertising.

Nokia 5140i

The 5140i is an extension of Nokia's rugged phone line, successfully providing both resilience and water resistance. While the target of this phone is the user who is into outdoors-oriented sports, it really is suited to anyone looking for a handset ...

HD drives in Lenovo and ThinkPad notebooks in 2007

High definition (HD) optical disk drives will probably be integrated into Lenovo notebook lines some time in 2007, claims Lenovo's Arimasa Naitoh, the man responsible for the development of the ThinkPad and Lenovo notebooks.

BenQ M315

Just prior to Christmas, GoodGearGuide editor Nigel Freitas handed me the BenQ M315 mobile phone to "play with". Somewhat animated at the time thanks to some pre-Christmas lunchtime cheer, I didn't realise that the words "just give it a go" actually ...

Australian PC market Q2 results: Shipments skyrocket, revenues rocked

IDC Q2 2003 figures for the Australian PC market, released this week, show strong unit shipments but a fall in revenues.

Active Directory for Windows .NET Server 2003: Deployment enhancements

This is the first article in a three part series investigating new Active Directory features and enhancements that will ship with Microsoft's upcoming Windows .NET Server 2003. Today, we examine deployment enhancements.

Nokia 5210

Rust- and splash-resistant, a soft rubber-like casing to resist the bumps, and weighs only 92g. The 5210 is Nokia's pitch for the active lifestyle market.

The Net space race

eComWorld October 2000

In October's issue of eComWorld, we focus on ASPs (Application Service Providers) and ISPs (Internet Service Providers). In the early years of Internet commercialisation, ISPs provided user access to the Internet. Now, ISPs are being joined by a swat...

eComWorld September 2000

There are nearly one million businesses in Australia classified as small and medium-sized, and this sector is adopting the Internet as a business tool faster than any other. It's been estimated that ebusiness will add 2.7 per cent growth to the econo...