Articles by Joel Burgess, Staff Writer

Joel is the go-to laptops and systems reviewer for the Australian TechRadar team, reviewing over 250 laptops for the website (and APC magazine) since 2014.

In between compiling giant spreadsheets of the top performing laptops, Joel has developed a keen interest in getting granular with consumer hardware. If he’s not pushing a gaming rig to its limits, he’ll be pressure testing the latest home coffee machine or digging into the science behind air purifiers.

Articles by: Joel Burgess

TPG throws another bid at iiNet

By Joel Burgess published 6 May 15

TPG upped the $1.4 billion cash price, arranged in March, to match the M2 group's share based offer last week.

Boxing match piracy causes Twitter bout

By Joel Burgess published 4 May 15

Periscope has only been operational for a little over a month, but it's already excelling at something, piracy.

iiWanted: M2 Group potentially outbids TPG with $1.6 billion iiNet bid

By Joel Burgess published 27 April 15

The quest to takeover iiNet received a second bid today sparking a 12 per cent surge in iiNet share prices.

Australians turn to VPN after copyright case

By Joel Burgess published 15 April 15

Based on a recent surge in Google searches for "VPN" in Australia, piracy may become harder to trace.

The consequences for not buying the Dallas Buyers Club

By Joel Burgess published 9 April 15

What will happen to those 4,726 account holders linked to piracy of the Dallas Buyers Club?

Amaysim moves into the fast lane with 4G

By Joel Burgess published 23 March 15

Today, Australian phone service provider Amaysim announced that it will be switching its network from 3G to the Optus 4G Plus network.

HTC confirms One M9 Australian release date and pricing

By Joel Burgess published 18 March 15

HTC has confirmed it will unleash its latest flagship, the HTC One M9 in Australia on the 24th of March.

Money Games: Video games were big business in 2014

By Joel Burgess published 4 March 15

Video games are big business, and are getting bigger every year. In 2014, $2.46 billion worth of games were sold in Australia.

Quickflix in Quicksand

By Joel Burgess published 2 March 15

Between June and December last year, the Australian streaming and DVD service Quickflix, was operating at a loss of $8.6 million, more than doubling its loss from the previous quarter.

New smartphones to fall from Australian trees in the first weeks of Autumn

By Joel Burgess published 26 February 15

Aussies will be able to get their hands on a number of new phones following the Mobile World Conference next week. Microsoft, HTC, Samsung and Motorola all throw phones into the ring.

Opening Pandora's Xbox app in Australia

By Joel Burgess published 25 February 15

As of today, the popular music streaming service Pandora will be available on Xbox One consoles across Australia.

New draft ISP pirate code released

By Joel Burgess published 25 February 15

Industry codes look to catch little fish in Australian copyright infringement

Stan confirms Australia Day launch

By Joel Burgess published 22 January 15

Following the launch of the Presto Entertainment last week, Stan has confirmed it will be the next key player in the subscription VOD market in Australia, opening the doors to the service on Monday.

Fetch TV fetching new channels for entertainment pack

By Joel Burgess published 6 January 15

Fetch TV subscribers are due for a sudden change in entertainment as the company is completely overhauling the channels in its Entertainment package.

The NBN: Everything you need to know

By Nick Broughall, Joel Burgess published 23 December 14

UPDATED The NBN is one of the largest infrastructure projects Australia has ever seen. Here's everything you need to know.

Telstra and NBN Co make $11 billion deal to speed up the NBN rollout

By Joel Burgess published 15 December 14

It may be 'faster' to connect it to households but what about the internet speed?

Ezyflix.TV ditches the Australia tax with new release titles at U.S. prices

By Joel Burgess published 8 December 14

If the premium price tag was stripped away, would more Australians buy films online? This is just what Ezyflix.TV is attempting to test.

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