John Quain

Information at your fingertips. Seamless computing. Call it what you will, its convergence by any other name. Of course, you cant converge anything without getting everything connected, and you cant have everything connected unless you go wireless. So a year ago Microsoft introduced a program for making quotidian objects wirelessly connected to the great big […]

UPDATED: It may be the year of the monkey in the Chinese calendar but according to the tech calendar, this is going to be the year of the mobile worker. Why? Because wireless communication is finally a practical tool for small and large businesses. Wi-Fi, for example, was once a novelty in coffee shops and […]

If there is one clear signal to be detected in the ether of the wireless world, it is the voice of the end user. And when it comes to wireless, users want it, and they want it bad. Consider the cell phone marketplace: Once only for affluent business travelers, today you cant walk down a […]

First your company launched a wireless network. Then you set one up in your home. Whats next? How about having Wi-Fi in your cell phone, MP3 player, or even your digital camera? If chipmaker Broadcom Corp. has its way, the Wi-Fi juggernaut will keep rolling along. The company recently took the wraps off its tiny, […]

Ultimately, fighting the war on terrorism may have less to do with giant aircraft carriers and more to do with atomic-scale detection and prevention systems. Nanotechnology, which is expected to transform everything from computer processors to drug delivery systems, may also be the key to homeland security, argues a new book. In Nanotechnology and Homeland […]

No good spam-fighting deed goes unpunished, or thats how things seem when youre Microsoft. After initiating high-profile lawsuits against spammers and pleading with Congress for tougher regulations, Microsoft itself is taking heat for assisting the targets of its actions. Apparently much unsolicited e-mail comes from the companys own services including Hotmail, and critics charge that […]