Wayne Rash

About

Wayne Rash is a content writer and editor with a 35-year history covering technology. He’s a frequent speaker on business, technology issues and enterprise computing. He is the author of five books, including his most recent, "Politics on the Nets." Rash is a former Executive Editor of eWEEK and a former analyst in the eWEEK Test Center. He was also an analyst in the InfoWorld Test Center and editor of InternetWeek. He's a retired naval officer, a former principal at American Management Systems and a long-time columnist for Byte Magazine.

iPhone 5 Works on T-Mobile Network With Four Days of Preparation

It was big news on when T-Mobile, the fourth-largest U.S. carrier confirmed on Dec. 6 that the company would begin selling the Apple iPhone in 2013. But, of course, it’s always been possible to use an iPhone on the T-Mobile network, but most people don’t know that. And even if they knew it, many didn’t […]

T-Mobile to Target AT&T Customers With iPhone Sales in 2013

T-Mobile USA, the nation’s fourth largest wireless carrier, and the only one without Apple’s much desired iPhone, has reached an agreement to start selling the hugely popular smartphone in 2013. This announcement, which first appeared as a minor point in a Deutsche Telekom financial statement released early on Dec. 6, was confirmed by T-Mobile USA […]

Court Decision Upholding FCC Data-Roaming Order Is Boon to Small Carriers

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit decided unanimously Dec. 4 that the FCC is operating within the law when it ordered wireless carriers to allow data roaming by customers of other carriers. Wireless carriers are already required to allow voice roaming on their wireless networks. The […]

Fears That New ITU Treaty Will Erode Web Freedoms Are Exaggerated

Delegates to the World Conference on International Telecommunications start meeting on Dec. 3 to discuss the way information is moved around the world. The WCIT is a group that works under the auspices of the International Telecommunications Union whose primary purpose is to ensure that global communications meet standards that allow interoperability. The reason you […]

Apple Sale of Unlocked iPhone 5s Is a Big Opportunity for T-Mobile

T-Mobile customers finally have a way to buy Apple’s iPhone 5, although it may not be through T-Mobile just yet. Apple quietly started selling unlocked iPhone 5s in both black and white colors in stores and online. These phones are identical to the GSM phones sold for use with AT&T’s network, except they’re not locked, […]

Cyber Monday Sales Stellar, but Not for Untested Commerce, Mobile Sites

Now that the dust has settled and the Internet is back to whatever passes for normal, it’s time for a full accounting of how online retailers made out over the span of time from Cold-Turkey Thursday through Cyber Monday 2012. The good news is that we can breathe a sigh of relief. The economy is […]

Google Looks Like Super Grinch by Omitting December from People App

You’re a mean one, Mr. Google. You really are a heel. You’re cuddly as a cactus. You’re charming as an eel, Mr. Google. Yes, I know those aren’t the actual words to the song from How the Grinch Stole Christmas as sung by Thurl Ravenscroft. On the other hand, when Theodor Geisel wrote the original […]

The IT Manager’s Guide to Surviving the Effects of Black Friday

Even if you’ve been living in a cave on some secret intelligence agency reservation, you know the awful truth about Black Friday. No place in the Western World is spared the awareness that in the United States, at least, normal citizens become insane, probably from huge overdoses of tryptophan in their holiday turkeys. Some of […]

Apple iPad Mini’s Smaller Size Could Be Its Advantage

You already know how to use the iPad Mini. After all, using one of these 7.9 inch tablets is just like using the full-sized iPad, it’s just a little smaller. But being smaller doesn’t make the iPad Mini any less capable than its larger brother. In fact, the smaller size may well increase the utility […]

Apple’s iPad Mini Is More Than Just a Smaller iPad

This Is the iPad Mini You’ll notice that the iPad Mini looks just like its larger brethren, with the same icons on the opening screen. Everything is just a little smaller. Looking at the front of the tablet, you’ll see the Home button on the left and the front camera on the right. This iPad […]