Wayne Rash

When I wrote about ways to protect your laptop if you needed to ship it as checked luggage, one assumption I made was that no one would do this if they had a choice. But with restrictions on luggage between the United Kingdom and the United States a few days ago, it seemed like a […]

Trapeze Networks has begun shipping a new version of the operating software for its Mobility System, an update that the company says significantly upgrades security, voice operations and management features. The Mobility System Software 5.0 is available now for existing customers, and will be available to new customers within a month. According to Dan Simone, […]

WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security will be naming a new Assistant Secretary for Cyber and Telecommunications in the very near future, a DHS spokesperson has told eWEEK. According to Vallee Bunting, a spokesperson for Preparedness Directorate of the DHS, the department is close to the final stages of the hiring process, and should have a […]

I guess I touched a nerve when I wrote about ways to check your laptop safely when you find that you cant take it on board the airplane for your flight. When I wrote the article, laptops (and all other electronics) were banned only from some transatlantic flights, but there was concern that such a […]

A federal judge in Detroit has rejected the Bush administrations argument that the National Security Agencys wiretap program, which has been conducted for nearly five years, is allowed by the U.S. Constitution. In a sharply worded statement that cites precedents from as far back as the late 18th century, and quotes extensively from the Framers […]

The threat was terrorism, so its understandable why passengers on some trans-Atlantic flights suddenly found themselves trying to find a way to stash their electronics, including their laptop computers, iPods, cell phones and BlackBerry devices, into their checked luggage. Some of those items, such as cell phones, will travel fine there, but others, notably your […]

WASHINGTON—American travelers have begun receiving a new RFID-equipped electronic passport in mid-August, according to an announcement from the U.S. Department of State. Right now, the only people receiving the new passports, which are embedded with an RFID chip that contains full passport information, including the photo, are only going to people served by the Passport […]

The television images of flaming Dell laptops may be fun to watch, but to the Federal Aviation Administration, those laptops are not a significant problem for air travel. Dick Hill, the FAAs program manager for Aircraft Fire and Cabin Safety Research, has been testing lithium ion batteries like those used in laptops to see how […]

A VA contractor has discovered that a computer containing information on as many as 38,000 veterans is missing, officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs announced on Aug. 7. In addition, law enforcement officials announced that two men suspected of stealing a VA laptop had been formally charged on Aug. 5 with those thefts. The […]

The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced a plan to encrypt critical data on every laptop computer in the agency within the next month. According to a release provided to eWEEK by spokesperson Matthew Burns, VA Secretary James Nicholson is announcing a new data security program that will begin immediately. “I have promised Americas veterans […]

McLEAN, Va.—A warm summers day and light breezes made it a perfect day for the experiments that Miss Rashs physics students at McLean High School in McLean, Va., had been assigned. The task: to create a container or delivery vehicle that would safely carry a raw, fresh egg to a target far below the top […]

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Transportation Security Administration is only restricting liquids and gels on all flights originating in the United States, a spokesperson told eWEEK Aug. 10. But that doesnt mean you can take electronic devices on all flights as carry-on luggage. As a result of the change in the terrorist threat level to Code Red, or […]