Wayne Rash

The recent mine collapse in Huntington, Utah, seems like an unlikely topic of conversation between technology journalists. After all, before the tragedy, that mine was a brute-force operation in which men physically wrested coal from the bowels of the earth. There were no electronic niceties here. But as it happened, eWEEK Editor Deb Donston and […]

Now that Im reviewing storage products for eWEEK Labs, Ive noticed that at least a couple of the same myths I saw in other product areas are also infesting the world of storage. The most common is that you can solve all your storage needs by simply plugging everything into the company Ethernet. Why would […]

While its great fun as a reviewer to look at the latest smart phone or PDA, the fact is that in most enterprises, its not the BlackBerrys or Treos that do the heavy lifting. In fact, the real work in industries that involve everything from manufacturing to the movement of goods takes place in the […]

The quad wars, the fight between Intel and AMD over which company has the “best” quad-core processor, has entered the next phase. Like all wars, there are initial posturings and skirmishes, followed by an attack, then followed by some significant moves by one party against the other. The quad wars have entered the strategic bombing […]

As the hype for the Democratic Party YouTube/CNN debate built last week, I kept remembering a quote from George Orwells Animal Farm: “All animals are equal,” the head pig Napoleon tells the farmyard, “but some animals are more equal than others.” The reason that I kept thinking about this is because the debate, sponsored by […]

It almost seems as if T-Mobile wanted to make sure no undue attention was drawn to its revolutionary HotSpot @Home converged wireless system. The system was announced just before Apples iPhone (but well after iPhone hype had taken over the media) and positioned as a consumer-only product. Even the name screams “consumer-only.” This is, of […]

The topic of municipal wireless has become a real hot button. Many communities are implementing municipal wireless, but theyre doing so for the wrong reasons. And, worse, theres a dirty little secret about muni wireless (more on that later). Not all municipal wireless efforts are political pork, nor are they failures. The city of Providence, […]

A new phone system may herald a more seamless wireless communications experience for users, although the technology has a way to go before its enterprise-ready. T-Mobile USAs new converged cellular/Wi-Fi phone system, called T-Mobile HotSpot @Home, enables subscribers toting one of the services two supported phones to place calls over regular cellular networks and then […]

Each morning, I, along with several other million Web surfers, start the day by catching up with the news. At one point, I would have tuned into a morning television newscast or read the daily newspaper tossed in my driveway, but those outlets are now second or third in order of preference. However, once a […]

T-Mobile USA announced on June 27 the first carrier-based converged cellular and Wi-Fi phone system in the United States. The new converged system uses a new series of GSM/Wi-Fi handsets and a Wi-Fi Internet router optimized for voice traffic. The new product offering is designed primarily for consumer use and is called T-Mobile HotSpot @Home. […]