Wayne Rash

The EU’s new copyright law, which has been in the works since 2013, has passed a crucial committee vote, and is set to be voted on in the European Parliament in July. If passed, the new law would place significant limitations on how material is presented and used on the internet. In addition, the law […]

When the US Supreme Court announced its decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair on June 21, the initial reaction seems to have been that thousands of small businesses would immediately go bankrupt. While this may be true because thousands of small businesses go bankrupt every year, it won’t be because of the Supreme Court decision […]

T-Mobile and Sprint have taken the expected step of formally presenting to the Federal Communications Commission their plans to merge with a request that the agency approve the transfer of licenses so that the two companies can operate as one.  But of course, there’s more to a telecom merger than a few radio licenses. The […]

A description of the latest version of the Zacinlo malware sounds like a nightmare scenario for your security team. It’s rootkit malware that installs itself on the lowest levels of Windows where detection is extremely difficult to detect.  Even if it’s detected Zacinlo disables anti-virus and anti-malware packages so it can’t be quickly purged from […]

Ever since Apple refused demands by the FBI to unlock an iPhone used by a murderous terrorist in December 2015, there’s been a struggle between the company and its pledge to protect the privacy information of its customers and law enforcement, which wants access to information on suspects’ phones. Part of Apple’s effort is to […]

HANOVER, Germany—My first glance at Acute Angle and their cloud project didn’t look promising. The man sitting opposite me in a sort of editorial speed-dating event was holding a computer shaped like a triangle. There was a Bitcoin symbol on the computer. I got ready for another pitch on why Bitcoin was awesome. But I […]

HANOVER, Germany—If there was ever a clear example of how pervasive the challenges are for IT managers when dealing with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, it was illustrated by engineers with Software AG, when they tried to deal with a capacity planning project for a commuter railroad. The problem is one that’s shared […]

Explaining that he’s concerned about a patchwork of diverse and sometimes contradictory laws regulating data encryption across the country, U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif) along with a bipartisan list of co-sponsors has introduced a bill to create standard rules. The bill, “Ensuring National Constitutional Rights for Your Private Telecommunications,” known as the ENCRYPT Act, would […]

Recent disclosures about Facebook’s data sharing with Chinese cell phone maker Huawei is getting close scrutiny from Congress, mostly for all of the wrong reasons. But the problem congressional intervention could easily result in significant regulations on the technology industry despite the fact that such regulations will almost certainly be misguided and unnecessary. If hastily […]

If Apple were a sports franchise, 2018 would be a rebuilding year. While Apple showed some nice new features for iOS 12 at its annual World Wide Developers Conference at the San Jose Convention Center, much of the emphasis for the mobile operating system is on performance.  When it arrives, iOS 12 will support older […]

It’s hard to remember that there was a time when the Internet of Things was defined by networked manufacturing machinery installed in factories.  We didn’t use the term then, but computer controlled production machinery along with the tracking and accounting systems that supported them have been around for decades. Many of those machines had their […]

For some U.S. companies, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation is a source of fear. They’ve heard about the massive penalties for non-compliance. They’ve heard about the complexity of the requirements and they don’t know what to do. In extreme cases these companies are simply blocking all internet traffic from Europe.  In other cases […]