Wayne Rash

Hearsts new tower, with its diamond-shaped windows and distinctive triangular frame, cuts a unique profile against the New York skyline, rising like a faceted apparition above its gray Columbus Circle neighbors. Its uniqueness doesnt end with its outside appearance, however. The 46-story, 856,000-square-foot structure is also the citys first building designed from the beginning as […]

The world first learned about Lawrence Lessig when federal Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson appointed him to the post of special master in the U.S. v. Microsoft case in 1997. While his appointment was appealed shortly thereafter and subsequently vacated by the U.S. Court of Appeals, Lessig was invited by Jackson to submit a brief in […]

HANNOVER, Germany—The European Commission has put off for at least a year any decision to regulate radio-frequency identification technology, EU Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding said March 15. In a press conference at the CeBIT trade show here, Reding said that there is a danger in over-regulating RFID. “There is an extraordinary potential […]

Research In Motion Chairman and co-CEO Jim Balsillie will step down as chairman of the Canadian maker of the popular BlackBerry device. The resignation comes in the wake of reports that the company misstated $250 million in stock options. Balsillie will stay on as co-CEO of RIM. According to a statement released by the company […]

There were no major events, save one, in the wireless world since the last time eWEEK brought you the Wireless Wire. 3GSM is long past, CTIA is a month away, yet the companies that make wireless products and provide wireless services continue to tell me about the products theyre bringing out. I guess they dont […]

ARLINGTON, Va.—The Information Technology Association of America has found that CIOs in federal agencies think theyre making great strides in security, enterprise management and in making progress on consolidating IT efforts to save money and speed implementation. On the other hand, the ITAA reported that those same CIOs continue to face challenges in those same […]

DiVitas Networks on Feb. 20 announced an enterprise-level mobile convergence appliance that it says allows companies to provide seamless communications and handoffs from Wi-Fi to cellular networks. The product, which supports dual-mode phones, Wi-Fi phones, cell phones and soft phones, provides the full functionality of an office desk phone on most wireless phones, company officials […]

AirDefense on Feb. 20 announced that it has released a new version of its enterprise wireless LAN security appliance with new reporting and monitoring capabilities. According to the company, AirDefense Enterprise 7.2 improves managers abilities to see what their networks are doing, discover security threats, and to report on whats found. The new reporting capability […]

The U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware announced on Feb 15 the unsealing of a one-count industrial espionage case against Yonggang (Gary) Min, formerly a senior scientist for DuPont, the Delaware-based chemical company. According to the announcement, Min has been charged with stealing trade secrets from DuPont and trying to provide them to his […]

Cisco Systems is releasing an integrated network self-defense system that combines the companys existing wired and wireless intrusion prevention technology with its NAC Appliance and ifirewall technology. The company refers to this combination product as the Cisco Unified Wireless Network. In addition to providing a defense against such threats as rogue access points and clients, […]