Wayne Rash

CeBIT Puts Spotlight on Internet of Things, Robotics, Security By Wayne Rash Protesters Decry China’s Human Rights Record at CeBIT Protesters from Amnesty International greet attendees with banners deploring China’s human rights practices. They made sure they were seen in the front plaza of the Hannover Fair Grounds. Other Protesters Object to China’s Internet Restrictions […]

HANNOVER, Germany—Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in a brief video speech at the CeBIT opening ceremonies on March 15 here, called for new levels of international cooperation in access to markets, and in protection of intellectual property. Li said that for China to progress in the international marketplace, China and other nations need to form a […]

The Federal Communications Commission released its anticipated Open Internet Order on March 12, and as indicated during the commission’s vote in late February, the order was very long—well over 300 pages—and filled with defensive language. In fact, the actual content of the order itself was quite brief. Nearly all of those hundreds of pages consisted […]

10 Gadgets to Keep Mobile Pros Productive on Road or in Office by Wayne Rash Mobile Device Car Charger Follows the Rules The world is full of cheap car chargers that may or may not provide electricity to your mobile devices. When they work right, you can keep your phone and tablet charged while you’re […]

An analysis of the Equation Group malware that Kaspersky Lab revealed earlier this year may be the most advanced malware the company has ever seen, according to one of the lab’s top security technology experts. The expert, Costin Raiu, Director of Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis team, said that the analysis also confirms suspicions that […]

Hackers from Vietnam and Canada have been arrested for their parts in what the U.S. Department of Justice is calling one of the worst data breaches in U.S. history. The indictments, which were unsealed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Atlanta on March 6, charge Viet Quoc Nguyen and Giang Hoang Vu from Vietnam and […]

The story that Apple Pay had been breached and was being used to commit fraud surged like lighting through Web news pages and social networks. But like many stories that go viral on the Web, the early accounts were less than fully accurate. Apple Pay and its security are just fine. Unfortunately, the same thing […]

Imagine a source of electrical power that uses water for fuel, produces byproducts that are totally safe and releases no air pollution. Then imagine that once it’s up and running, it’ll be so portable that an entire power plant could fit into the cargo hold of an airplane. Now, imagine that it’ll be running in […]

BlackBerry and Samsung are continuing to work together as a way for both companies to solve their enterprise market problems with the help of the other. On one hand, Samsung has created the fashion-forward Galaxy S6, which will appeal to customers who want the latest thing. BlackBerry, meanwhile, has mobile security nailed down like no […]

As I write this, my email is filling up with self-serving statements that are either cheering or blasting the Feb. 26 vote approving the regulation of the Internet under Title II of the Communications Act. The statements by most of the supporters of the FCC’s vote indicate they seem to be under the impression that […]

There seems to be an assumption making the rounds here in Washington that the Federal Communications Commission’s vote on network neutrality, scheduled for Feb. 26, will end the debate on the issue. The notion is that, once the FCC adopts and then starts enforcing rules that put the Internet under Title II of the Communications […]

Now that we’ve had a few days in which the Twitteratti have lashed Lenovo to the rack for shipping computers with something called “Superfish,” it’s time to unravel all of this and decide what’s really going on here. First of all, Superfish isn’t in and of itself malware. What Superfish does is keep track of […]