Wayne Rash

Amazon has taken one important step toward realizing its corporate dream of automating same-day delivery of products to customers by air. That dream, as shown in an Amazon video, involves launching airborne drones to deliver small packages to customers within minutes of placing an order. The Federal Aviation Administration has now given permission to Amazon […]

HANNOVER, Germany—Secure, encrypted voice communications aren’t exactly new. Military and other government users have had the capability for years. At CeBIT two years ago, SecuSmart brought the first secure cell phone communications to BlackBerry devices. Since that time, the market for such encrypted communications has grown, but the technology has always been limited to government […]

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 […]