Wayne Rash

It’s important to note at the beginning that Apple is not in any financial distress. The company enjoyed profit margins that are the envy of the tech industry, and sales that appear to be heading for the stratosphere. The only people who are disappointed at Apple’s quarterly results are those who live in some sort […]

Late in the afternoon on Oct. 21, a brown UPS truck pulled into the parking area and delivered the latest from Microsoft—a brand new, shiny Microsoft Surface Pro 2. A significant difference between this tablet and most devices that show up at the office is that this wasn’t some review unit that I’d have for […]

Relief is finally at hand. The strange, intractable problems that have plagued Windows 8 since it was first shipped a year ago are being addressed and, in some cases, fixed. Or perhaps I should say that most of them have been addressed. But for reasons that remain unknown, there are features of Windows 8.1 that […]

The full-page advertisement on page A5 of the Oct. 15 issue of The Washington Post tells an important story about BlackBerry and its desire to remain intact as a company. There’s been a great deal of speculation about the probable outcome of the company’s announcement that it would entertain strategic offers. One such offer has […]

The news that a few analysts think the announcement of a new version of Apple’s iPad tablet may cut into sales of PCs has morphed into proclamations that the PC will soon cease to exist. Some analysts say that it will kill the PC. Others maintain that the new iPad will be the only computer […]

The question facing Thorsten Heins is a tough one. He was hired to save BlackBerry from near certain death as it sank beneath the onslaught of newer, but not necessarily better, technology. But he could instead be the CEO who steers this once great wireless company on its final voyage, where it could be beached […]

There’s a saying about the left hand not knowing what the right had is doing. Nothing illustrates this more clearly than the federal government’s dysfunctional relationship with the Tor browser and the onion router. By now, you’re heard that the National Security Agency is having a tough time unraveling Tor. This bundle of software based […]

When the U.S. House of Representatives killed any chance of a budget compromise on Oct. 1, a number of federal agencies shut down with no indication as to when they might resume operations. But a few agencies found ways to stay open. NASA’s regular Website home page was offline on Oct. 1. Instead visitors were […]

Like many people, I downloaded and installed iOS 7 within its first 24 hours of its availability. As I’ve learned in the past, this probably isn’t the best time to try to upgrade an Apple OS since you’re competing with the rest of the users in the United States, but I wanted to get a […]

It’s hard to believe that it was only six months ago when BlackBerry started selling the new Z10 touch-screen phone in the United States, which the company claimed would help it reclaim its place as a leader in the smartphone market. The new BlackBerry 10 phone was greeted with enthusiasm with its slick new operating […]

Orbital Launches Space Station Resupply Mission From Virginia Spaceport by Wayne Rash Loading the Supplies Engineers from Orbital Sciences load the supplies that will be carried to the Space Station into the Cygnus spacecraft. Nearly 1,500 pounds of supplies ranging from food and clothing to science experiments are placed inside the spacecraft before it’s sealed […]

The sound rolled louder than thunder as the Antares rocket rose majestically from Virginia’s Launch Complex 0A on Wallops Island at 10:58 a.m. on the morning of Sept. 18. The Virginia-owned Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport launch facility was being used by Orbital Sciences to launch an Antares cargo launch vehicle to the International Space Station […]