Wayne Rash

HANNOVER, Germany — The new BlackBerry 10 smartphone, which has already been released in Europe, is the only wireless platform secure enough to meet NATO requirements, while also retaining its ability to function as a smartphone connected to the Web. German security company SecuSmart launched a new Micro SD-based encryption engine that takes advantage of […]

HANNOVER, Germany—One of the much-anticipated events at the CeBIT show in Hannover is the presentation of the Code _n awards. Unfortunately, I’ve never actually seen this presentation because it takes place on the final day of the show—long after I’ve returned to Washington. But I’m not sure it matters very much who wins, although the […]

HANNOVER, Germany—A new smartphone app that provides detailed information about products on store shelves just by taking a look at the packages is about to hit store shelves, first in the UK and then in the U.S. within the next few weeks. According to project manager Amnon Ribak from IBM Research in Haifa, Israel, the […]

Earlier this year the Librarian of Congress, which is the office that administers exceptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, decided not to renew the exception allowing the unlocking of cell phones, reasoning that allowing the owner of a cell phone to use it with their carrier of their choice somehow violated copyrights. Over the […]

There’s no question that Marissa Mayer remembers the days when Yahoo was the biggest name on the Internet. In those days of glory, Yahoo’s place as a search engine, information portal and quasi social network were unrivaled. Back then Yahoo was a much smaller company than it is now (although now it’s much smaller than […]

The chances are pretty good that your late model car can now communicate with your phone. A large percentage of cars built in the last decade have Bluetooth built into the car’s entertainment system to allow you to make hands-free calls, a process theoretically safer than holding the phone to your ear while your drive. […]

The food that appeared before me on the table at Jaleo near Washington, DC, was startlingly beautiful. Once again, legendary chef Jose Andres and his staff had put together a meal that promised to be more than just memorable. I couldn’t wait to take my first bite of the understated chicken fritter and experience the […]

The news broke over Washington like the flash of an exploding meteor. China, according to The Washington Post, had hacked its way into the computers of virtually every institution in the city. Every government agency, every defense contractor, and nearly every human rights group, Congressional office, law firm, embassy and news organization. The attacks on […]

Cyber-attacks said to be from state-sponsored Chinese hackers underscore the reasons why U.S. companies and government agencies should rapidly adopt the measures outlined in President Barack Obama’s executive order on cyber-security signed on Feb. 12. Obama recounted the theft of a vast range of intellectual property, trade secrets and operational details during his State of […]

People in Great Falls, Mont., on Feb. 11 were startled to hear the raucous tones on their radios and televisions of the nationwide Emergency Alert System followed by an alert telling them that the dead were rising from their graves and attacking the living. In other words, northern Montana was having the first recorded Zombie […]

During his State of the Union Address on Feb. 12, President Obama announced he had signed an executive order that would allow federal agencies to share information with private industry about cyber-threats, attacks and the activities of known criminals and cyber-terrorists. The order would also allow federal agencies to receive information from private companies about […]

My daughter, a newly minted computer scientist and physicist, got up early on a Saturday (something nearly unheard of) and headed off to the Microsoft Store in Tyson’s Corner, Va., to buy a shiny new Microsoft Surface Pro with 128GB memory. Normally I’d have gone with her so I could get some photos of the […]