Wayne Rash

NEWS ANALYSIS: The U.S. delegation objects to the inclusion of any terms relating to Internet governance in the proposed World Conference on International Telecommunications treaty causing the U.S. and 55 other nations to refuse to sign. The World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT ) conference, which has been going on for two weeks in Dubai, […]

A 13-year-old girl in York County, Va., near Williamsburg, looked out her window and to her horror saw a gang of burglars breaking into her neighbor’s house. She did what anyone would do and called 911. But according to a spokesperson for the York County Public Information office, she did more than that. She took […]

It was big news on when T-Mobile, the fourth-largest U.S. carrier confirmed on Dec. 6 that the company would begin selling the Apple iPhone in 2013. But, of course, it’s always been possible to use an iPhone on the T-Mobile network, but most people don’t know that. And even if they knew it, many didn’t […]

T-Mobile USA, the nation’s fourth largest wireless carrier, and the only one without Apple’s much desired iPhone, has reached an agreement to start selling the hugely popular smartphone in 2013. This announcement, which first appeared as a minor point in a Deutsche Telekom financial statement released early on Dec. 6, was confirmed by T-Mobile USA […]

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit decided unanimously Dec. 4 that the FCC is operating within the law when it ordered wireless carriers to allow data roaming by customers of other carriers. Wireless carriers are already required to allow voice roaming on their wireless networks. The […]

Delegates to the World Conference on International Telecommunications start meeting on Dec. 3 to discuss the way information is moved around the world. The WCIT is a group that works under the auspices of the International Telecommunications Union whose primary purpose is to ensure that global communications meet standards that allow interoperability. The reason you […]

T-Mobile customers finally have a way to buy Apple’s iPhone 5, although it may not be through T-Mobile just yet. Apple quietly started selling unlocked iPhone 5s in both black and white colors in stores and online. These phones are identical to the GSM phones sold for use with AT&T’s network, except they’re not locked, […]

Now that the dust has settled and the Internet is back to whatever passes for normal, it’s time for a full accounting of how online retailers made out over the span of time from Cold-Turkey Thursday through Cyber Monday 2012. The good news is that we can breathe a sigh of relief. The economy is […]

You’re a mean one, Mr. Google. You really are a heel. You’re cuddly as a cactus. You’re charming as an eel, Mr. Google. Yes, I know those aren’t the actual words to the song from How the Grinch Stole Christmas as sung by Thurl Ravenscroft. On the other hand, when Theodor Geisel wrote the original […]

Even if you’ve been living in a cave on some secret intelligence agency reservation, you know the awful truth about Black Friday. No place in the Western World is spared the awareness that in the United States, at least, normal citizens become insane, probably from huge overdoses of tryptophan in their holiday turkeys. Some of […]

This Is the iPad Mini You’ll notice that the iPad Mini looks just like its larger brethren, with the same icons on the opening screen. Everything is just a little smaller. Looking at the front of the tablet, you’ll see the Home button on the left and the front camera on the right. This iPad […]

You already know how to use the iPad Mini. After all, using one of these 7.9 inch tablets is just like using the full-sized iPad, it’s just a little smaller. But being smaller doesn’t make the iPad Mini any less capable than its larger brother. In fact, the smaller size may well increase the utility […]