Wayne Rash

I knew that the level of stupidity among government officials had reached a new all-time high when I couldn’t find a Demotivators poster at Despair Inc. that fit the situation. But sometimes there is a level of total absence of thought, such cluelessness, that mere words fail. But with that in mind, we’ll talk about […]

The Opening Screen Windows Phone 8 starts with an opening screen that tells basic information even before you start using the phone, including the type and strength of wireless connections, the state of the battery charge, and the time, date and the number of emails you have waiting. An upward flick of the finger slides […]

T-Mobile’s Nokia Lumia 810 emerges from its black and magenta box looking like a handheld version of the Monolith in the legendary movie “2001: A Space Odyssey.” The light gray markings on the flat black case aren’t obvious at first, although you do see the gleam of the screen. The buttons that control the device […]

Sprint Nextel has requested that the Federal Communications Commission to approve the transfer of its wireless licenses to Softbank, the Japanese wireless giant that’s announced its intentions to buy 70 percent of Sprint in a $20 billion dollar deal. The transfer of licenses is necessary because Softbank would own controlling interest in Sprint. In addition, […]

I didn’t think I was going to get a chance to try Windows Phone 8 until next week. I’d just seen an email from the T-Mobile PR team advising me that my test unit of the Nokia Lumia 810 would be delayed because of the horrible weather in the Northeast. But then a package arrived […]

Sprint’s announcement on Nov. 7 that the company would purchase spectrum and customer accounts in the Chicago and St. Louis areas, as well as in other parts of the Upper Midwest from US Cellular, is an effort to get Sprint the LTE spectrum it needs. The deal, funded by a huge investment of money from […]

The nation’s wireless carriers were bracing to respond to damage caused by a new powerful storm that battered the Northeastern U.S. Nov. 7, just as massive repair efforts in the wake of Hurricane Sandy had restored service to near-normal levels. By the time Hurricane Sandy has passed by, a quarter of the wireless communications infrastructure […]

Generac Unit Installed at Service Station This is what the emergency standby generators look like when they’re installed in most business settings. They’re only two or three times the size of your air conditioning unit, and they make little noise when running. This Generac unit runs on natural gas, starts automatically when the power fails, […]

Sometimes the lines stretch for miles. People come from far away to get the one precious commodity that they need to make life livable—gasoline. People carry containers for their home generators and they arrive with empty tanks in their cars. On the way, they pass dozens of darkened service stations that have plenty of fuel […]

While wireless service slowly returns to the areas of the Northeastern U.S. pounded by Hurricane Sandy, two wireless companies are taking extraordinary steps to make sure that customers of both companies have the service they need. AT&T and T-Mobile announced Oct. 31 that the two companies have entered into a mutual roaming agreement. “AT&T and […]

Lower Manhattan has already been evacuated. Cities along the East Coast of the U.S. are being shut down, and employees are being told to stay home. Meanwhile, the slowly, but steadily approaching Hurricane Sandy massive storm has been bringing heavy rain and high winds to the heavily populated Northeast Corridor since Sunday. The storm is […]

Considering how much Microsoft has riding on the successful introduction of Windows 8 and the Surface Tablet, the launch event on Oct. 25 was almost laid back. Various Microsoft executives came out to talk about the new products, explained their use and conducted extensive show-and-tell sessions. In the process, they demonstrated how Windows 8 works […]