Wayne Rash

The attorneys general from 31 states jointly sent a letter on Nov. 12 to the heads of four major smartphone manufacturers calling for the rapid implementation of a “kill switch” in their phones. The letter went to the heads of Google, Microsoft, Motorola and Samsung. Apple was not included in the list because the company […]

Pretty much everyone knows that passwords aren’t supposed to be shared. Passwords exist to protect your information and your employer’s information from being seen by people who shouldn’t see it and could cause serious damage if they do access it. This is why you have a strong password on your banking information (you DO have […]

BlackBerry’s last chance to sell itself to a bigger company has evaporated now that the Canadian government has announced that Chinese company Lenovo would not get approval to buy the mobile company because of national security concerns. This comes as no surprise considering BlackBerry’s status as a secure communications platform used by companies and governments […]

A few days after getting a new Microsoft Surface tablet delivered to my doorstep, I found myself at the local T-Mobile store buying an iPad Air. Yes, it does look as if I’ve gone tablet crazy, but the fact is that I use the Surface and the iPad for different things. Thus, when Apple announced […]

You knew it was going to happen. You knew that eventually the Federal Aviation Administration would relent and you’d be able to keep reading that novel you have on your Kindle (or your iPad or your Surface) during airliner takeoffs and landings. Now, finally, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta announced in an Oct. 31 press conference […]

When the news broke that the U.S. National Security Agency was tracking the mobile communications of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other foreign leaders, video and photos started circulating of the chancellor displaying her official BlackBerry Z10 embossed with Germany’s eagle emblem. But despite all of the hype about the NSA’s alleged tapping of the […]

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 […]