Today crackers -- malevolent hackers -- almost always take a page from Willie Sutton's book and go where the money is. This wasn't the case a few years ago. At that time, many folks tried to breach systems to make political points or purely for sport...

The potential of smart grids is breathtaking. They are ambitious, spanning many miles, and many technologies, from the core of plants and reactors all the way into the homes and businesses they ultimately serve. A couple of items during the past couple

There are a variety of interesting questions to consider concerning Nexus One, the Google smartphone that reportedly is being manufactured by HTC for online sale as early as next month.   It’s important to understand, however, that it is simply

The first awards under the broadband element of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – aka the stimulus package – were made today by Vice President Biden at a metal fabrication plan in Dawsonville, Ga.   The Christian Science Monitor reports

Mobile industry observers are keenly aware of the huge growth in smartphones, laptops and a long list of other mobile devices. This growth is rightly thought to be largely responsible for the pressure being put on the network infrastructure, which