One of the challenges in mobile computing is battery life. It’s hard to be productive with a dead battery, so IT personnel and users alike need to think about maximizing run time between charges.

A few years ago, thin clients were all the rage. Leading the charge was Sun Microsystems, driven perhaps by a disdain for Microsoft, but many others were producing a variety of thin-client products on ...

A wireless network in the office can improve productivity, create a more flexible work environment and save money, which is why more and more SMBs are going wireless. Remember though, that just like ...

In my last column, I gave me predictions for the first six of the top 12 mobile and wireless issues of 2008. This week, I’ll wrap it up, and the year, with the remainder. Again, these are in no ...

We recently did a study of the cost-effectiveness of wide-area (“outdoor”) wireless access vs. wire. OK, sure, if you’ve got FIOS or cable broadband or maybe a newer implementation of DSL or similar ...

With the rise of personal mobile devices, a growing number of enterprises have scrapped the homogeneity mandate: instead of requiring employees to use a standard smartphone, more IT departments are ...

The distributed nature of edge computing has been just what the world needed over the last two years as trends like remote work, Internet of Things (IoT), and AR/VR took off. That’s because edge ...

BellSouth digital subscriber line (DSL) subscribers can now tap into three new services — BellSouth FastAccess Wireless HomeNetworking Plus service, Parental Controls Plus and Firewall Monitor.

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

There has been for some while “heated debates” amongst fellow blogospherians (probably not a word, don’t comment and bitch about it please) about all these cloud services we’re hearing about. First we ...

AI is upending the wireless and telecom sector -- rewriting how networks function, services are delivered, and business models compete. Companies that adapt now will lead tomorrow. Battery life, call ...