Chris Gonsalves

It was a long week. But there are a few things you can do only by jumping into the fray, and getting a sense of how the myriad vendors we report on in eWEEK are feeling about us is one of those things. With that as the goal, a group of editors here hit the […]

Theres been no shortage of disturbing images coming out of the Gulf Coast, leaving many with a sense of helplessness and hopelessness in the wake of the Katrina disaster. But even as our sense of safety, our trust in government, even our faith in basic humanity have been shaken, there stirs in most of us […]

Its been more than a decade since the first breathless warnings were issued from Seoul: According to South Korean information security experts, the hard-line communists of North Korea in 1994 were busily training a cadre of superhackers at the totalitarian states Automated Warfare Institute. The South Koreans dubbed the school Mirim College, saying that techno-warfare […]

Theres always the chance that we put too much stock in the nuances of mergers and acquisitions. Like an NFL post-game breakdown, we examine every detail of the deal to assign meaning and foretell the future. It could be that sometimes a deal is just a deal for the sake of the bottom line. But […]

My IT guy wont tell me exactly what hes doing. Chances are, you arent telling your folks the entire story, either. In fact, when it comes to spying on employees Internet surfing behavior, perhaps the less said, the better. The very thought of someone watching me update my eBay auctions or price vacation rentals is […]

Remember when it was interference that was the reason you couldnt use your cell phone on an airplane? We were told that powering up the Samsung flip phone was sure to send the aircraft veering off course or into a tailspin. Turns out that was a lie. Planes arent controlled by cell phones, oddly enough. […]

In a refreshing bit of global discontent, those folks chanting, “Down, down, U.S.A.” in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, recently werent angry about war in the Middle East. They were upset about MCI, Nortel, Sprint, Dell and the Business Software Alliance. Not to mention rice, beans, sugar and sweatshops. While garnering little attention here at home, Congress march […]

If you follow baseball, chances are your team has had some issue related to its closing pitcher this year. Lord knows, our team here in Boston is suffering through nightly nail-biters with the guy who is supposed to take the ball and seal the deal. If you are in New York, Arizona, Atlanta, San Francisco […]

I didnt switch to voice over IP at home because it was better. I went to VOIP because it was cheap. What is it about that equation that the FCC bureaucrats cant fathom? Is it so complicated that hand-wringing columnists and legislators who cant spell “IP” just dont get it? VOIP service is barely OK. […]

Im sitting across from a security guy who is supposed to be telling me how hes making the world a safer place, and hes scaring the hell out of me. I had just owned up to requesting an authentication token from my online bank. Ive been waiting breathlessly for the thing, thinking it will make […]