Staying neutral on WikiLeaks

The WikiLeaks saga continues as its leader and alleged sex offender, Julian Assange, squanders behind bars in the UK awaiting extradition to Sweden to face allegations of having sex without a condom, yet no charges have yet been laid in Sweden. (I always thought the...

Turning copper into gold

My learned colleague from TelecomAsia, John Tanner, recently wrote about the growth of copper theft in the USA. Things must be bad there if crooks have resorted to pinching copper wires from fixed-line infrastructure as well as electrical substations, railroads, etc....

Early predictions promise bright year ahead

January is traditionally the month for new year industry predictions but IDC has jumped in early with some crystal ball gazing. The not so surprising part is that transformation has been a recurring theme in the annual IDC predictions over the past several years....

WikiLeaks kicks net neutrality in the teeth

The great WikiLeaks scandal has less to do with the publication of state secrets sent as cables from US Embassies around the world and their supposed threat to national security and more with how the secrets got out in the first place. Whatever the motives of...