When the New England School of Law in Boston suffered a total network failure that lasted almost a week, the IT department knew a major overhaul was in order.

As I was pumping gas today I was thinking that it was just a short time ago we were paying almost $5.00 a gallon.  I had to stop and take a picture….. Technorati Tags: gas,gasoline,New England,price

Eugene Johnson has indicated his desire to retire after the company successfully completes the systems transition of its newly acquired northern New England business.

I recently attended the New England Information Security Forum, one of a series of events sponsored by IANS (aka the Institute for Applied Network Security). These are closed, no-press conferences which have a Confidentiality Statement associated with them that generally prohibits discussion of anything one might hear in sessions or elsewhere. This is, BTW, good security practice. Neither I nor an...

Sprint has officially launched its WiMax network in Baltimore. The New England city will be able to get on its Xohm network sans contract on a daily or monthly pass. According to SprintUsers.com, the service will cost $25 per month or $10 per day. Not bad, considering daily WiFi rates. WiMax modems start at $60. Sprint says that it will build a dual WiMax/EVDO modem for falling back onto its third...

This week's broadcast of ESPN's Monday Night Football delivered the biggest audience in the history of cable television, and fan interest also proved strong across the mobile platform. According to ESPN, the Dallas Cowboys' 41-37 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles earned a 13.3 rating, drawing 18.6 million viewers--last season's MNF contest pitting the New England Patriots ag...

I'm from San Francisco, but I've lived more than half my life in New England, and have gradually learned the language. The adjective "wicked" is frequently applied in these parts to mean "exceptional", or "cool", so "wicked cool", a term frequently heard, must imply something really special. For our purposes here today, it does indeed.

T-Mobile has officially launched its long delayed 3G network today in New York City with future launches planned later in the year for Austin, New Jersey and Long Island, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Miami, Dallas, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Denver, Detroit, Orlando, Kansas City, Atlanta, Los Angeles, New England, Portland, Sacramento, San Diego, Seattle, Washington DC, San

Looks like some AT&T stores offer refurbished iPhones for sale.These are 4GB and 8GB versions available for $199 and $249 respectively upon a new activation. Apparently, the offer is only valid in New England, but we expect it to extend to other states as well. ...

Oh sure, Apple's been offering up a couple of refurbished iPhones on its own web store for some time now, but actually finding one in stock has proven to be quite a challenge. Nevertheless, a purported internal memo has explained that select AT&T stores in the New England region (sorry, rest of the solar system) will be stocking refurbished iPhones for $199 (4GB) and $249 (8GB) -- of course, the d