Lamont Wood
Contributing Writer
Lamont Wood is a freelance writer in San Antonio.
Smartphone CPUs put desktops to shame
The latest smartphones sport multicore processors of dizzying complexity
The march toward exascale computers
Petaflop supercomputers have become standard. But be prepared to pay: These machines can be as expensive to operate as they are to purchase
Side-channel power, the new security front
Power analysis may be a way to secure devices on the internet of things
Printer security: Is your company's data really safe?
IT managers have found that printers can pose major cybersecurity risks -- assuming they pay any attention to them at all
Multi-factor authentication goes mainstream
Goodbye username plus password, hello smartphone plus thumbprint
Mobile apps get the crowdsourcing treatment
Savvy organizations are using social media tools to tap the brainpower of their staffs, and they’re using the feedback to build more innovative enterprise mobile apps
Real-time computing: Gateway to the Internet of things?
The next big computer trend may involve precision rather than speed
Emerging enterprise techs to watch
The latest technologies include quantum computing, gamification, reactive programming, augmented reality, and others
IT jobs market booming in the Southwest
The IT jobs market is booming in the Southwest, and while the pay may not be as high as it is elsewhere, the cost of living is a lot lower
The 8080 chip at 40: What's next for the mighty microprocessor?
Early processor designers and other industry experts predict what the next 40 years of computing will bring
Mobile security: A mother lode of new tools
You may know your smartphone, but pretty soon the question will be: How well does your smartphone know you?