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A View of Microsoft: Improved, but …

Last week, Microsoft held its Financial Analyst Meeting (FAM). Companies hold these to showcase their offerings and initiatives to the analysts that take positions on the firm, and given how regularly Apple and Google have appeared to be kicking Microsoft around lately, it is well past time Microsoft got up and told its own story. ...

Are Amazon’s New Kindles Tablets-in-Training?

"The Kindle has always had a limited browser -- it is just getting a bit more capability this time," Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst with the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "It lends itself to specialized and text-focused kinds of content." Eventually, the tab...

Microsoft’s Mobile Morass, Part 1

However, smartphones still constitute only a fraction of the overall mobile phone market. That situation is not likely to change until at least 2015, when there's enough bandwidth to sharply cut the cost of accessing data wirelessly, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, pointed out...

Torrent of Public Facebook Info Fires Up Privacy Debate

"With this kind of information, an attacker can better appear to be someone you trust and send you links that you shouldn't click on," Rob Enderle, founder and principal of Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. In addition, "they can better impersonate you and attack othe...

Amazon Kindles Lose Weight, Pack On Features

"The Kindle remains focused on ebooks, and this will likely remain the case until something like the Qualcomm Mirasol display hits the right price and size points," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld Qualcomm's Mirasol technology consumes v...

Intel Demos Light Over Silicon

"The kind of change this speed increase could cause could exceed our collective imaginations," Rob Enderle, principal with the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "It effectively could make the location of most everything in the technology space irrelevant." Where in the World ...

Google Gears Up for Government Work

"FISMA is a process review and not an in-depth audit," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, pointed out. "It may be a requirement for certain kinds of work, but it is minimal and likely not strong enough on its own for most government agencies." Security Fears...

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How the Reality Distortion Field Is Hurting Ballmer and Could Kill Us

As I'm writing this, Microsoft is reporting a solid quarter with sales (or use) exceeding expectations significantly on four keystone products: Windows 7, Office 10, IE8, and the Xbox. While Steve Ballmer is clearly not performing at Steve Jobs' incredible levels, Microsoft continues to generate cash at a rate that most companies, states and countries don't seem to be able to approach. ...

New Amazon Kindle Deal Elbows Out Publishers

This deal will benefit all parties involved, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times "Amazon gets a book it can sell more cheaply, and the author gets more money in royalties," Enderle pointed out....

Microsoft Lets Devs Take a Spin on WinPho7

WinPho7 is a "vast improvement" over Windows Mobile 6.5, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "It embodies some of the aspects of the Kin and represents a much richer and more marketable platform than Microsoft has had to date," Enderle expla...

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Could a China/US Partnership Cure Oil Addiction?

There is a growing consensus that China will replace the U.S. as the world's leading superpower in this century, just as the U.S. replaced Great Britain in last one. In the last century, it was the difference between world commerce and manufacturing capacity that mattered; now, the shift could actually be tied to technological advancement in areas like transportation and electrical power. ...

HP Spurns Android Tablet for webOS?

"I think HP killed the Android tablet in favor of its coming Palm device, much like it killed the Windows tablet," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "Supposedly, HP didn't like the performance of the Windows 7 tablet or Microsoft's refusal...

Microsoft Dynamics Aims to Steal a Little Salesforce Thunder

Of course, Salesforce.com already has its AppExchange, so Microsoft is following suit in this case. However, Redmond still has some advantage in the apps store endeavor, according to Rob Enderle, principal with the Enderle Group. "Given that Micosoft, at its core, is a platforms and tools company, they should be better at something like an application store than Salesforce.com can be," he told CRM Buyer...

Ballmer: The Slates Are Coming

Historically, however, "the problem with Win 7 or any Windows-based slate product is performance and weight," pointed out Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst with the Enderle Group 'Tough to Hit Those Price Points'...

Google Makes Everyone an Android Dev

"This could open the door to a massive amount of junk," warned Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "Recall that it was junk games that killed off the Atari game platform, which was dominant in the '80s and '90s "Google has a habit of testing in real time with ...

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Do We Need a Cellphone Lemon Law?

When Apple brings out a new phone, my advice typically is to wait a couple of months for the problems to surface, and then they will either be fixed or known and you can make a more educated decision. ...

NSA: Perfect Citizen Is All About R&D, Not Eavesdropping

"This is really only the tip of the solution, and what's being paid for Perfect Citizen is a fraction of the cost that's needed," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "In effect, this is a funded diagnosis, but the cure is what the country ne...

Google Keeps a Foot in China With Biz License Renewal

It was unclear whether Google's workaround would have the desired affect. China has shown little willingness to curry favor with even the largest of foreign conglomerates, and Google has been no exception, Rob Enderle, principal of the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times ...

Report: NSA Heads Up ‘Perfect’ Plan to Hunt Down Cyberthreats

"It's not too wise to be outspoken about what you're doing, especially when it comes to cybersecurity, because folks will figure out ways around it," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld The information gathered by the program could help comp...

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What Apple – and Technology – Is Taking Away From Us

One of the things that bothers me about technology companies -- and I could start with Apple and end up with Google -- is that freedom is often part of what we give up when we buy their products. This can range from having to manage too many things, to being locked into a platform, to having no say about how our valuable personal information is used. We live in a world of increasing technology slavery, and since many of us are celebrating a day off to remember the establishment of freedom in the U.S., I thought this topic would be interesting. ...

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