Search Results

I spent much of last week attending an event put on by HP, Intel and BMW, which launched HP's new professional workstation line on top of the new Nehalem processors from Intel. This took place at DreamWorks, where we were treated to an early screening of the "Monsters vs. Aliens" movie. This last was a showcase for DreamWorks' huge 3-D bet and one that I haven't been a believer in -- until now. Now, I think we are actually at the same kind of inflection point that led to movies, movies with sound, and movies with color -- all of which were thought to be passing fads initially but that we now can't do without. ...

Tesla's Model S does not stack up well against other green alternatives, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst for the Enderle Group. The Fisker, for instance, "is a more interesting automobile," Enderle told TechNewsWorld, "and for less money, gives you more car." Nissan will b...

Zeebo is taking a very big risk, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "I don't see the right end game here "We've had a lot of people try this thinking it would be a technology play, but it's all about the content, and that has been very ...

"They should either be afraid or seize the opportunity," Rob Enderle, principal analyst of the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "It lowers the cost of the console to almost nothing, and these guys all lose money on the consoles, so it eliminates the Playstation 3 problem off the bat. You could give consoles away for free for something like this. So they either embrace it or it's a go-out-of-business scenario. It depends on how they treat it."

The U.S. stock market had a really happy week last week. The market was on a long rally, and a number of high-profile technology vendors made interesting moves. The first was the release of Dell's Adamo product -- the first laptop offering that really was rethought as more of an art project than a typical laptop. While expensive, it actually feels worth it. The second was the leak that Sun was about to be acquired by IBM for US$7 billion, which has to have old time IBMers dancing in the aisles. Sun pounded on IBM a lot in the '90s. ...

If a deal with IBM goes through, the first move Big Blue will probably make will be the shuttering of Sun's server business, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group That's because IBM already has a commanding position in the server market and a slew of its own...

A significant portion of customers return Linux netbooks to stores, perhaps unclear about what they were buying, said Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "And even the most aggressive estimates have their market share at under 20 percent," he told LinuxInsider.

Last week, I got into an argument about whether Microsoft was using TomTom to go after Linux. I also attended several events where the massive costs of the AMD vs. Intel litigation were discussed. I got to thinking how both entities -- AMD and FLOSS -- are currently defined by the dominant company that exists in their space. For FLOSS -- the open source software community, not the stuff you clean your teeth with -- it is Microsoft that seems to define them, and they have been largely the anti-Microsoft folks for all of this decade. Now that Microsoft is interoperating, has its own open source efforts, and is generally not pissing off buyers as much, FLOSS has evidently decided to FUD Linux and blame Microsoft. ...

Releasing the game as a Wii exclusive is an effort by the console maker to provide a game for the large number of adults who have purchased the console, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld ...

One of the things that fascinates me is how large companies, when given an "in your face" example from a competitor, more often than not ignore it. ...

"Realize that Yahoo and Google remain in heavy competition," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "To some extent, they're responding to each other, but the two things are somewhat different. You're going to see these guys really start to compete on technology. They're both trying to find new ways to irritate us with new kinds of ads. Pity the user in the coming war."

One surprise in the list is the apparent absence of a new title for Nintendo's popular Wii Fit accessory, something Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group, found disappointing, he told the E-Commerce Times Although there are a lot of games coming out for the Wii and D...

It would be interesting to track how much is raised through this channel. More to the point, the online classifieds and the revenues that it can raise could also provide a valuation proof point for Facebook, Rob Enderle, principal analyst for the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "Facebook really needs a revenue model that can support valuation."

"People like the idea of digital SLRs but they typically find that, after spending what is a considerable amount of money, the cameras sit on the shelf because they are simply too large and heavy to lug where they need to go," Rob Enderle, principal analyst for the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld.

A few weeks ago I compared the Obama Stimulus package to what Intel was doing to prepare for the future, and I didn't find out until later that the people at Intel were following advice that Andy Grove, their most famous CEO, had given years ago. That advice was that companies that try to save out of a recession generally fail; you have to invest in your future if you want to survive.

"This should have happened four years ago," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "The big problem with Sony is the lack of authority at Stringer's level. You put a guy like Stringer in charge and don't give him the tools he needs to fix the company. There's concern that it might be too late, but it's absolutely the right way for the company to go."

"These will certainly enhance the product. It's sort of like gilding the lily. As Microsoft goes into RC, the concern is that adding a new feature could break something else. When you hit the RC cycle, you want it to be very stable very fast," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group...

Though Wall Street clearly wanted more job cuts from Microsoft, the company has to be careful about how it goes about maintaining the proper headcount, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "They were damned if they did and damned if they didn't cut jobs," h...

"The reality is that, like Intel demonstrated earlier this month, the companies that can afford it are using this down market to position themselves for when the recovery occurs," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group In AT&T's case, voice traffic is falling...

"The reality is that, like Intel demonstrated earlier this month, the companies that can afford it are using this down market to position themselves for when the recovery occurs," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group In AT&T's case, voice traffic is falling...