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Microsoft Predicts the Future of Search

Though Microsoft apparently is dedicating substantial resources to compete with Google, "I'm not sure it is a technology problem they need to overcome," said Rob Enderle, a principal analyst with the Enderle Group "Google is entrenched in the space, and it's hard to remove an ...

South Park on Xbox: Low Comedy Goes High-Def

"Xbox Live is one of the sustaining parts of the Xbox experience," Rob Enderle, principal analyst for the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "Those that sign up and use it are more likely to remain wedded to the product and support the ecosystem. ... Programming has been relatively light for this product -- particularly due to the lack of HD programming being released for download -- so every little bit helps."

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Mini-Microsoft, Steve Jobs’ Secret Diary, and a Potential New YouTube

There are two guilty pleasures I've developed of late ...

Dell Q4 Profit Tumbles 33 Percent

Dell must work hard to right itself in a tough, competitive environment where HP appears to have found some of the same secret sauce that enabled Dell to sell its PCs at lower price points, Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times "Based on the tre...

Material Thin as an Atom Makes Tiniest Transistor

"We clearly are at a premanufacturing phase, and that means they may not be able to find a way to mass produce this," Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "But creating very small processors that don't leak, which has been a major problem with small processors, is critical for allowing the continued advancement of microprocessors, which are starting to reach size limitations. This is core to Moore's law and this law is what still drives much of the technology segment."

EC Hikes Microsoft Fine Threat to $4M Per Day

"The folks that are complaining about Microsoft's cooperation -- including IBM -- don't really want cooperation," agreed Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst with the Enderle Group. "Their goal is to cripple Microsoft, and they're probably not going to be happy until Microsoft goes under. Microsoft is in a bad position -- almost an impossible position to get out of."

Hackers Dodge Slammer in MySpace Extortion Case

"Two things to remember are they got caught, and not everyone is going to get caught," Rob Enderle, a principal analyst with the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "In every likelihood, there's more code out there that tracks where you go -- installed in everything from key loggers to tracking software."

Second Life Residents Speak for Themselves

Many online game players spend a lot of time in the virtual world -- buying and selling items and creating a strong economic component to what for many is much more than a game, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "It is the place to go to s...

Sony’s Latest Blu-ray Gambit: A $600 Player

"This is much better," Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst with the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "Sony is hitting the market just ahead of Toshiba HD DVD players, which are priced aggressively as well." Will It Be Enough?...

Dell Puts Preinstalled Linux on the Table

"Dell has always had a problem with Linux," Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst of the Enderle Group, told LinuxInsider. "The numbers -- at least on the desktop -- are upside down and they have to watch margins hard. There is more support cost surrounding Linux." With...

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PC Makers’ Changing Faces, Apple’s Coming ‘Bypass Vista’ Campaign

The technology world will be changing a lot this year, and I figured this would be a good week to talk about some of the changes going on at a few of the major PC vendors that will make the next few months -- and particularly the second half of the year -- more interesting ...

With Google Apps, It’s Game On

"I don't think many people will migrate to Google Apps right away," agreed Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "A big trend in the industry is to go to laptops, and we just don't have reliable wireless broadband to the point where we could live on an online-only environment."

HP Earnings Surge on Notebook, Printer Sales

The turnaround at HP is the result of "operational efficiency, a very strong executive team and massive focus on the fundamentals," Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times "In short, they have a CEO and an executive team doing their jobs and not t...

SlySoft Tool Cracks HD DVD Encryption

The film industry and the AACS are likely not thrilled over news of the new software, said Rob Enderle, a principal analyst with the Enderle Group. However, they probably aren't overly concerned about mass pirating of their products by individuals, because costs would run much too high at this point...

AMD Debuts High-Speed, Low-Power Chipsets

"Right now, AMD is at a performance disadvantage against Intel and, while this closes the gap a little, Intel remains the performance champ on most benchmarks I've seen," Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld However, does the pe...

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HP, Samsung and Neonode Think They Have a Better iPhone

3GSM, the big cell phone show, just wrapped up in Barcelona, Spain, and there were a number of big announcements. We've already seen LG's Prada phone, which launched this month, take aim at the iPhone. At this show, we saw two others -- both of which are capable of doing more that the iPhone does for less money ...

D-Wave Claims Quantum Computer Breakthrough

"Quantum computing was supposed to be decades into the future," Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "The problem for IT is that Quantum level processing is capable of breaking virtually every level of encryption currently used by shear force, and it is a game changer in terms of total processing power. "...

LucasArts Unleashes the Force for Star Wars Fans

"First thing, I'm definitely going to have to pick this up," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "This is a big release, it promises vastly better game play, better physics and a continuation of a story line that was not really explored in the movies."

Russian Court Tosses Out Microsoft Piracy Case

Overcoming deeply entrenched political corruption is the big challenge for those wanting to stop piracy in places like Eastern Europe and China, Rob Enderle, principal analyst for the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times "In this case, investigators got aggressive and star...

Intel Boldly Goes Where No Chip Has Gone Before

"Basically, it creates a processor that can reconfigure itself on the fly to do a variety of tasks like graphics and physics that required specialized parts in the past," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld Four, Eight or More...

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