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One Small Chip for a PC, One Giant Leap for Computing

"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 Cores, Eight Cores or More...

Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs, Dell Does Sony, HP Powers Wal-Mart

Unless you were sleeping last week, you saw Bill Gates get really upset when asked about the Mac vs. PC campaign that Apple is putting on. I'm not sure it is wise to piss off someone like Bill personally in this way, and the campaign does seem to over-stereotype both Bill Gates and Steve Jobs ...

Nokia Unveils Free Map Service

Although Nokia is trying to compete straight up with the personal navigation device market, it also hopes to gain an edge by offering a different pricing model, Rob Enderle, principal analyst with the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld While standalone navigation device makers,...

Can Vista Reanimate the PC-Based Gaming Market?

"With the release of Windows Vista and DirectX 10, the new graphics standard for PC games, we're likely to see a pretty good sized refresh as we go into this year," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld When PCs Were King...

Vodafone, MySpace Team on Mobile Social Networking

The move follows a continuing trend targeting kids by increasingly providing access to the most popular online portals through mobile devices, Rob Enderle, principal analyst with the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "These companies are essentially trying to turn the cell pho...

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Vista Launches, Dell Is Back, Zune Gets Right Leadership

It looks like 2007 is really starting out to be an incredible year for change. Last week was no exception, and with the launch of the new iPod based on the iPhone design followed by at least one potential iPhone-killer product later in the week, this trend will probably continue ...

Microsoft: Vista Voice Recognition Attack No Big Deal

"Certainly, this kind of thing doesn't help the Vista adoption," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at The Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "When you sell on a message of security, having problems like this crop up certainly doesn't help your message, and it does showcase one of the weaknesses Microsoft has: they don't really sell the products after they release them."

Michael Dell Faces Uphill Battle

"They have missed several quarters in financial results," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "That and slipping to No. 2 resulted in the replacement of the CEO." "The Board believes that Michael's vision and leadership are critical to b...

Microsoft’s Zune Leader Stepping Down

"It was a train wreck," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "They needed a guy running that project who had a passion for hardware, and because they didn't have it, Zune ended up a device people didn't buy. It was a significant mistake."

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Vista: Changing the World One PC at a Time

As Vista launches, I'm in New York thinking back to 1995 when I was attending the Windows 95 launch and imagining what could have been ...

Vista Illegal in EU, Charge Microsoft Rivals

Some of the ECIS allegations appear to be factually incorrect, noted Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst for the Enderle Group "They refer to Longhorn and Vista as if they were different -- they aren't. 'Longhorn' was the code name for Vista," he told the E-Commerce T...

HD DVD, Blu-ray Cracks Confirmed

"This was always expected," Rob Enderle, Enderle Group pricipal analyst, told TechNewsWorld. "It was only a matter of time before any security system is breached ... DRM, as a practice, is largely obsolete and the industry just hasn't figured that out yet." In its statement Th...

Microsoft Profits Slump Despite Record Revenue

Microsoft and the PC industry may just have to wait a little longer to see the full bang from the Vista launch, Enderle Group analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times Though interest appears modest so far, "The consumer campaign has yet to kick off, and I do think there i...

Sony Pins Cell Chip Hopes on Cellius

Sony is attempting to solve a problem created by its own pursuit of the advanced technology housed in the PS3 -- the Cell chip -- according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group Developed in conjunction with IBM and Toshiba, the chip reportedly cost around $1.65 b...

WoW Expansion Burns One-Day Sales Records

The massive popularity of WoW spans across sex and age boundaries because the game is "so massive," according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group. The game, he continued, has pulled in a lot of people, and those players then pull in even more people who love to run around the game's virtual landscape as mages, orcs and the undead...

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2007: Apple’s Bad Year, Vista Launch Countdown, CES Cool Stuff

Apple released its financials last week, and 2006 was a very, very good year for the company. However, its forecast suggests that 2007 may be starting out as one of Apple's worst years this decade ...

Seat of Power: Gaming Chairs Enhance Play

"There is a variety of chairs available designed to meet the needs of different gamers," said Rob Enderle, president of market research firm the Enderle Group The chairs touch upon many of the senses. Some include special effect lighting to enhance a game's sense of realism. 3...

Bethesda Picks Xbox Over PS3 for Elder Scrolls Expansion

That the game will not be available for the PS3 is significant because "what differentiates game systems are the games themselves," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "This effectively locks those that like Elder Scrolls to the Xbox, making it difficult for either Nintendo or Sony to pull them away and may pull players from the PS2 version to the Xbox."

New Vista OS to Be Available for Download

"We've been delivering software in smaller packages online for some time now," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "It was only a matter of time before someone did a larger, complex project online. Whether it's movies or software, online will in...

HP Researchers Give Chips a Nano Spin

Though the technology exists only as a simulation, the company expects to have a prototype by the end of the year. If all goes well, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, this could "move the market up three generations in the time it typically would take to do one."

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