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NASA’s Opportunity to Lose Total Recall, Gain Spotless Mind

"If they couldn't electronically repair and update it, the rover likely would have become a nonmoving piece of history some time ago," noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Being able to perform OTA maintenance "ensures robots and other devices can stay in...

What Lies Beneath Social Media Users’ Self-Censoring Ways

"Many are shy about being flamed by their followers or being unfollowed, so they play it safe," suggested Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "Social media does attract a lot of people who go with the flow, [and] folks that constantly fight it are eventually called trolls and blocked."

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Digital Clone: You Won’t Be Able to Live Without One

A very interesting book just hit the market. Written by Martine Rothblatt -- apparently she is America's top paid female CEO -- its title is Virtually Human: The Promise -- and the Peril -- of Digital Immortality. The subject is digital clones, and Rothblatt goes into depth about what they are, when they are coming, and the likelihood they eventually will have equal human rights. ...

Robo Brain Teaches a Robot to Fish

"If the information fed to the robot is accurate and complete, it will find the best solution based on that information, but all information has some inaccuracies in it, and those ... will likely lead to mistakes," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld...

Scientists Zap Diamond With Laser to Record Quantum Behavior

To create and install lasers like this in quantum computers, we "would be talking about a massive increase in computing performance and computers that could be far more flexible and handle a massive number of parallel computations in much smaller form factors," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld...

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Comcast Really Does Hate Its Customers

We were treated to the customer support call from hell earlier this month when a couple of well-connected bloggers taped their call to Comcast, attempting to disconnect from the service, and posted it online. Apparently, there has been a sequel. The clear lesson from both calls -- particularly the second -- is that if you talk to Comcast support, you need to record the call if you don't want to get screwed...

Barnes & Noble Thrusts Nook Into Samsung’s Galaxy

"It's an impressive effort, but even if they take a beachhead, they can't hold it," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "Amazon can easily afford to counter them if they need to, and it is more likely to run them out of business more quickly," he told Tech...

HTC (M8)s With Microsoft

The HTC One (M8) "is one of the best phones on spec in the market, but it has been overshadowed by Samsung's offering," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "Samsung can afford to spend far more on marketing. Microsoft will help market this phone, and HTC needs all the help they can get."

Dropbox’s Mailbox Lands on Mac Desktop

"You want your customers to obtain all their services from you," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "To do that, you need to be a comprehensive provider. Otherwise, someone that has a mail solution may introduce a storage solution and suddenly you find ...

Facebook Adds Training Wheels for the Humor-Impaired

"Folks that mistakenly read and forward satire are embarrassed in front of their friends, and some of those embarrassed people have been folks in power that had no sense of humor," Rob Enderle, principal analyst with Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "I expect one or two ma...

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Why Tesla Is the Best Car Company in the World

As an analyst in a market of experts, I'm known as a generalist, but if I have an area of particular focus, it is how to make customers love you. In the car space, there are two emerging vendors on the world stage: India's Tata, which now owns brands like Jaguar and Land Rover; and Tesla, the dominant provider of electric cars. ...

Twitter to Review Toothless Policies on Cyberharrassment

"Eventually, we'll fully wrap our heads around the fact that behavior we wouldn't allow in public in person shouldn't be allowed on social networks either," sighed Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "I'd hoped it would have happened sooner." Where Does the Bu...

If the Internet Could Speak: ‘I’m Melting! Melting!’

"The industry faces many limitations with communications, ranging from wireless spectrum to core network bandwidth, and there is never a single solution to overcome these limitations," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "The immediate need ...

Amazon Flows Into Mobile Payments Territory

As for Amazon itself, Amazon Local Register offers a fast path to more revenue, Rob Enderle, principal analyst of the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "It has a large customer base already from its Amazon website and converting them should not be a problem." Small b...

Microsoft Gets the Jitters Out of Time-Lapse Video

"When you're talking about time-lapse video, you absolutely need some kind of smoothing technology; otherwise, the image will be so jerky it will make you ill," Rob Enderle, principal analyst with the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld Initially, lots of computing power and hou...

The Cavalry Rides Into Auto Industry With Security Proposal

"For nearly a decade, there have been a series of events that scared the industry, and, up until now, they have been keeping the connected parts of the car separate from the parts that drive, secure and maintain it," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld...

Amazon Gives Disney a Swift Kick in the Shins

However, disputes with publishers won't hurt Amazon because "it's the biggest player [online], and if the book companies combine to go after [it], they'll get nailed for unfair trade practices like Apple did," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times...

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Intel’s Broadwell: What Happens When the MacBook Air Is Thinner Than the iPad Air?

Intel on Monday introduced its Broadwell processor platform to the world, and it is an impressive piece of technology. Stepping outside of its normal two-step process of first releasing the processor and then updating the platform, Intel is doing both this cycle, and the end result is a massive step forward in terms of size and power efficiency. Intel is stepping solidly into turf once owned by the ARM technology most commonly found in tablets and smartphones. ...

I Think, Therefore IBM

IBM's latest neurosynaptic processor provides "a level of processing in parallel that comes close to what organic brains can do," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld This "moves us from calculations to being able to reason and make decision...

Carrier Software Flaws Imperil Smartphones: Report

"Until this is fixed, certain things like banking should not be done on a smartphone that doesn't have an aggressive patching policy," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld Android devices are particularly at risk because they dominate the mar...

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