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Not all observers, though, believe the benefits of the pact were so evenly apportioned. "Yahoo is trying to appear relevant again," said Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst of the Enderle Group "By connecting to [Zynga], it can appear to be relevant again by doing som...

The shakeup could well lead to positive changes that could eventually have an impact on the larger market, Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. The entertainment and devices division was the source of many of the problems that existed between Microsoft...

No matter what its motivation is, Facebook does appear to be getting serious about privacy, Rob Enderle, principal of the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. However, that doesn't mean that it won't screw up its handling of privacy again. The problem, in Enderle's view, is tha...

I've been using Office 2010 for several weeks now, and I actually have gotten to the point where I'm finding it harder and harder to use Office 2007. However, I'm reminded of the problems -- both with this product and, to a lesser extent, Windows -- that are unique to Microsoft and have proven to be a bi..., er, very difficult, to correct. ...

It shouldn't be difficult to apply the same methods of destroying computer data to the data on digital copiers' hard drives, Rob Enderle, principal analyst for the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld, but this is not something people have thought about. "A lot of these things c...

"This is a very important upgrade because spam is something that drives everyone nuts," said Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group. "Users need more capabilities in terms of adjusting for what is coming in and out." Smartphone Integration...

I'm clearly on some kind of twisted Wizard of Oz/magic jag at the moment but, as I said last week, I'm just not convinced people fully get why Apple is successful. However, this week there are some other things brewing. Apple seems to have suddenly become the "Litigation 'R' Us" company and every time I've seen this happen, it has ended badly. ...

"Hulu is staying with something that works," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "Their goal is to provide a service, and not to push a particular technology. They can always switch when the standard is ready, and that may not be for years," he said...

"What makes the iPad different is Apple's ability to present its products as magical," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "Few companies can do that well." However, Android devices may pose a challenge to the iPad, if the success of Verizon's Droid smart...

"Support from SiBeam adds momentum to what appears to be the industry-supported standard," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld WiGig Version 1.0 specs...

Though it might not have been delivered as well as it could have been, "I think his thesis was valid," Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst with the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld Specifically, "the common sense is that you can get easily overwhelmed," Enderle expl...

One of the interesting things about watching Apple's rollout of the iPad and anticipating the rollout of its stunning generation 4 iPhone is that competitors don't seem to get what makes Apple successful. As a result, they have generally failed miserably to bring forward offerings that have done as well. ...

"As the dominant vendor in the space, Google doesn't have to be better than Bing, it simply has to be good enough so that people don't move to Bing, and much of this is impression," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group."This may reach that bar." However, Go...

"It does seem that people are gravitating towards a faster browser," observed Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group The Chrome browser could get another boost toward the end of this year, when Google will unveil netbooks running on the Chrome operating system....

Perhaps more to the point, it can be used to significantly enhance anyoperating system, Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group told the E-CommerceTimes. "BumpTop is an advanced UI (user interface), which is designed to significantlyenhance Windows," he said However, Google's ChromeO...

Internal politics played a bigger role, according to Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst at Enderle Group. "The Courier was not based on Windows, and Microsoft products are on Windows turf in Windows-land," Enderle told TechNewsWorld. "The Windows Group said, as is often the case there (in Redmond), 'Hey, our platform doesn't go on anything but us, so you're done.' Often in big companies you carve out turf, and the Courier crossed into somebody else's turf."

Last week was a huge week for news surrounding smartphones and iPad-like tablets. I mentioned a few weeks ago how the market was moving to vertical integration, which was placing platforms like Android at risk, but I didn't expect HP to move this quickly by buying Palm and getting its own OS. ...

Microsoft and Apple do have a point, contended Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "Flash is buggy and has crashed both IE and Firefox," Enderle told the E-Commerce Times. "Microsoft captures breakage statistics across all its platforms, and Flash is one of the...

Or could it be that Android will ensure full compatibility with the Flash standard? "Right now, Android support for Flash isn't consistent," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld."For instance, the Dell Streak prototype doesn't yet support it fully."

The fact that software services fared the best is not entirely surprising, Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst with the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times "Software services tends to benefit both when the market is improving and when it declines, primarily becau...