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For example, nearly 60 percent of the respondents in a recently released ITIC/Sunbelt Software survey of 1,500 companies said they would deploy Windows 7, with approximately 30 percent transitioning to the new Microsoft desktop operating system within the first six months. Another 11 percent of respondents indicated they would wait for the first service pack to ship. The survey was released shortly before the Windows 7 launch, Laura DiDio, principal of ITIC, told the E-Commerce Times, and it reflected the widely cited pent-up demand for a new OS.

Targeting both markets might work, Laura DiDio, principal at ITIC, told TechNewsWorld. "I can see the appeal to business users," she said. "We've all been stuck on public transport or sitting in planes, or stuck at airports doing our work, but sometimes we just need junk food for the mind, and that's where the games capability comes in." ...

Almost overnight, it seems that Apple and its products, led by the iPhone, the iPod and the Mac, are everywhere -- including in the corporate enterprise. ...

Google has never made a secret of its desire to chip away at Microsoft's dominance in the enterprise market, but that remains a far-off goal for Mountain View. "At this point, Google is basically on the outside nibbling on the fringes," ITIC principal Laura DiDio told TechNewsWorld.

Still, the chance of another Microsoft-EU rumble over the browser remains. "Is this going to be the end of the EC's hounding Microsoft over Internet Explorer? Absolutely not," said Laura DiDio, principal at ITIC. "The EC will continue to haunt Microsoft with the same obsessive fervor as Inspector Javert haunted Jean Valjean in Les Miserables."

Fermi is also a swipe at Intel's recently announced Larrabee multi-core microarchitecture, developed for compute- and memory-intensive applications such as PC games and high-performance computing. "They're taking a run at Larrabee," Laura DiDio, principal at ITIC, said. "And why not?"...

"Increasingly, users' desktops are no further than the palms of their hands -- in other words, their smartphones," said Laura DiDio, principal at ITIC. "Microsoft is acutely aware that if they don't address this trend, competitors will." That could see Redmond forfeiting "a lo...

"They're being very cautious, they don't want a misstep like they made with MSN, so they're sticking a toe in the water first," Laura DiDio, principal analyst at ITIC, told TechNewsWorld Tens of thousands of individuals, students, customers and partners have been invited to pa...

"Seven or eight years ago, Steve Ballmer famously said Linux is a cancer," said Laura DiDio, principal at ITIC. "A lot of Linux people suspect the CodePlex Foundation is a ploy, and with good reason." Also, Sam Ramji, who will head the CodePlex Foundation for 100 days until i...

That potential demand will trigger Android product launches from more vendors, predicts Laura DiDio, principal at ITIC. "Vendors are going to be flocking to what they hope is going to be a green field opportunity with smartphones," she told LinuxInsider. "But the iPhone and BlackBerry are still the real killers in the market right now."

However, changes to consumers' broadband subscriptions won't happen overnight. "It's impossible to simply scrap the investment in the existing and legacy broadband infrastructure overnight," Laura DiDio, principal at ITIC, said Businesses, too, could be impacted, as they might...

However, that's nonsense, Laura DiDio, principal at ITIC told the E-Commerce Times. "If it's open source, people will continue to develop for it, so why is the EC concerned?" she asked. "This seems like a flimsy, transparent excuse to levy fines against another American company."

There has been a lot of infighting at the two companies, Laura DiDio, principal at ITIC, told the E-Commerce Times. "eBay's buying Skype has generally proved to be a bad deal," she pointed out. "eBay has spent a lot of time writing down the value of Skype." One possible indica...

"Through mid-July, Apple's app store had reached 1.5 billion downloads, and it now has over 65,000 apps, which is almost double the 35,000 it had in March," Laura DiDio, principal at ITIC, told the E-Commerce Times. "Is there any market that's hotter than wireless remote mobility?"...

Google's motivation has puzzled analysts. "I'm not sure that even the respective Chrome and Android teams at Google know the answer," Laura DiDio, principal at ITIC, told LinuxInsider. "One would have expected Google to base Chrome on Android, but it didn't." Unless Google cla...

Still, its move into emerging markets could be lucrative. "Over 80 percent of the world's population of nearly 6.8 billion people reside outside of North America and Western Europe," Laura DiDio, principal at ITIC, pointed out. "If Microsoft doesn't target the developing worl...

"Let's see -- it's got 16- and 32-GB versions like the iPod; it's available in different colors like the iPod; it's got WiFi like the iPod; and it can store and play back music ...," said Laura DiDio, principal at ITIC. "What makes you want to pick it over the iPod?" The iPod ...

"This move cements ePub as the open book publishing standard, and that leaves Amazon isolated," Laura DiDio, principal of ITIC, told TechNewsWorld "Steve Haber has said Sony's intention is to lead by example -- he intends to be a Pied Piper and lead everyone away from Amazon,"...

"Google's management recognizes that in an increasingly competitive and often fickle market, no company can afford to rest on its laurels and take its market share and lead for granted," Laura DiDio, principal at ITIC, told TechNewsWorld Google did not respond to requests for ...

The presentations were sparked by the researchers' desire for publicity, said Laura DiDio, principal at ITIC "Let's put this in context -- the hacks were announced at Black Hat, which is a chance for the hackers to show off their skills so they can get publicity or funding," s...