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Last week I set the stage, indicating that Bill Gates and Steve Jobs would be taking shots at each other at the Consumer Electronics Show and Macworld, and that much of the drama would occur around the two shows ...

Transmeta was seen forcing Intel and others to respond to their early success in the power efficiency arena, according to Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle. Not long after Transmeta launched its energy-efficient Crusoe chips in 2000, Intel developed the Pentium M line, which has been a smash success and helped drive the popularity of notebook PCs...

"Microsoft made a good chunk of its presentation about Vista, which is understandable since a good deal of its revenue is tied to that particular product," Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle told TechNewsWorld Gates announced new Windows Vista-inspired PCs, never-befo...

Yesterday, Bill Gates was supposed to give the best keynote talk in his history, but given I write this column the week before it is published I have no idea whether he actually delivered the goods ...

The year's biggest surprise came from Nintendo. "I really thought Nintendo had a tenuous future in the gaming industry. The company had been steadily losing market share to Sony and Microsoft," said Rob Enderle, president of market research firm Enderle Group In 2006, the gami...

For this last column of 2006, I thought it would be interesting to look ahead to 2007 and explore the battles that are to come. The three big ones are the Battle for the Digital Home, the Battle for your Pocket, and the Battle for Your Lap ...

News of a Vista flaw could hinder public perception, according to Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle, and that's good news for antivirus software companies "It doesn't really matter if Vista is invulnerable or not. No product is invulnerable. If the buying public view...

I know a lot of you will be spending time with your families and, if you are like me, you may be looking for some things to talk about that aren't religion or politics but just as likely to result in a heated holiday "discussion." ...

Microsoft declined to offer further explanation, but Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle said these types of compatibility issues are not uncommon with new Windows releases "With Microsoft, typically there is a gap between release to manufacturing (RTM) and when produc...

Nonetheless, Microsoft was forced to stop overlooking piracy because the cost was becoming significant and because its once robust growth has slowed some, Enderle Group analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times In fact, areas where piracy is most acute -- the Far East and ...

I spent much of last week in Brazil watching five South American University teams show prototypes of their ideas on what the majority of the world needs in personal computing hardware and services ...

The alliance reflects the fact that most of the software that businesses buy today involves some commitment to technology services to make it work, Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle said. In that sense, Microsoft could help drive business to HP's large consulting arm...

Wayman has been a "steadying force" at HP through "a period of massive change," Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times "I think you could argue that HP has been through nearly as much change in the last 10 years as it did in its first ten years,"...

Before starting, I think it appropriate to pause and remember one of our passing friends. Cnet's James Kimpassed last week, and in an industry often defined by over-bright superstars with bad people skills, he was a true hero who was well-liked and respected by all who knew him ...

As we roll to the end of the year, events continue to take place that are changing dramatically the technologies and environments we live in. Last week, Microsoft had a coming-out party for Vista -- but only for the business market ...

Microsoft faces the daunting task of overcoming consumer and corporate apathy to hit their projections of 90 million copies of Vista in the coming year, according to Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle "Fortunately, or unfortunately if you think about it, they have a h...

"You could do a lot for a thousand bucks rather than allowing a kid to play video games. That's more than most people spend on a family vacation. So it just isn't justified," Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle told TechNewsWorld. "A lot of folks are concluding that if they really want a PS3 they can wait until they are reasonably priced."

We are working our way toward the end of the year, and this year appears to be going out with a bang. The most recent drop in our river of discontent was a memo written by Yahoo's chief marketing officer talking about what other people in the company needed to do to fix it ...

Given that it only affected Second Life users' game time, it was not as destructive as some worms have been. Also, Grey Goo does not appear to have been financially motivated -- that is, it didn't try to phish or otherwise steal personal financial data from users. Nonetheless, players were rattled by the interruption -- which was likely the whole point, says Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group...

As the end of the year approaches, I will begin talking more and more about the big things expected to drive the 2007 Technology Segment. One of them, particularly since the Democrats are back in power in the U.S., is a move toward Green, and HP took a huge step to get ahead of this parade last week ...