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"Given the continuing popularity of smartphones and tablets, the research data I've seen from Intel and other vendors, touch-enabled devices are not only here to stay but represent a significant leap forward in personal computing performance," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT. "I expect Dell to do very well." ...

"Microsoft's Digits is an interesting example of how technology tends to become generationally smaller and more sophisticated as time passes," said Charles King, principal analyst for Pund-IT. "In many ways, Digits is similar what Nintendo accomplished with the Wii controller -- offering a simple, intuitive device for interfacing with various kinds of content."

"While I believe that Facebook's policy is intrusive and distasteful, it seems to be within the bounds of company policies," said Charles King, principal analyst for Pund-IT. "As I understand it, any material Facebook users post on the site, including personal photos, comments, etc., become, by policy, the property of Facebook."

"The continuing row between Apple and Samsung is merely the latest example of IT vendors using patents and other intellectual property as a competitive weapon," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT. "That trend has been in evidence for a long time with numerous exa...

Technologically inclined businesses and other organizations have long enjoyed what Icall IT "trickle down": Continuing, rapid development results in the mainstreamingof hardware, software and services that were originally unthinkably expensive andspecialized. This doesn't mean that higher-end products ever disappear. ...

"The differences in performance between IE and other browsers, particularly Google's Chrome, could be enough to make converts out of even the most stalwart Microsoft fans," Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, told TechNewsWorld. "That may be one of the reasons Microsoft's working so quickly on a fix."

There are, in fact, a lot of drivers behind the growth of the 7.x-inch tablet's share, with Apple's expected entry just one factor, Charles King, principal analyst with Pund-IT, told the E-Commerce Times The 7.x-inch tablet hits a sweet spot for a lot of consumers, he said: ...

Just five years ago, many businesses needed to have dedicated mobile workforces, such as sales people or service consultants in the field, observed Charles King, principal analyst with Pund-IT "Today, with the sophistication of tablets and smartphones, almost anyone can be par...

Tuesday's announcement "quantified the power savings next year's systems would offer," Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, told TechNewsWorld. "It's basically a halving of Core system power requirements and a 95 percent reduction in at-rest power usage." Kirk Skaugen ...

Chief executive transitions in the IT industry often tend toward melodrama or at least bald quirkiness: The number of ignominious CEO departures at HP and Yahoo could qualify both companies for their own telenovelas. ...

"The 'Paperwhite' display sounds like a reasonable addition that would put the Kindle on firmer footing vs. Google's Nexus 7 and the Barnes & Noble's Nook with the GlowLight," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT. "Backlit displays tend to be harder on the eyes than the Kindle's 'E-Ink' displays, but it's the only way to read without a light in a darkened room."

"A couple of things are at work here. First and foremost is theargument about whether Apple and the six publishers fixed the pricingof e-books in order to challenge Amazon but which, in fact, wereessentially anticompetitive," said Charles King, principal analyst atPund-IT. "T...

Hardly a day goes by that one IT vendor or another fails to announce one "fastest/biggest/bestest" achievement or another, attempting to poke in the eye or drive straight into a ditch any and all previous claims. But it is ironic that while there is no shortage of ambition in the technology industry, some of what have become IT's most transformative solutions and services began with little, if any, braggadocio.

"The mainframe remains the platform of choice for enterprise-criticalcomputing," Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, told TechNewsWorld. "Anytimeyou are using a credit card, that transaction is probably completed onthe backend on a mainframe." Different Needs...

"There are a couple of things going on here, and Windows 8 provides a good opportunity for them to embark on this change," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT. "The multicolored squares in the logo emphasizes the diversity of its products beyond the operating system and the office productivity software."

Incorporating Android into the camera is "mostly an effort to stay current with the market," Charles King, principal analyst, Pund-IT, told TechNewsWorld. Still, while smartphones take good photographs and videos, "many dedicated cameras continue to have an edge in overall features, image quality and editing features."

"Glacier mainly focuses on long-term back-up and/or active archivingof data that is no longer used regularly but which needs to be keptavailable for reference," said Charles King, principal analyst atPund-IT. "Use cases include long-term medical records, digital mediaarchives, past tax filings and records, long-term database backups andinformation impacted by regulatory compliance."

"In Groupon's case, the main problem seems to be the lack of originality in the company's offerings and business model," said Charles King, principal analyst for Pund-IT. "Simply put, offering deep discount coupons for products and services is anything but new, so the quick accumulation of competing coupon firms was no surprise." ...

When SAP's five founders launched the company in June 1972, it's unlikely theyforesaw where the IT industry would travel in the decades to come. SAP's core business applications, including enterprise resource planning(ERP) solutions, continue to support tens of thousands of companies globally -- but howthose organizations and their employees work, communicate and collaborate, both at theoffice and on the go, is changing...

"Money can be both a great boon and/or burden, especially in the hands of people who don't know how to manage it properly," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT. "It's impossible to say how success will affect Ouya, but the company's offerings to backers seem pretty modest and sustainable...