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That could amount to little more than wishful thinking, suggested Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT. Demand for ultra powerful Chromebooks has yet to develop much traction "Every couple of years, some vendor rolls the dice in hopes that the healthy business for Chrome...

"At this point, it's hard to tell whether it represents a serious tactical decision by China's government or is merely a strategic feint aimed at President Trump's bellicose attempts at trade warfare," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "The gradual implementation...

Without inclusiveness and friendliness, open source is in danger of becoming a gated community whose residents fail to reflect the individuals, groups and larger world -- a sure path to eventual irrelevance, observed Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "I prefer to hope...

"The FBI's cautionary recommendations are entirely valid," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "Too often, consumers consider security to be someone else's job or responsibility," he told TechNewsWorld. "The problem is, that kind of passive fatalism sets people up ...

A storage program for computer code is necessary if you believe that in a post-apocalyptic hellscape someone will enough care about open source coding to mount an expedition to the Arctic, said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT. The odds aren't terribly good that Git...

Microsoft did a decent job of building and maintaining its own browser engine, according to Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, but it never was a match for Google Chrome "Adopting the Chromium engine should result in faster and more secure performance, along with grea...

In essence, with Azure Sphere Microsoft is productizing security for IoT-enabled or connected devices, said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT. Since the platform includes a custom microcontroller, a high-level operating system, and a services platform, manufacturers ...

"Given the company's reported money woes related to problems in its memory division, I expect the decision to drop Linux on DeX was motivated by financial concerns," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT Short-Lived Beta...

Consumers should be concerned about the SLR researchers' findings, said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, a technology advisory firm in Hayward, California "In essence, SRL demonstrated that apps with malicious functions and features can pass the vetting processes at...

The proposal to create a preapproval regulation is in very early stages. It remains unclear whether the proposal will garner enough votes to fly, noted Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT While this currently is a regional issue, there is potential for it catching on in...

"It's a way to broaden the market exposure and penetration of Sonos' products beyond the audiophiles who are the company's main clients," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, a technology advisory firm in Hayward, California The Flex program should be particularly ...

The EFF considers unencrypted DNS to be "the last big security gap on the Internet," noted Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "Implementing encryption could significantly reduce the number of successful spoofing attacks that injure both consumers and businesses," he to...

The Alpha's design is "stunning," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, a technology advisory firm in Hayward, California "It should put the three phone makers ahead of Xiaomi -- Samsung, Apple, and Huawei -- on notice," he told TechNewsWorld....

While the company took a beating over the Fold's problems, it's doubtful they will have a long-lasting impact, said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, a technology advisory firm in Hayward, California "That's mainly because the number of consumers affected was relativ...

Both Latitude-class Chromebooks are entirely suitable for enterprises and other businesses, said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "Dell's new Latitude Chromebooks highlight the continuing move away from homogeneous personal computing that has been going on since BYOD...

The additions to the blacklist could be a bargaining chip for the administration, said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, a technology advisory firm in Hayward, California "If the 90-day extension is the 'carrot' in this scenario, adding 46 additional Huawei subsidiar...

It is hard to say just what kind of impact a company like Cerebras or its chips will have over the long term, said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "That's partly because their technology is essentially new -- meaning that they have to find willing partners and devel...

"It'll likely lead many such groups to terminate CloudFlare services, but there are plenty of other companies, including BitMitigate, that they can go to," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, a technology advisory firm in Hayward, California "The fact is that the ...

The new Twitter design is definitely different -- less formal and more "in your face," observed long-time Twitter user Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "Like any advertising-based business, it is all about eyeballs. The company is hoping to grow its regular user base...

Media consumption, including gaming, is one of the prime commercial pitches for 5G networks. So delivering hardware that makes the most of those services is critical to success, said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT. "Qualcomm understands that point and is getting a...