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Microsoft Prods Skylake Users to Take the Windows 10 Plunge

However, "with virtually every other high-tech product, the OS and the hardware are wedded ... from your TV to your smartphone," noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "You can then tune the OS specifically for the hardware and reduce the complexity of the...

IDC: There’s Hope on the PC Horizon

The figures "conceal the fact that Microsoft came up like a rocket toward the end of last year due to attractive designs and well-funded marketing efforts," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group More marketing is needed, he told the E-Commerce Times. PC vend...

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What the PC Industry Could Learn From the NRA

One of the fascinating things about the NRA is that buyers of guns think the organization represents them, when in fact its mission is to represent gun sellers -- not gun buyers -- and certainly never gun buyers against gun sellers. ...

iAd Shakeup May Be in the Works

Apple failed where other tech companies have succeeded, according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "This goes into the loss column for Apple and the win column for firms like Google and Facebook who are doing far better in this space," he told the E-Comme...

Researchers May Have Licked Flaming Lithium-Ion Battery Problem

"Overheating is one of the biggest problems Li-ion batteries have," observed Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "They get incredibly hot when they catch fire -- enough to melt aluminum -- and that makes temperature mitigation extremely important." One of the ...

ProPublica Launches News Site on Dark Web

"Wow! It gets pretty bad when you have to hide which news sites you visit," observed Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group ProPublica has not yet advertised the hidden site and did not respond to our request for further details....

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Behind the Scenes at CES

CES surprised me again this year. For a show that comes too early in the year for most buyers and companies, it still stood out as having some truly amazing things. It will be remembered for showcasing the birth of personal flight vehicles, along with a Tesla-beating car, and Ford showing how it could do what Apple couldn't. ...

Apple Execs’ Salaries Go Up as Stock Goes Down

One of the problems in corporate America is executives continuing to make good money regardless of how the company is doing, observed Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "There's been a decoupling of company performance and salaries at the top level of firms th...

Samsung Places Fridge at Center of Smart Home

Leaping into bed with Samsung first might have been a good strategic move, because "MasterCard wants to be first," suggested Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "They might get a few more transactions than if they didn't." The Security Issue ...

Hack Lets PS4 Run Linux

"No harm will come to the hardware though. The only threat is just to Sony's security risk," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "There is no upside for Sony to allow it. I expect Sony will do everything it can to shut it down," Enderle told LinuxInsider....

Human Computation May Be Key to Solving World’s Wicked Problems

Crowd experts could fix problems of all sizes someday, according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group For example, human computation can impact "litigation, both case law and discovery, primary research on trends and causes," he told TechNewsWorld. "Politics ...

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CES Insanity in 2016: The Cannabis Defense

CES is probably the best example that folks who work around tech are just a tad insane. While no big product has yet emerged, there will be a ton of crazy stuff to see. ...

Backspace Flaw Enables Linux Zero-Day Attack

Much has been made of the relative security of Linux systems compared to Microsoft PCs, but this flaw shows Linux users "have to be at least as observant and reactive as everyone else," observed Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Easier Said Than Done...

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Looking Ahead to 2016

Next week is CES, and I am so looking forward to coming home from that show. It used to be a lot of fun, but it covers such a massive amount of space that just getting around takes up much of the time. ...

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2015: Looking Back at an Amazing Year

This year has offered some brilliant lessons from a variety of vendors. Among them were a lot of lasting lessons like we had with 3D TVs, which pretty much bit the dust, and 4K TVs, which are doing reasonably well in light of what people actually learned. ...

Congress Passes Budget Bill With Controversial Cybersecurity Provision

Adding CISA to the omnibus budget bill "is why folks don't trust the government," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "It's fundamentally antidemocratic," he told the E-Commerce Times....

WhatsApp Brouhaha Breaks Out in Brazil

Given the climate of terrorism and the widespread unrest in the world, other governments, including the U.S. government, are taking the same position as Brazil's, suggested Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "It's a shortcut to evidence, and one thing that's t...

Musk and Friends Launch OpenAI

On the other hand, "even when focused on not doing evil, often excitement about the technology can blind the researchers to what's prudent," pointed out Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Can Bias Be Avoided?...

Seattle Lets Ride-Sharing Drivers Unionize

Unionization just might be a move of a chess piece, part of larger effort to raise independent contractors to employees. Whatever the motive, court battles involving ride-sharing networks have been redefining what independent contractors and employees are, suggested Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group...

Disgruntled Yahoo Investors Suggest Different Paths Forward

Since the Yahoo board began to consider a change, all of the above options have been on the table, according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "Right now, the company looks incredibly weak," he told the E-Commerce Times. "They started with a poorly thought...

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