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IBM is massively increasing its commitment to Watson, which was evident at last week's IBM Think Forum. IBM recognizes that if it can get a product that thinks first, then it can again take absolute control over the technology market, and every other company will be chasing it again. ...

"Right now, electrics carry a huge premium in terms of cost because their ecosystem is limited and production levels remain a fraction of what gas cars enjoy," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "Apples to apples, they are more expensive. Where this pla...

"I'm aware of a system used by the United States government that silences the inner voice and almost instantly turns an average fighter pilot into an ace, but it requires [relatively strong] electric fields," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld.

"These studies are misguided, largely because they operate in a vacuum," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "People are going to talk to others in their car, and finding a station on a manual radio or pulling out a map and trying to figure out where you...

"Sapphire is incredibly expensive to make, and while it's hard, it's very brittle," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst for the Enderle Group "If you were to put a sapphire screen on an iPhone, which bends, the sapphire screen would crack," he told the E-Commerce Times. "Goril...

I had a chance last week to talk with the most secretive group inside Dell. They are kind of like the Q Division in the James Bond movies. These folks are pretty much unique in the industry, in that they build PCs and servers that are highly customized for firms that then place them into unusual solutions. ...

Privacy "was Bitcoin's claim to fame when it came to market," noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst with Enderle Group "Keep in mind that these currencies are often used to do things that are illegal," he told LinuxInsider....

"There's a sucker born every minute." ...

"If the show draws controversy, and even if a lot of folks don't watch it, it will carry the message that Amazon Prime has programming you won't see anyplace else," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "This is called brand building,...

Professional-quality drones are "arguably safer than helicopters because they represent far less danger of injury if they fall, and they are both far less expensive and more maneuverable as well," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst with the Enderle Group. "The end result is...

"What I have heard is that it is pushing for a breakup in order to bring the asset price up," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. That is standard operating procedure for many institutional shareholders, he said. Spike the price of ...

Uplinq, Qualcomm's big -- and it was big -- developers' conference, took place last week. There were two parts that were particularly interesting. One was its new robotics effort, and the other was the announcement that it's pushing Vuforia, its augmented reality platform, into wearable head-mounted displays (think Google Glass on steroids). ...

The new tablets "are quality products at very aggressive prices right before Christmas, when most tablets are given as gifts," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "When you're buying for someone else, price becomes a much more powerful differentiator."

One failing Sony had as it approached the mobile market was that it was involved in too many areas but wasn't funding most of them to succeed, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. The upshot was that instead of contributing to the bottom line, those efforts drained resources. ...

The real problem with the XSS scripting flaw is that Amazon "has not addressed this issue in a timely fashion," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. That's where the situation could cause Amazon grief, because that "makes it look like they...

Taken separately, last week's announcements from Apple, Intel and T-Mobile were impressive. Intel and T-Mobile basically announced they were going to explode the existing mobile market, changing it dramatically from what it is today ...

"It makes sense to charge those that use more capacity more, so people can better control what they spend and more dollars are focused on building out higher network performance," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld Will the Protest Work?...

"I've been [covering the] Apple [event] but I actually think the Intel stuff was more interesting," remarked Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Putting on the A-Wear Ritz...

"Celebrities are stupid" seems to be the message Apple delivered last week as it attempted to recover from the release of an impressive number of nude pictures of celebrities on the Web. Fans of BlackBerry, which used to be the preferred platform for celebrities, had a field day over this. ...

"If they couldn't electronically repair and update it, the rover likely would have become a nonmoving piece of history some time ago," noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Being able to perform OTA maintenance "ensures robots and other devices can stay in...