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Last week, I was at the Dell annual Industry Analyst Conference, and it suddenly struck me that we are looking at a very different technology market this decade. Apple is expected to slide, largely due to the firm's inability to replace Steve Jobs; the dynamic that created Microsoft is changing, and analysts are questioning the firm's relevance as Dell and HP ramp up their own software efforts. ...

Ninendo's issues go even deeper than the smartphone-everywhere trend, said Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group. Handheld gaming is on the ropes, he told the E-Commerce Times, subsumed by smartphones and tablets.

Further, "a potential exposure isn't an exploit," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, pointed out. "We have thousands of potential exposures identified every month across all platforms, and the industry has learned to deal with these issues reasonably well over the last decade."

"It really depends on what you want to do," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "If you start with a set of requirements you'll likely find one service meets them better than another." A Look at Some Options...

Certainly, the ruling must have alleviated a lot of fretting in the Googleplex, Rob Enderle, principal of the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. One major concern has been that the Motorola patents cited in this proceeding weren't enforceable, he said....

"Facebook's using a lot of Microsoft technology, and Microsoft had a fairly hefty investment in them early on, so Microsoft's protecting that investment," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, speculated. "It looks as if the two firms are collaborating to ensure Facebook's existence."

"This is Intel's highest-performing processor to date, and it offers better thermal and energy performance," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "This is really Intel's new flagship product." Jump Forward...

Demo is a fascinating show. What you see is a string of companies that each have six minutes to pitch their products to an audience of media, investors, other companies (who might buy them), and peers. ...

Watson "was designed to be applied to a variety of telephony-related projects," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld However, Morgan doesn't see how AT&T Watson will be a product differentiator or how the wireless giant will make money off th...

Rob Enderle, principal analyst with the Enderle Group, said "most all of the metrics I'm seeing right now are pointing up. The overall trends are looking very positive." That sounds good, but "we are also clearly at the front end of a massive change," continued Enderle. "We go...

However, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, thinks WinPho 7 device owners will get the upgrade "All phones that are currently running Windows Phone 7.5 and, maybe 7, will get Windows Phone 8," Enderle told TechNewsWorld. "Engineers are not known for being tha...

In this instance, Ellison can be forgiven his outspokenness -- the suit is likely a deeply personal one for him, Rob Enderle, principal of the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "When Steve Jobs pledged to take out Google, Larry was on board with that. Both men have a...

"Freedom is something a challenger typically asks for; what it wants is an easier path to accessing [the dominant party's] consumers," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "This [concept of openness] is pro-consumer, but it needs to be applied equally."

One of my favorite lines from the original "Conan" movie came when he was asked "what is the best in life?" Conan's response: "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women!" ...

"I can't say I am surprised," Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group told the E-Commerce Times. "We see this on and off with CEOs across all industries. [Former HP CEO] Mark Hurd comes to mind as the most recent high-profile case. They just think the rules simply don't apply to them." ...

Still, the research seems to be "a substantial refinement," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "It appears to more directly address the issues of data density and scalability, and it appears to have security advantages as well." What the R...

The "vision thing" is still missing for Yahoo, said Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group. He has other issues with the reorganization plan as well. "Finance-based CEOs have a nasty habit of being overly tactical and killing their companies because they can't think long term," he...

Chrome OS is an anomaly in the market, according to Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst with the Enderle Group "The market has largely rejected Chrome OS," he told TechNewsWorld. "It isn't picking up much interest with OEMs and certainly not very much in the consumer...

"This is tied to [Intel's] older Classmate initiative to make sure it's never forced out of education," suggested Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "Education is a seed corn market -- things that come out of it often move into business." Studybook Specs...

"AOL has most of the early core patents that surrounded social networking and most of the browser patents that Microsoft didn't have," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "The combination could be used to slam Google in similar areas and protect Microsoft partner Facebook."