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Sidekick Users Suffer Service Outage

Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld this not the first time Danger and T-Mobile have experienced performance issues. In a high-profile case last month, online thieves stole addresses, e-mail and images from the Sidekick of celebrity heiress Paris Hilton. The cause of the latest outage remains unknown...

OPINION

The Evolution of Online Games and the Next iPod

Last week was a busy week. It started with the Intel Developer Forum and ended with an American Press Institute roundtable on the future of media. We'll cover the second event another week because there were two things I saw while at the Intel event that I believe are potentially market breakers. ...

Yahoo Launches Studio To Produce Mobile Gaming

Still, Yahoo could become a huge friend of the wireless industry if it can develop addictive games, according to Rob Enderle, chief analyst at the Enderle Group Mobile carriers love such games because users can become hooked and use up potentially lucrative calling time, Ender...

Preparing for a Job in Technology

As we move well into the spring semester, more and more kids are thinking about life after college. Those that prepared wisely already know where their first jobs will be. Those that didn't may, at least for a while, need to get used to the question, "Do you want fries with that?" ...

OPINION

Carly Fiorina and Finding the Perfect Career

This last month saw a number of dramatic changes, not the least of which was the involuntary departure of HP's CEO, Carly Fiorina, and the voluntary departure of her closest supporter, Alison Johnson, who was largely responsible for turning HP into a marketing powerhouse ...

OPINION

Security Misconceptions

This week is the RSA Conference 2005, and today I'm doing one of the opening talks at a Trusted Computing Group lunch. I'm trying to find a nice way to say that I think the most common approach to security problems these days is completely whacked, but I have struggled with the "nice" part. Here are some of the things that are bothering me ...

Fiorina Out at HP in End of Long Power Struggle

Enderle Group principal analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times that the resignation came about because Fiorina might have under-estimated the board of directors' resolve to improve operations at HP "There were too many internal problems coming up. The board was behind t...

Microsoft Buys Enterprise Security Firm

Enderle Group principal analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times the move is not a surprise given Microsoft's penchant for buying companies with ""good technology but [that] lack a strong sales channel to move it to market." That's particularly true in the security space, he added...

PRODUCT REVIEW

New Laptops: The First of Two Waves

2005 will see two big waves of new laptop computers. The first, based on Intel's new Sonoma platform, rolled in last week. The second, based on AMD's new Turion processor, is still several weeks off ...

Microsoft Software Plays Well with Others, Gates Says

"U.S. and European courts have indicated [interoperability is] something Microsoft will haveto do," said analyst and TechNewsWorld columnist Rob Enderle. "They had the choice offighting or getting behind it. This is probably where they should have beenall along because this i...

PRODUCT PROFILE

PCs of the Future Today

Last week we talked about a number of platform companies that could drive the future of the personal computer. This week we look at PC hardware, and we will talk a bit about some of the unusual products that are already on the market ...

Microsoft Steps Up Anti-Piracy Effort

But the program will continue to expand beyond where it is now, analystRob Enderle told TechNewsWorld "I believe that by the time Longhorn is released, all of these offeringswill be turned off for anyone who doesn't have a registered copy," he said."Eventually, anyone who sell...

OPINION

The Future of the PC

This month we've seen a number of vendors present their views of the next generation of the personal computer, starting with the traditional PC vendors at CES and ending with Apple at MacWorld. Let's spend this week talking a bit about the different camps. While it goes without saying that each is absolutely convinced it's right, each also has issues that need to be addressed...

Another Security Flaw Found in IE

Enderle Group principal analyst Rob Enderle said if current trends continue, Microsoft might have no choice but to substantially upgrade its browser in order to answer much stronger competition from Firefox and others. A new version of the Netscape browser that Microsoft displaced for market dominance is also in the works...

OPINION

The Consumer Electronics Show: Slow Progress

It was rather hard to find true convergence products at CES. Most vendors are still too enamored with technology and not excited enough about building a truly consumer-oriented, appliance-like offering. I wasn't particularly excited about Apple's announcements either, but I'll leave that to another time and focus on the companies and products that stood out at CES...

Microsoft CFO Connors Leaving for Venture Capital Firm

Enderle Group principal analyst Rob Enderle said the move might be more evidence that the software giant is moving into a different mode, one of acquisition, with the company acquiring smaller firms for their intellectual property and technology in order to maintain its edge over competitors...

CONFERENCE REPORT

All Eyes on Apple at CES

As I was working up my impressions of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last week, one thing became painfully clear: The most important vendor, from the standpoint of interest, wasn't even there ...

New Year's Resolutions for the Tech Industry

It is almost the New Year, and I'm sure many of us will be glad to say goodbye to 2004. It is traditional to make New Year's resolutions, and I'd like to suggest some for the companies that make up the high technology segment ...

Microsoft Sells Game Developer to Take-Two

Rob Enderle, principal of the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times that these moves indicate that Microsoft is managing game properties much more dynamically than it initially did when it launched Xbox Console Business...

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

The Next Five Years in High Tech

The end of this year marks the halfway point in the first decade of the twenty-first century, and the tech industry has already gone through a number of dramatic changes ...

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