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Virtual Reality May Be Coming Around Again for Nintendo

Despite its early failures in the field, Nintendo has more experience with 3D than most other companies, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group The company rebounded from the failure of the Virtual Boy by developing and releasing the 3DS, a handheld console t...

MIT Team Runs Victory Lap in 1st Hyperloop Competition

The DoT's support for the Hyperloop project "increases the viability of the result," noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "It should attract more sponsors," he said, but "given this is the last year of the Obama presidency, it doesn't have as much impac...

Harvard Researchers Debunk Warnings of Terrorists 'Going Dark'

The center is "suggesting a think-it-through-first strategy, which seems obvious but apparently isn't," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "What we're currently doing isn't very effective, and the government should likely fix the not very effective part b...

Microsoft's Project Natick: Data Centers Better Down Where It's Wetter?

"Water is excellent protection for cosmic rays, which damage computer memory and can cause systems to crash or lose accuracy," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "Placing a data center under the water should result in higher reliability and accuracy," he ...

T-Mobile's Binge On May Run Afoul of Net Neutrality Rules

In defense of T-Mobile, its standards "don't appear to be onerous," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "Much like requiring a shirt and shoes to eat in some restaurants, T-Mobile is free to set conditions to use a service -- particularly if it's free --...

Google's AlphaGo Defeats Human Master of Ancient Game

"Chess can be played very well with a number-crunching CPU," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "Go requires a visual component to do well, or the GPU more common in today's supercomputers," he told TechNewsWorld, because "Go requires pattern recognition ...

Walmart Opens OneOps Cloud Management to the Masses

Walmart should gain cost savings for development and faster time to production. If competing with Amazon is has any part in the picture, it will be through cost savings, according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "This is new to them, so there will likely...

Sony's Gaming Biz Coming to America

For many gamers, PlayStation hardware is the gateway to Japan's beloved role-playing games. While JRPGs are considered niche in the U.S., moving PlayStation's headquarters to the States could be received poorly by gamers in both countries, suggested Rob Enderle, principal analyst for the Enderle Group...

Foxconn Makes $5.3B Bid for Sharp

"I doubt Apple will care about Sharp, but the Japanese are not happy about Sharp being owned by Foxconn," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "I expect them to block the deal as a result." ...

Apple Stats Reflect Slow Slog Toward Diversification

Diversifying its workforce has been challenging for the high-tech industry, noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "It's a huge problem because most folks coming out of college with technical degrees are male and white or Asian. You don't get a lot of blacks...

Brave Browser Promises to Defend Users' Privacy

The browser "appears specifically tuned for performance and privacy, and has behind it a unique advertiser component," observed Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "It effectively bypasses Google, so I expect if it's successful, Google would most likely buy t...

Netflix Cracks Down on Overseas Proxy Access

"This isn't something Netflix wants to do; it's something they're required to do by contract," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group That's because content owners offer different licenses for different countries, so not all programs are available at the same...

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...

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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 ...

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