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As I'm writing this, Microsoft is reporting a solid quarter with sales (or use) exceeding expectations significantly on four keystone products: Windows 7, Office 10, IE8, and the Xbox. While Steve Ballmer is clearly not performing at Steve Jobs' incredible levels, Microsoft continues to generate cash at a rate that most companies, states and countries don't seem to be able to approach. ...

This deal will benefit all parties involved, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times "Amazon gets a book it can sell more cheaply, and the author gets more money in royalties," Enderle pointed out....

WinPho7 is a "vast improvement" over Windows Mobile 6.5, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "It embodies some of the aspects of the Kin and represents a much richer and more marketable platform than Microsoft has had to date," Enderle expla...

There is a growing consensus that China will replace the U.S. as the world's leading superpower in this century, just as the U.S. replaced Great Britain in last one. In the last century, it was the difference between world commerce and manufacturing capacity that mattered; now, the shift could actually be tied to technological advancement in areas like transportation and electrical power. ...

"I think HP killed the Android tablet in favor of its coming Palm device, much like it killed the Windows tablet," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "Supposedly, HP didn't like the performance of the Windows 7 tablet or Microsoft's refusal...

Of course, Salesforce.com already has its AppExchange, so Microsoft is following suit in this case. However, Redmond still has some advantage in the apps store endeavor, according to Rob Enderle, principal with the Enderle Group. "Given that Micosoft, at its core, is a platforms and tools company, they should be better at something like an application store than Salesforce.com can be," he told CRM Buyer...

Historically, however, "the problem with Win 7 or any Windows-based slate product is performance and weight," pointed out Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst with the Enderle Group 'Tough to Hit Those Price Points'...

"This could open the door to a massive amount of junk," warned Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "Recall that it was junk games that killed off the Atari game platform, which was dominant in the '80s and '90s "Google has a habit of testing in real time with ...

When Apple brings out a new phone, my advice typically is to wait a couple of months for the problems to surface, and then they will either be fixed or known and you can make a more educated decision. ...

"This is really only the tip of the solution, and what's being paid for Perfect Citizen is a fraction of the cost that's needed," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "In effect, this is a funded diagnosis, but the cure is what the country ne...

It was unclear whether Google's workaround would have the desired affect. China has shown little willingness to curry favor with even the largest of foreign conglomerates, and Google has been no exception, Rob Enderle, principal of the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times ...

"It's not too wise to be outspoken about what you're doing, especially when it comes to cybersecurity, because folks will figure out ways around it," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld The information gathered by the program could help comp...

One of the things that bothers me about technology companies -- and I could start with Apple and end up with Google -- is that freedom is often part of what we give up when we buy their products. This can range from having to manage too many things, to being locked into a platform, to having no say about how our valuable personal information is used. We live in a world of increasing technology slavery, and since many of us are celebrating a day off to remember the establishment of freedom in the U.S., I thought this topic would be interesting. ...

"My understanding is that this rewrite made the Kin anywhere from one-and-a-half to three years late to market," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, pointed out. "This critically harmed the success of the device. Further, it likely made Verizon unhappy with Microsoft and probably pushed it to put even more support behind Google and Android."

"I think Google has realized that if it wants to stay in the China market it will have to cooperate with the government," Rob Enderle, a principal with the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "Microsoft went through the same phase in other parts of the world," he noted....

President Obama's approval rating is in the toilet, and his recent firing of his lead general in Afghanistan suggests his approval inside his administration is likely not much better than we see outside ...

Yet the report really doesn't seem to say much at all, according to Rob Enderle, principal of the Enderle Group "It reads like someone was being paid by the page," he told the E-Commerce Times. "It is long on promises of improvement but very short on metrics and milestones wit...

"This addresses one of the big problems Flash has faced -- that it hasn't run very well or at all on cellphones," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "It opens up an era of cheap computing for cellphones," he said "Now, the PC will have to ...

"Products in this class are unique and very distinctive," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "They aren't typically sold in high volume, but they let people get hold of something that otherwise might not exist." The W100 will be released i...

If you've been following the BP oil spill, you've seen that things haven't been going well for BP. The cost of the cleanup will likely bankrupt the firm, leaving the U.S. and individuals to pick up the slack. So, rather than assuring that doesn't happen, a bunch of rocket scientists, and I'm being sarcastic, have decided to speed up the bankruptcy by driving a boycott. ...