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We seem to be surrounded by conflict; sometimes it seems peace is harder to make than war. There were two big events in tech last week: HP picked up 3Com, the company that first dominated the network space, as a major shot across Cisco's bow. Also the major legal battle of the decade, between AMD and Intel, came to an end. ...

Launching the OS as soon as possible makes sense, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "I would expect the Chrome OS will show up shortly because they need the ecosystem ready by the end of 2010," he told TechNewsWorld. That ecosystem consists of products...

Teaming up with Wolfram Alpha might provide Bing the boost Microsoft is looking for. "One of the issues with Bing is that, since it's from Microsoft, it isn't seen as trendy," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "Wolfram Alpha is cutting edge and significantly adds to the impression that Bing is something different and should be tried." ...

Perhaps the most important thing about unified communications is that Microsoft has made it possible at last, according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "It was incredibly difficult to do this because telecommunications and computer technology don't really speak the same language," he told TechNewsWorld. "This took over two decades to actually accomplish in a volume product, and that makes it rather significant." ...

Last week, two troubling trends were in evidence. The scarier one is that it appears the Obama administration is in the process of putting in place a secret antipiracy provision that has little to do with antipiracy and everything to do with killing properties like Google's YouTube. It is truly frightening, and people are already planning civil unrest to stop it. ...

"Android 2.0 was too new, and HTC likes to use its own interface on top, which slows its time to market with a new OS," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "With Android 2.0, HTC would likely have slipped out of the quarter, and fourth-quarter sales are critical to volume." ...

Android 2.0, also known as Eclair, offers considerable improvements over earlier versions of the platform. "Google took the feedback from their first offering and corrected a lot of the pain points," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told LinuxInsider. Ecla...

So far, nothing untoward has happened along those lines, according to Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group. "Installations, which have been at record numbers thanks to the pre-orders, have been going in rather well. This is typically when you have the most breakage," he told the ...

Last month was fascinating for me. Not only was Windows 7 launched, but it appeared last week that because so many Mac users were installing Windows 7, some huge enterprise servers crashed. In addition, I got a chance to see Yahoo's new CEO Carol Bartz in action, and was both impressed with her and a little disappointed in the event. Finally, I got a chance to talk to the new managing director of the FCC and got a good sense for how the FCC is using social networking to actually create a more responsive government and move the needle on Net neutrality. ...

On the other hand, allowing the use of non-Roman characters earlier in the Internet's development could have slowed down its adoption. "Not allowing non-Roman character domain names earlier provided a level of simplicity on the Web that likely fostered its growth," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, pointed out.

While chalcogenide glass's sensitivity to heat makes it easy to manipulate, this characteristic is also its greatest drawback, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle group, told TechNewsWorld. "You can't preprogram it before attaching it to a board, as the heat associated with the process would erase it," he explained.

Voice recognition issues are common and should eventually be resolved, according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "This is a technology in progress across all devices, and it will likely take five or more years to fully refine it," he told TechNewsWorld.

So how many people have actually begun using Google Voice? "I haven't seen any credible numbers, but the estimates are very small," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "I make many calls during the day, and I have only received the ...

I really was anticipating a battle royal between Microsoft and Apple and thought both companies would come to the mat with their best stuff. It felt like Apple was so focused on maintaining high margins last quarter that it gave up a huge chance to grow share, and its stealth launch of a couple of PCs and a multitouch mouse just seemed lame next to the massive rollout of Windows boxes. ...

The idea of consolidating all a person's online communications makes sense, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes were and are both communications consolidation platforms; Raindrop and Google Wave simply go further faster," he explained.

Some of the changes will be an increased demand for remote management capabilities and more robust, redundant systems that are offered at a low price, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "These regions have a vastly higher requirement for high-efficiency hardware and solutions because they lack reliable power," he said.

The restructuring of SCO marks the ending of an era, according toRob Enderle, president and principal analyst of the Enderle Group "McBride drove SCO down an aggressive litigation path but lacked thebackground in the legalities," Enderle told LinuxInsider....

I'm getting ready to travel to New York for the Windows 7 launch and what may be my last plane trip ever if this post is correct. So I figured it was time to think about Windows ...

It's not uncommon for companies to allow their acquisitions to run their own infrastructures, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "Danger's platform was unique, and the migration would have to be done without disrupting the current user base...

Does this mean that if a B&N-branded e-reader is coming -- and if it offers wireless downloads -- then Barnes & Noble will go with AT&T, whose 3G service is notoriously spotty, rather than Verizon Wireless, which has a larger network? Perhaps the bookstore is eying the international market, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld...