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"By itself, this is a 'me-too' Blu-ray player," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group. "It really only stands out when coupled with a Regza Toshiba TV." Vendors offering Blu-ray disc players are beginning to closely couple these devices with their TV sets, Ender...

On the other hand, it could open up a can of worms for Nokia. "Tying into social networks is an interesting idea, but different people have different networks," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "Not everyone is on Facebook or MySpace or Twitter."

"Skype remains the leading VoIP service and, as such, it has a substantial amount of value, particularly when positioned competitively against Google Voice," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times The Joltid lawsuit won't amount to much ...

However, it could have a place in the high-margin world of desktop replacement notebooks, especially for engineers, graphic designers and others who require the additional display space, Rob Enderle, principal analyst for the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "Whether you're t...

Last week's big news was that Apple pushed up its Snow Leopard release by a month to provide a 60-day buffer between it and Microsoft's biggest launch of the decade. Apple can't match either Microsoft's resources or price, but the feat of snagging an unchallenged 60 days during the back-to-school and early holiday shopping season points to Apple's greatest advantage: Its marketing leader is also its CEO. Microsoft is fielding its best marketing team ever for the Windows 7 launch, led by Kathleen Hall, who was hired out of a leading advertising agency -- but she isn't the CEO. ...

Chrome, in fact, is already nibbling away at Android's market. "The Chrome OS did substantial damage to the Android momentum when news of it was released prematurely," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "One OS positioned against Microsoft is hard enough, and trying for two competing platforms at the same time is near-suicidal," he told LinuxInsider...

An unfortunate side effect of a celebrity like Steve Jobs getting sick is that a huge number of us are collecting stories to go into articles and books that would mostly show up after he passed. I ran into two new stories I hadn't heard before last week, and one of them was rather juicy and eventually tied into the "iPad." ...

"This feature would make the top 10 list of things a thief most wants to see on Twitter," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "For instance, if the feature is on because you want people to know where you are vacationing, people will also know you are away from your home and that your stuff is relatively unprotected."

This feature embodies one of the most compelling aspects of the thin client idea -- that users can work on multiple devices simultaneously and access their work on any of them without losing their place in an application or project, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group.

Regardless of what I wrote last week, which focused on Apple's problems coming out of the Red Hat event, Apple is on a roll. It's expected to gain substantial share this quarter because Snow Leopard will make it into the quarter and Windows 7 won't. However, in October, Microsoft is planning to come back with a rush, and next year will bring its not-so-secret weapon: the Apple-targeting Microsoft store. ...

This latest version of the Chrome browser beta will only add to the confusion in the market, Rob Enderle, principal analyst of the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "Google's original plan to move against Microsoft was to get a large number of people on the Chrome browser, get...

Summer is a time to relax, a time to take a vacation, a time to do things you can't do during the work year. However, I'm not sure any time is a good time to send your brain on vacation, and I'm starting to wonder if the leaders at Google and Apple have done just that. Granted, Steve Jobs has a good excuse. He should be taking it easy, and I think he also should take a vacation from his vegan diet -- have you seen this picture? He and I both have this obsessive/compulsive thing, and man is he ever an example of that getting out of control. ...

Most companies like to keep competitors at arm's length and choose very carefully those projects where they can become "frenemies." However, Apple has an especially tough time working and playing well with other tech giants, said Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst of the Enderle Group...

Boy, just when you think it's safe to sleep in, Microsoft and Yahoo decide to hitch up and slap Google upside the head. I'm guessing that this really screwed up the party in the Google 767 flying palace last week. For Google, which lately seems to have the attention span of a 3-year-old after getting into the sugar jar, this could be a good thing --this could force Google to focus. It certainly is good for Microsoft and Yahoo, even though it suggests a potential breakup that could be the mother of all divorces. ...

All three are necessary, according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst for the Enderle Group. "Most of the market is being managed almost part-time, and the Security Update Guide would be very helpful," he said Qant lets users figure out what it costs to deal with a security thr...

I live in Silicon Valley, and sometimes I wonder if someone's putting something in our water. For instance, one of our local folks, who evidently treated his agorophobia by playing "Resistance: Fall of Man,"has sued Sony for stealing money from him as a result of Sony's banning him from the game. Evidently, three warnings about his hostile online behavior weren't enough; he feels he has a right to behave badly and wants at least US$55,000. I think Sony would like him to buy an Xbox. There's plenty more weirdness where that came from, though, and I thought it would be a fun focus for this week's column...

The Windows 7 release is being staggered for two reasons, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld First, it's an attempt to combat software pirates. "In previous releases, Microsoft had serious problems with unreleased code making it out to Chin...

Competition from Barnes & Noble is good for the industry, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, who personally owns three Kindles. However, more is needed "What we're lacking is somebody that does consumer electronics, somebody like Apple," he told the E-Co...

Competition from Barnes & Noble is good for the industry, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, who personally owns three Kindles. However, more is needed "What we're lacking is somebody that does consumer electronics, somebody like Apple," he told the E-Co...

Competition from Barnes & Noble is good for the industry, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, who personally owns three Kindles. However, more is needed "What we're lacking is somebody that does consumer electronics, somebody like Apple," he told the E-Co...