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We actually are seeing a large number of turnarounds going on in the industry, and all are overshadowed by President Obama's effort to turn around the country. Last week's vote on the stimulus package would indicate things aren't going well for Obama because, while it passed, all Republicans voted against it -- but it showcases the exact kind of problem Howard Stringer is having at Sony...

"Dell was looking at doing an MP3 player, and I think what they did is, they sat back and said, 'You know, the market is moving to phones. The MP3 thing is pretty much done. Bringing out an MP3 player and competing with Apple now that Apple has 80 percent of the market ... they saw what happened to Microsoft," Rob Enderle, principal analyst for the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. He referred to the Zune media player, which has recently seen a massive drop in device sales.

However, hydro power is limited by geography, observed Rob Enderle, principal with the Enderle Group "You've got to have a stream in close proximity to make that work," he said....

Despite the massive falloff in demand among consumers for IT-related products and services, businesses still need what companies like IBM and HP have to offer, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst with the Enderle Group "IBM is actually doing better than most technology compani...

Windows 7 is coming, and even major Apple fans like Walt Mossberg are saying some rather surprising things about it. With the layoffs and financial results that Microsoft announced last week, you have to wonder whether it will be enough to light a fire under the market like Windows 95 did. A lot has changed, and I'm beginning to wonder if, like it was in the '80s, the market is getting ready to move to something else...

"Plenty of people seem to agree we can't rely on oil much longer, but there appear to be many different options and possible ways to go," Rob Enderle, principal of the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "We're seeing a hint of that with hydrogen cells and electric-powered cars on the drawing boards...

"Both IBM and HP have the kind of structure that allows them to weather a long-term economic downturn, because they have a lot of long-term contract work," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "Corporate America has been consolidating data centers and trying to use technology to cut down on operating costs, and that's what IBM does very well -- so it tends to be in high demand during times like this."

One of the main challenges IBM faces as it deploys its Lotus cloud computing software is ensuring that rank-and-file employees find the Web-based applications useful and easy to understand, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "You have to approach any tool...

Both Steve Jobs and Apple are unique -- well, almost -- in the technology market. Most companies spend their money on lots of product choices and hope to hit a sweet spot for a customer; Apple spends its money on marketing and design and drives customers to the sweet spot it creates. Most CEOs focus on financial performance, investors and big customers; Steve Jobs focuses on design, product presentation and driving employees and suppliers like cattle, leaving the traditional CEO roles largely to others. Apple and Steve Jobs are deeply intertwined, with no evidence of any real life outside or after Apple for Jobs, and no real successor to Jobs for Apple...

"When she came into AutoDesk, it wasn't doing all that great either," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times Bartz, who has a computer science degree from the University of Wisconsin, was also an executive at Sun Microsystems, Digital Eq...

"Obama is much more fluent in technology than any other U.S. president to date," Rob Enderle, principal of the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "Tech is a part of who he is -- he is used to it, and part of his effectiveness is tied to tech." Losing the BlackBerry, Enderle s...

"Upscaling works by interpolating the missing information that has been lost when the image was compressed, and sharpening lines," Rob Enderle, principal analyst with the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "The end result is a much sharper image that looks vastly better on an HDTV."

Mercury is the most vexing problem with discarded electronics, said Rob Enderle, principal with the Enderle Group "Mercury can enter ground water and make it into the food and water supply," he told TechNewsWorld. It can cause "both brain defects, particularly in children, and...

This was the first chance since Steve Jobs returned to Apple that Microsoft had to slam-dunk Apple. The biggest thing at Macworld was Tony Bennett. Windows 7 was releasing in Beta and reports have been glowing, with a number of the folks I travel with actually living on the pre-beta code and raving about it so this should have been like shooting ducks in a barrel. Palm was bringing out a new phone and a lot of folks thought they were simply done and not worth seeing, good lesson in the dangers of preconceptions here. Cisco was going to take a run at the gold standard in home music -- Sonos -- and the PC vendors went to war.

"It's been incredibly popular for Ford, and one of the things that has differentiated it, and it's been phenomenal," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld Gadget Mobile...

Like many companies in the technology sector, Lenovo's decision to slash employees is a response to the global recession, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "You're going to see this behavior across the entire segment," Enderle told the E-Commerce Times.

By opening the door to new domains, ICANN has created new considerations for startups, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst with the Enderle Group "The question is, should they take them? Customers default to '.com,' and getting around that tends to be rather difficult," he tol...

Well, this is CES week, and I am eagerly waiting to fly to Las Vegas, participate in the Tiger Build Your Own PC race, and spend the following three weeks relearning how to walk. This year should be interesting because I'm getting weekly notices that the hotels are lowering room rates, and one of the vendors is letting me use one of its pre-paid rooms for free...

Dell's reorganization was a much-needed step in its fight to close the distance with HP, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times "It's good to refresh the executive ranks, particularly when the company isn't performing to the expectations...

Consumers spent less even during a period that saw "some of the most aggressive discounting in history," according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst at The Enderle Group "This discounting -- in many cases well below the cost of the goods to the retailer -- has chewed up margin...