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"It was a train wreck," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "They needed a guy running that project who had a passion for hardware, and because they didn't have it, Zune ended up a device people didn't buy. It was a significant mistake."

As Vista launches, I'm in New York thinking back to 1995 when I was attending the Windows 95 launch and imagining what could have been ...

Some of the ECIS allegations appear to be factually incorrect, noted Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst for the Enderle Group "They refer to Longhorn and Vista as if they were different -- they aren't. 'Longhorn' was the code name for Vista," he told the E-Commerce T...

"This was always expected," Rob Enderle, Enderle Group pricipal analyst, told TechNewsWorld. "It was only a matter of time before any security system is breached ... DRM, as a practice, is largely obsolete and the industry just hasn't figured that out yet." In its statement Th...

Microsoft and the PC industry may just have to wait a little longer to see the full bang from the Vista launch, Enderle Group analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times Though interest appears modest so far, "The consumer campaign has yet to kick off, and I do think there i...

Sony is attempting to solve a problem created by its own pursuit of the advanced technology housed in the PS3 -- the Cell chip -- according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group Developed in conjunction with IBM and Toshiba, the chip reportedly cost around $1.65 b...

The massive popularity of WoW spans across sex and age boundaries because the game is "so massive," according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group. The game, he continued, has pulled in a lot of people, and those players then pull in even more people who love to run around the game's virtual landscape as mages, orcs and the undead...

Apple released its financials last week, and 2006 was a very, very good year for the company. However, its forecast suggests that 2007 may be starting out as one of Apple's worst years this decade ...

"There is a variety of chairs available designed to meet the needs of different gamers," said Rob Enderle, president of market research firm the Enderle Group The chairs touch upon many of the senses. Some include special effect lighting to enhance a game's sense of realism. 3...

That the game will not be available for the PS3 is significant because "what differentiates game systems are the games themselves," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "This effectively locks those that like Elder Scrolls to the Xbox, making it difficult for either Nintendo or Sony to pull them away and may pull players from the PS2 version to the Xbox."

"We've been delivering software in smaller packages online for some time now," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "It was only a matter of time before someone did a larger, complex project online. Whether it's movies or software, online will in...

Though the technology exists only as a simulation, the company expects to have a prototype by the end of the year. If all goes well, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, this could "move the market up three generations in the time it typically would take to do one."

Last week I set the stage, indicating that Bill Gates and Steve Jobs would be taking shots at each other at the Consumer Electronics Show and Macworld, and that much of the drama would occur around the two shows ...

Transmeta was seen forcing Intel and others to respond to their early success in the power efficiency arena, according to Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle. Not long after Transmeta launched its energy-efficient Crusoe chips in 2000, Intel developed the Pentium M line, which has been a smash success and helped drive the popularity of notebook PCs...

"Microsoft made a good chunk of its presentation about Vista, which is understandable since a good deal of its revenue is tied to that particular product," Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle told TechNewsWorld Gates announced new Windows Vista-inspired PCs, never-befo...

Yesterday, Bill Gates was supposed to give the best keynote talk in his history, but given I write this column the week before it is published I have no idea whether he actually delivered the goods ...

The year's biggest surprise came from Nintendo. "I really thought Nintendo had a tenuous future in the gaming industry. The company had been steadily losing market share to Sony and Microsoft," said Rob Enderle, president of market research firm Enderle Group In 2006, the gami...

For this last column of 2006, I thought it would be interesting to look ahead to 2007 and explore the battles that are to come. The three big ones are the Battle for the Digital Home, the Battle for your Pocket, and the Battle for Your Lap ...

News of a Vista flaw could hinder public perception, according to Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle, and that's good news for antivirus software companies "It doesn't really matter if Vista is invulnerable or not. No product is invulnerable. If the buying public view...

I know a lot of you will be spending time with your families and, if you are like me, you may be looking for some things to talk about that aren't religion or politics but just as likely to result in a heated holiday "discussion." ...