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IBM is putting a massive amount of resources into Watson, which has the capability to dramatically improve the quality of our decisions. Since most don't know how Watson works, I thought it would be interesting to emulate how it might think when tied to a topical subject. As the U.S. approaches its next election circus, two candidates have jumped to the top as both frontrunners and targets. ...

"The problem they're going to have is being credible as a security provider," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "When you're already nervous about something, trust becomes incredibly important -- and how well you know the players that a...

"This brings it up to the Jaguar F Type V8 in terms of both transmission and rear axle, and the engine is putting out between 75 and 125 more power," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "That's clearly world class, super car range, and this should make it the most affordable supercar in the world."

After my Belize retirement update appeared last week, a number of things happened. Most initially were rather painful, but eventually I was placed on the phone with Rod Kazazi, the project CFO who is based in the United States. Since we both had a financial background, he was able to address most of my concerns by informing me of solid programs that ensure the project will be completed. Had I met him sooner, I doubt I would have had to raise the alarms in my column, as there have been a number of recent improvements that put my mind more at ease about the project. ...

"We're seeing a race among manufacturers, particularly between Samsung and LG in Android phones, which are inherently secure, and between Apple, BlackBerry and Samsung on the others," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "Samsung has been particularly aggressive." ...

To be sure, such a company would have to be ferociously devoted to customer excellence, for that is the common denominator between Amazon and L.L.Bean, said Rob Enderle, principal of the Enderle Group "They both have made a point on focusing on post-sale customer service," End...

"Cisco tried to go into this five or six years ago, and they fell flat on their face because the stuff was too hard to use," Rob Enderle, principal analyst of the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "Making it easy to use and affordable have been two big problems." ...

"The toothbrush is handy because it reminds you not to push down too hard," remarked Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Gotta Do More...

"There's no reason to carry a camera if you've got a smartphone, and if you're not going to carry a camera, why buy one?" Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst with the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "SLRs will probably be around for a while because of professional a...

TVs "have to run like appliances -- there's not much money for technical support or anything else," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld With webOS, LG can "keep the costs down, and webOS is already developed so they don't have to develop one...

As many of you know, I've been executing on a long-term dream of first creating a vacation home, then retiring in Belize ...

An eye tracking gaming peripheral "will make targeting in first-person shooting games far quicker and far more fun," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld SteelSeries will announce further details about the partnership and products over the ne...

This story was originally published on Oct. 14, 2013, and is brought to you today as part of our Best of ECT News series ...

As we're recovering from Christmas and getting ready for the big New Year's Day hangover, I'm reminded of the Chinese curse, "May you be born in interesting times," because 2014 is likely to be a very interesting year. ...

In publishing the Snapchat API and the exploits, Gibson was following common practice, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld However, Gibson's actions "seem more focused on giving [it] notoriety than on actually fixing the problem," Enderle su...

As we approach the end of the year, it is time to look back on 2013 and consider what we've learned about technology and human nature. Both Apple and Dell were massively changed; HP, Yahoo and other companies were in various stages of being turned around; and Google went from a company that wanted our private information to one that wanted our jobs...

I just finished reading a very interesting book by Intel Futurist Brian David Johnson, Humanity in the Machine: What Comes After Greed? Stock market trading systems, venture capitalists and NASCAR teams are all optimized toward a defined goal of winning, in most cases, an excessive accumulation of wealth, he argues. ...

"This is a way to differentiate Microsoft from Google," Rob Enderle, principal analyst with the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "Google has the corner on search, but they don't have the corner on all content," he pointed out.

"It gives them options for future revenues, including defending the patents, and ensures they have a solid patent defense if they develop something that violates competitors' patents," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "Generally...

One of the recurring themes in the technology industry is that very successful companies become arrogant and start taking unnecessary risks or abusing customers -- the two aren't mutually exclusive. That behavior can accomplish what competitors have failed to do: It can kill them. ...