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Robots have been around for decades, but they've been mostly stupid. They were either remotely controlled by humans or ran fixed scripts that allowed for virtually no latitude in terms of how they operated or what they did. Even though I was born in the year Robby the Robot became famous, the robots I grew up with weren't anything like Robby. They were about as smart as an old toaster...

Often, much of the interesting drama at CES happens off the floor by firms that aren't directly participating in the show. That was true again this year when Lenovo and Nvidia stood out from their peers by aggressively moving in a variety of directions and showcasing a depth of products that were largely unmatched in their segments ...

Being a "pure play" electric car company operating at scale is another advantage Tesla has in the market -- in addition to being the only EV maker with a charging network, added Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst at the Enderle Group, an advisory services firm in Bend, Ore...

It is the beginning of a new year, and I dearly hope 2023 works out better than I currently think it will. Economically, we are in a bit of trouble, but some amazing technologies are coming to market this year that I'm looking forward to seeing ...

Every year I look back at my Product of the Week choices and pick what I think made the most significant impact on my life as the Product of the Year. There were a lot of contenders this year, which I will cover, but I want to lead with why I'm calling out BlackBerry ...

The AI features do several things not done at meetings, such as provide outlines, notes, and translations for their audience, observed Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst at the Enderle Group, an advisory services firm in Bend, Ore "I expect this AI component will be ...

I've just finished a series of CES previews by the PC vendors, and I can easily say that of the products I looked at, Lenovo will likely win at CES this year. I can't tell you why or what they are announcing, but this got me thinking about why CES could be far more important than I thought it was if used like Lenovo is using it ...

'Tis the giving season when it's also fun to imagine things that, at least from a distance, look like they'd be cool to have for yourself ...

It's the season for gift-giving. I usually choose the easy path by giving gift cards, but I've discovered there can be problems along the easy path. Two Amazon gift cards I purchased didn't reach their intended recipients. Amazon replaced one rapidly, but the other had been stolen and used. I'm still waiting for a resolution on that one ...

Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst with the Enderle Group, an advisory services firm in Bend, Ore., agreed that retailers are offering some enticing discounts for the holidays "The retailers have pulled out the stops, and they're offering some decent deals that are f...

Thanks largely to Nvidia, GPUs have nearly eclipsed CPUs as the technology driving advancement. When it comes to AI, particularly on the training side, GPUs reign supreme. Generally, GPUs make our games and most advanced photo and video editing tools work better as well -- and with social media, many folks are becoming creation experts ...

Qualcomm last week announced its Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor. The significant improvement is enhanced AI that will operate behind the scenes to improve the user experience significantly on phones due to launch in a few weeks ...

For those of you who haven't traveled lately, things have changed over the last couple of years. For example, most airlines don't take cash anymore, and an increasing number don't accept credit cards ...

In the past, the open-source community focused on what it felt was suitable and left alone those mining online customers for information and money. "But that has changed," observed Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst at the Enderle Group, an advisory services firm in Bend, Ore...

We are approaching a major technological pivot where much of the processing we do personally happens not on our local PC but in the connected cloud ...

Last week, I was in New York for two events: one for Lenovo's Advisory Council, which I cannot talk about, and another for BlackBerry's Security Conference, which I can and will discuss ...

Like many of you, I was enthralled with the holodeck concept when "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (TNG) came out. For many of us, that became the bar for the coming metaverse or 3D web implementation ...

Meta, the owner of Facebook, could also be contributing to metaverse traction problems, maintained Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst with the Enderle Group, an advisory services firm in Bend, Ore "Facebook's efforts are so bad they are putting a cloud over the entir...

Elon Musk has gone on record saying that environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts are "a scam" that has "been weaponized by phony social justice warriors." ...

Adobe's growth predictions may be too rosy, maintained Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst at the Enderle Group, an advisory services firm in Bend, Ore. "Given the potential for a catastrophic event, man-made or otherwise, with global implications before year-end, I think this estimate is optimistic," he told the E-Commerce Times...