...PC-centric, they will be based on an Internet-connected set-top box, said Rob Enderle, technology analyst with Giga Information Group. Gates also displayed other "smart" device prototypes, including a Bernina Artista sewing machine that could...

...traction beyond the current market. "The handwriting recognition is not all that good," said Rob Enderle of the Giga Information Group. "It's not clear that people really want it." Enderle said the gadgets so far don't work well as replacements...

...about whether disposable cell phones are economically viable. "It is probably vaporware at this point," said Giga Information Group wireless analyst Ken Smiley. One of the firms, San Francisco's Telespree, which wowed reporters last year...

...immediately fill a void from a crippled Microsoft," said analyst Rob Enderle, who follows Microsoft for research firm Giga Information Group. As U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson mulls whether to split the company into two entities -- one...

...through appeals, it could create a lot of confusion in the marketplace," said Rob Enderle, an analyst with the Giga Information Group. "Long-term, we'd find a lot more benefit, but it might be with two very dominant companies instead of...

...and the number is expected to grow to more than 10 million in two years, according to analyst Lisa Pierce at Giga Information Group. But experts warn that the fast connections bring security risks. Unlike regular modems, DSLs and cable modems...

...more convenient to do online than driving to a store and picking it up," said Rob Enderle, an analyst with the Giga Information Group research firm. Kodak "is trying to apply the old paradigm to the new model. But the new model favors electronic...

...may not know or understand. It creates some interesting conundrums," says Rob Enderle, an analyst with the Giga Information Group consulting company. The enormous cost of fixing widespread high-tech problems is also a concern. Dean says...

...vulnerable to any number of pitfalls. Andrew Bartels, senior research analyst for electronic commerce for the Giga Information Group, a Cambridge, Mass., consulting firm, said the sites have a virtue: The ones that pass along consumer reviews...

...operating system that runs on more than 90 percent of the world's personal computers, analyst Rob Enderle of Giga Information Group said. "Microsoft may well be in a fight for its life anyway," Enderle said Saturday. "A lot of the advantages...