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	Tuesday, July 19, 2005

The Death of the PC is Greatly Exaggerated   (techdrivenlife) For the last few years, rumors and reports have circulated about the imminent death of the general purpose personal computer, as other devices were introduced.  These range from the network computer, to TIVOs, to mp3 players, to game stations, and the personal digital assistant and the tablets.  For sure, there are now more people with cell phones than personal computers, even if cell phones come almost 10 years after. However, the growth of the PC seems to continue to be robust, and according to IDC, worldwide shipments of personal computers rose 16.6 percent in the second quarter as surging international demand and price wars drove shipments to their highest quarterly growth rate in nearly five years. Market leader Dell Inc. distanced itself from No. 2 PC maker Hewlett-Packard Co. by posting 23.7 percent growth in the second quarter compared with 16.3 percent for HP. The top 5 computer makers in terms of market share were Dell ( 19.3%), HP ( 15.6%), Lenovo/IBM ( 7.6 %), Acer ( 4.4%), and Fujitsu/Siemens ( 3.7%).  Gartner reported slightly different figures as it reported that worldwide PC shipments totaled 48.9 million units in the second quarter of 2005, a 14.8 percent increase from the same period last year. The market growth in the US, Europe/ Middle East/Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America were all in double figures. Whichever you look at it, it seems like the PC's death is still years away to come.     1:20:07 PM     comment []   trackback []

Comparison of Major Blogging Platforms  ( techdrivenlife) I'd like to thank my friend Michael Jones, who pointed me to a USC Online Journalism article that provides a strong summary of the major blog tools, including a handy features chart. Incidentally, I came across a forum where somebody was asking if it is possible to 'RSS' enable a website.  Here is one utility and site that probably might do the job. And talking about Really Simple Syndication, you will probably be able to see in most websites having RSS feeds that you are given a choice between RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0 or Atom feeds. Here is a link that will inform you what is the difference between RSS and Atom.   1:19:18 PM     comment []   trackback []