Business/Tech Gartner cuts second-half PC shipment growth outlook
Research firm Gartner has cut its PC-shipment outlook for the second half of the year, but still expects worldwide PC sales to grow 19.2 percent over last year -- from 308.3 million in 2009 to 367.8 million in 2010. That prediction is down from earlier this year, when Gartner said it expected 376.6 million PCs to ship in 2010. "Recent dramatic shifts in the PC supply chain were in no small part a reaction to fears of a sharp slowdown in mature-market demand," Ranjit Atwal, Gartner research director ... Lenovo to enter gaming with Ebox, an Xbox Kinect clone
It's a gaming console that uses sensors, cameras and sophisticated software to capture and record a gamer's movements, allowing them to play without controllers. It's Microsoft's Xbox 360 with Kinect the Ebox system from Beijing eedoo Technology, a Lenovo spin-off firm. Q&A with Microsoft's China boss: Bing, Xbox, Apple, piracy
The Wall Street Journal caught up with Simon Leung, president and chief executive of Microsoft Greater China Region, to ask about Microsoft's expansion in what will likely soon be the world's largest software market. On the interview docket: Bing, Xbox 360, piracy, smart phones and Apple. Here's an excerpt. Seattle's Best Coffee sold at 30,000 locations
Starbucks announced Thursday that its Seattle's Best-branded coffee just reached a milestone -- it's sold in 30,000 locations. Bill Gates pushes for R&D on renewable energy
Bill Gates is pushing for research into and investment in multiple energy solutions, not just one or two. "Without R&D investments, we are not going to be able to address climate problems in time," he told The New York Times. "We need solutions that are economic, reliable in almost all conditions and that work at scale." My colleague Amy Rolph wrote at more length about Gates' recent remarks over on The Big Blog. Boeing predicts $700 billion airplane market in N. America
Boeing has predicted that airlines in North America will get about 7,200 new planes in the next 20 years. That would represent an investment of $700 billion. Microsoft's bizarre concept video on the 'XUI'
I'm going to have to spend time figuring out just what the heck is going on in this Microsoft concept video about the "experience user interface." Want to get married Vegas-style? Visit Pioneer Square
Shotgun Ceremonies, a Vegas-style wedding destination, opened last month in Seattle's Pioneer Square. Dude ... Microsoft enlists 'double rainbow' guy for ad
OK, what marketing maven came up with this idea? Microsoft has enlisted Paul Vasquez, who likes to be called Bear but is best known to the world as the "double rainbow guy," for a new ad for Windows Live Photo Gallery. Chrome the only mover (sorta) in newest browser shares
Up a few points, down a few points -- essentially flat. That's how the worldwide browser market-share numbers were for August. Only Google's Chrome moved in any significant way, its share rising 5 percent month to month. 
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