...consumers to increase their buying. On July 20, Gartner Dataquest, a research firm that tracks the personal-computing...same period last year, according to preliminary Gartner Dataquest estimates. While Dell enjoyed a 20.2 percent market...

...worker somewhere took part in a historic event - and then probably went home and had dinner. The event, according to Gartner Dataquest statistics, was the shipping of the billionth personal computer. As in computer No. 1,000,000,000. Which...

...cash machine in Illinois. About 150,000 hard drives were "retired" last year, according to the research firm Gartner Dataquest. Many end up in the trash, but many also find their way back onto the market. Over the years, stories have surfaced...

...Yet they want the devices to stay light. "This is a way to get around it," said Michael McGuire, an analyst at Gartner Dataquest who has taken a look at MicroOptical's prototypes. "Frankly, nobody's going to want a bigger phone." Still...

...to only gradually appear on PCs, especially in big organizations where upgrading can be costly and complicated. Gartner Dataquest predicts Vista won't outnumber the previous operating system, Windows XP, on business computers until 2010...

...have already widely disseminated their existing wireless numbers to important contacts. Still, the research firm Gartner Dataquest recently estimated that nearly 10 percent of residential phone customers would convert their home telephones to wireless...

...for handheld computers and video cameras might be ready in a year or two, said Paul O'Donovan, an analyst with Gartner Dataquest. Prototypes of 15- and 17-inch screens have been cooked up, although none are expected to hit stores for years...

...really depends on what they want out of an ISP," said Lydia Leong, an analyst with the technology research firm Gartner DataQuest. Someone using the Internet for just a few hours a month for browsing and e-mails, Leong said, might consider...

...marketing campaign will do much to get games enthusiasts interested, says P.J. McNealy, a games analyst with Gartner/Dataquest. But Microsoft also has to prove it has staying power by delivering a series of games that will appeal to kids...

...have already widely disseminated their existing wireless numbers to important contacts. Still, the research firm Gartner Dataquest recently estimated that nearly 10 percent of residential phone customers would convert their home telephones to wireless...