We don't often summarize market share in one word, but: ouch.

ENGADGET: Gartner and IDC: PC shipments tumbled over 8 percent in Q3, only ASUS and Lenovo escaped unhurt

Until Microsoft makes their official announcement on it, this one is still firmly in the rumor category, but we've gotten word from one of our trusted sources that Microsoft has pretty much settled on a name for the next Xbox: the Xbox 360 (let that sink in for a moment, because you're probably going to be hearing it a lot for the next several years).

ENGADGET: The Xbox 360? Looks like it��

The high falutin' description would be "postmodern"--an overused word but one that, in this case, perfectly captures where the kids are at.

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Since it would be a shame if relatively trivial "privacy" concerns got in the way of useful research, I have but one word for him: Hurry.

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The word that springs to mind is neither French nor English, but one in New York's unofficial second language, Yiddish: chutzpah.

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