| The decline, if the SIA is correct, will hit both the PC computer and cell phone markets, with PC sales falling five percent and cell phone sales down 6.4 percent. At this point the industry group is projecting just a single-year downturn, and believes the market will grow by 7.4 percent in 2010 and 7.5 percent in 2011. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.