Desperately In Need of a Dash of Hearst Journalism

I think we can all agree that technology has forever changed the word we live in and within this world of skype, iphones, and automated parking meters, there are the tech giants that seem to thrive even in the midst of this recession. The world of technology is so lucrative that the leaders blazing the way for innovation are constantly at each other's throats; one always seeking to outdo the other some new handheld brain. In the article, Acer Eclipses Dell and Apple by Ashlee Vance of the NY Times, The Taiwan based PC producer, Acer, has recently moved up in the ranks, surpassing Dell, and settling in to a comfortable 2nd place spot behind Hewlett Packard. Acer has recently released the popular netbook which provided the final push to getting beyond Dell. Much to Dell's dismay, Acer sales have been steadily increasing and Dell can hardly boast the same success.

I will give Vance this much credit; the research behind this story is perfect. There were a lot of numbers and statistics that compared the sales for the past year. I would have liked to seen more statements from ranking members of Dell, Acer, and HP, but the numbers do speak for themselves. The article overall was very dry and lacked any captivating fact. If you are going to report news, you might as well report a story in a way so that it stimulates the audience's interest. This may have been on-purpose. This article was taken from the technology section and it is possible that Vance is aiming the story at the more business-minded audience that want figures so that they can feel free to interpret the data themselves.