Words are only words, some people would say, implying perhaps that humans should never put too much value or faith on everybody else’s statements.

But as the singer Sting says in the so eloquently titled “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da,” one of the Police’s bestselling songs, “poets, priests, and politicians have words to thank for their positions.”

Words can move us. They can inspire us to achieve the greatest that the human race can ever attain, yet they can also drive us to our basest worst.

Yes, poets use words to tell stories about the noblest of warriors and heroes. Priests use words in writing sermons meant to help us see the way. Meanwhile, politicians use words to get themselves elected and steal our money down to the last cent.

So, do be careful with what you say, not because they could get you into trouble and bring you some libel claims. But do choose your words wisely for they have the power to heal or harm others.

The PC Falls?

For people who are of my age or thereabouts, an IT world without the PC is just quite unimaginable. For some, such an idea would be an abomination.

Data from leading market research firms, however, paint pictures that fans of the world’s most famous computing platform won’t find pretty.

For example, latest data from IDC showed PC shipments fell 8.6 percent in the third quarter compared with the previous year’s level.

Meanwhile, rival market research firm Gartner said PC shipments declined 8.3 percent to 87.5 million units, worse than its earlier forecast of 6.5 percent.

What has created plenty of buzz, something that approximates a showbiz scandal, is the disagreement between the market research firms over which PC manufacturer is the market’s top dog in terms of shipments. IDC says it’s HP; Gartner says China’s Lenovo has overtaken HP as the world’s numero uno.

No matter which one emerges as the real top PC vendor for the quarter, this much is true. The PC market is in for some serious bumps ahead.

UN, We Have a Problem

Whenever there are issues and problems affecting the world and its billions of human inhabitants, the United Nations usually has to play a lead mediator role. The world body, however, has had an interesting record as far as resolving global conflicts is concerned, to put it diplomatically.

It has its shares of wins and losses, of great moments and some seriously embarrassing occasions.

Understandably, it has piqued some people’s curiosity and caught their attention too when the International Telecommunications Union, the UN’s telecom industry-related organization, stepped in trying to resolve the patent wars being waged by the largest tech companies against each other.

ITU has reportedly arranged a meeting among these tech giants in order to iron out their patent-related differences.

Somehow, I have this feeling that the UN General Assembly has better chances of agreeing on a common action for the Syrian conflict than the ITU convincing these leading tech companies to smoke the peace pipe.

That’s all for the meantime, folks. Join me again next time as we keep on watching IT.