Beyond that trend, Sowah says that the movement toward cheaper, more practical machines is about computing technology meeting the needs of people, instead of vice versa.

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It was an impressive performance from McAllister, who won the title in June when he beat Godfriend Sowah, and may now earn a crack at the European crown.

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One reason that a machine like the decTOP can meet the needs of so many users is that the basic functions that Sowah lists are increasingly rolled together into a single, online package.

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"Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet and e-mail, " Sowah says.

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Data Evolution Chief Executive Robert Sowah shares that goal, but he also sees the opportunity to equip Americans with PCs that suit their needs, which he says are almost always overserved by expensive modern machines.

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Darren Humphries of SmartMobileAssets wonders where the NXT is, and points out that he's spoken with Data Evolution CEO Robert Sowah, who promised him a review unit to check out, but has recently stopped returning his calls.

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We're hoping that Sowah is just too busy working on the NXT launch (it's not supposed to be out until April, so they've still got time to roll it out on schedule) to get back to Darren, and that the NXT will be out on time.

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