In a survey that kinda sorta reminds me of a prank Seattle Weekly pulled in '99, polling firm Zogby International and public-relations house 463 Communications this week published a survey determining that, in the minds of respondents at least, the next Bill Gates, meaning a "wildly successful technology enterpreneur," will not be an American but rather will come from China. While that is a bona fide survey, the Seattle Weekly story I alluded to above, Microsoft's New Brain Project, is really only loosely-related, but it looked at a 9-year old boy it dubbed "Microsoft's most classified program," a.k.a. the next Bill Gates. (In the interest of clarity: make sure to note the date on the story, and then read the corrections box at the bottom. If those clues don't do it for you, then drop me a line at tom_sullivan@infoworld.com.)

New to our site: We've added another blog. This latest, penned by Stephanie Bruzzese and titled Tech Treks, will serve as a forum for her to ask key questions about mobile products and trends, then hear some of your answers. Kicking things off: The great durable-laptop debate.

Posted by Tom Sullivan on December 22, 2006 04:32 AM