Acer launch X1200 mini HTPC

Title should read "Acer launchES X1200 mini HTPC" ... Acer is an organization, and is singular, so a verb referring to this subject should be plural.  Again, subject-verb plurality agreement.

A quick way to check if it's right or not is to substitute the subject (Acer) with another proper noun (such as the name of a person), or with a pronoun like "he" or "she" ... it's easy to see that "she launch X1200" is incorrect, but "she launchES x1200" is correct.  If you're actually referring to the members (employees) of the organization, you should have a plural verb for the singular subject.  If you really DO mean the employees, you would say so with something like "the people of Acer release..." (now it's a plural subject and needs a singular verb).

Jim

You'd think someone who took the time out to lecture someone else on grammar would at least check their facts first.

For instance:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_differences#Formal_and_notional_agreement

British and American English differ over whether a company/organisation is singular or plural.  British English assumes a company is a plural entity.  

Ian is British, so his headline is correct.

C-, must try harder :-)

Point conceded.  I learned something new, so thank you.  And Ian: I apologize for being an ass.  :)

That being said, I'll still cringe whenever I see "Microsoft release a new version of..." -- whatever Wikipedia says, it really just looks wrong to me.  :P