Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on Thursday joined top PC makers to launch notebook style computers that let users write on the screen, saying the software maker will not repeat the failed attempts of the '90s to bring handwriting recognition to computing.
About a dozen computer makers, including No. 2 PC maker Hewlett-Packard Co., unveiled their versions of devices using the long-promised Windows XP TabletPC Edition. They are flat computers that let users annotate documents, jot down notes and convert them to text or save them as-is.
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