With a wave of new products on the way, this is the year that Microsoft Corp. has been talking about for years.
But will the company's big bets pay off? That's the question as Microsoft seeks to launch new versions of Windows and Office, get a head start in the game console business, come from behind in portable media, improve its foothold in the living room, get its software onto more mobile devices, turn its unprofitable divisions into moneymakers, counter the rise of Google, and readjust -- again -- to the challenges of the online world.
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