|  Understanding 
and meeting the computing needs of information workers represents the best 
opportunity for the computer industry to boost both individual and corporate 
productivity and profits, according to Jeff Raikes, group vice president of 
Productivity and Business Services at Microsoft Corp. Raikes outlined the 
contributions Microsoft will make in the next year to help information workers 
be more productive in a keynote speech at this year's TECHXNY show at the Jacob 
K. Javits Convention Center in New York. Those contributions include a new 
version of Office, which is scheduled to be available around the middle of next 
year; the Tablet PC, which will launch Nov. 7; and the new Microsoft® Windows® 
Powered Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition, which VoiceStream/T-Mobile is scheduled to 
launch in the United States later this summer.
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