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Microsoft's long and tortured history in tablets | |
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| Time: 17:30 EST/22:30 GMT | News Source: Associated Press | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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For decades, the tablet computer was like a mirage in the technology industry: a great idea, seemingly reachable on the horizon, that disappointed as hopeful companies got closer. Microsoft has experienced this cycle of hope and disappointment many times. The device unveiled by the Redmond Wash.-based software giant on Monday —the Surface— isn't the first tablet it envisioned. Indeed, the company's engineers have been trying to reshape personal computing for as long as there's been a PC. | ||
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