Microsoft's Long And Tortured History In Tablets

By PETER SVENSSON, Associated Press
Tue, 06/19/2012 - 5:23am

NEW YORK (AP) -- 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....

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