Posted Oct. 25, 2012 at 11:34 a.m.
Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., pauses during an interview in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. Ballmer is introducing the biggest overhaul of his company's flagship software in almost two decades with the launch of Windows 8 at an event in New York today. Photographer: Scott Eells/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Steve Ballmer
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New York — Microsoft unveiled today a dramatic overhaul of its ubiquitous Windows operating system. If it flops, the failure will reinforce perceptions that Microsoft is falling behind competitors such as Apple, Google and Amazon as its stranglehold on personal computers becomes less relevant in an era of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices....
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Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., pauses during an interview in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. Ballmer is introducing the biggest overhaul of his company's flagship software in almost two decades with the launch of Windows 8 at an event in New York today. Photographer: Scott Eells/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Steve Ballmer
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New York — Microsoft unveiled today a dramatic overhaul of its ubiquitous Windows operating system. If it flops, the failure will reinforce perceptions that Microsoft is falling behind competitors such as Apple, Google and Amazon as its stranglehold on personal computers becomes less relevant in an era of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices....
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