Gut-Check Time For Windows 8, Microsoft

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GeekWire reports that, for better or worse, the upcoming week is shaping up as one of the most pivotal in Microsoft's history (http://www.geekwire.com/2011/windows-8-microsoft-prove-week), as the software giant makes its pitch for Windows 8 at two important conferences. First, Microsoft will be huddling with hardware and software developers beginning Tuesday at its sold-out BUILD conference (http://www.buildwindows.com/) ('BUILD will show you that Windows 8 changes everything'), where it's rumored that Samsung will unveil a Windows 8 tablet. And on Wednesday, CEO Steve Ballmer and other execs will be holding the company's annual Financial Analyst Meeting (http://www.microsoft.com/investor/Events/FAM/2011/default.aspx), which was delayed from its traditional summer date to allow the company to put its Windows 8 strategy in context for Wall Street. So, are we about to finally see the realization of Microsoft's vision for [video=youtube;KvSmqAQL5Ek]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6IKSpoMUMM"]Information at Your Fingertips[/URL] (), which Bill Gates introduced with a hokey video at Comdex 1994?

[URL]http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/11/2334231/Gut-Check-Time-For-Windows-8-Microsoft ("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvSmqAQL5Ek[/video)