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That's according to The New York Times, which has posted a report detailing the software giant's tablet-centric CES keynote plans, including at the bottom the Windows 8 bombshell.Thus far Microsoft has remained tight-lipped about Windows 8, though there have been leaked documents, job postings, PowerPoint presentations, and nebulous release dates written in Dutch, that have helped paint a clearer picture of its possible launch timeline and planned feature set.Along with what could be a live demonstration of the yet-to-be-announced operating system,
The Times says Microsoft also intends to unveil a Web app platform. This would offer HTML5-centric Web apps in a similar fashion to Google's efforts with its Chrome Web Store; however, The Times says Microsoft's intentions are to make it fully distributed. Such a feature would seemingly go against the leaked slides that pointed toward Microsoft building a centralized software marketplace into Windows itself.
The Times also goes into some detail about Microsoft's tablet unveilings, which are said to include a Samsung-made, Windows 7 slate. Unlike most in that class, this one will include a slide-out keyboard (akin to a smartphone), and is said to be "similar in size and shape to the Apple iPad," albeit a bit thicker.Microsoft's CES keynotelast January included just a handful of tablets, including one from Hewlett-Packard, which later became the Slate 500. An analyst report from Goldman Sachs posted over the weekend said the company is currently in danger of losing some of its top-line revenue next year, due in part to its approach to mobile devices--both phones and tablet PCs. We'll certainly get a clearer picture of what 2011 holds in store for both of those devices come next month.
