Will Windows 8 miss the tablet train?

By Liam Tung on Nov 30, 2011 9:00AM

Not like the days of Netscape.

Microsoft's sluggish lurch towards touch tablets may see Windows 8 released to a world that has "changed beyond recognition", analysts have warned. In earlier times Microsoft was a "fast-follower", releasing Internet Explorer shortly after Netscape. Today, Microsoft's fifth-mover status for its ...

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