Well--its time again for the major holiday that immediately follows New Years Day:  The first day of the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas.  This year Steve Ballmer has center stage showing a new slate computer from Microsoft that appears to be making it to market just ahead of a similar slate computer that we all know is coming from Apple.  Note what Ballmer says about the new device--among other things:  "Its perfect for Reading..."

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