Friday, June 29, 2012

MONEY AND IT BUSINESS: Investors took Research In Motion Ltd. shares to the woodshed Friday, driving the stock down as much as 20 per cent after the company reported a big loss



Investors took Research In Motion Ltd. shares to the woodshed Friday, driving the stock down as much as 20 per cent after the company reported a big loss and said it would delay rollout of a new generation of smartphones.
RIM traded $1.71 (U.S.) lower at $7.42 on heavy volume on the NASDAQ midday amid a slew of analyst downgrades and renewed pressure on the company to sell assets or seek a takeover offer from companies including Microsoft, Samsung and Nokia.
More than 62 million RIM shares changed hands on the tech-weighted Nasdaq index compared to a 50-day average volume of 17 million. It closed down $1.74 at $7.39 (U.S.).
The stock was down $1.90 (Canadian) or 20 per cent at $7.56 on the Toronto Stock Exchange on more than six times average daily volume. It closed in Toronto at $7.54, down $1.87.
Analysts’ average 12 month price target from RIM stock is $8.18 (U.S.) with Jefferies’ Peter Misek targeting the shares at $5. At least three brokers downgraded the stock to sell but Canadian brokerages GMP Securities and National Bank bucked the trend, upgrading RIM on the prospect of increased value due to a break up or sale.
The shares are at a fresh 52-week low, well below the market value of the company’s assets, after several analysts cut their price targets in half. But GMP said the Waterloo-based company, despite its travails, may be inexpensive enough to attract buyout interest.
A year ago RIM shares were valued just above $30 and the company had a market worth of about $14 billion compared to less than $4 billion today.
Misek slashed his target price for RIM shares to $5 and said the delay was a disaster for the beleaguered company, which had been counting on BB10 to boost its market share. Some analysts have said RIM’s share of the world smartphone market is likely to sink below 5 per cent this year.
“The delay in BB10 is absolutely catastrophic. It was all their hopes and dreams, and now they’re going to miss Christmas. An absolute catastrophe,” Misek said in an interview.
Even assuming BB10 does eventually get released, there’s no guarantee it will catch on with consumers, said Shaw Wu of Sterne Agee.
“The company seems to be betting everything on BB10 and assuming that it will be an instant hit. It might not be. Even if it’s well executed and a good system, consumers just might not like it,” said Wu. “It’s not about BB10 any more. It’s about survival.”

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UNO News Net: BRAZIL 2014 WORLD CUP FAN FEST: FIFA autoriza transmitir el Mundial 2014 en las calles de Brasil

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UNO News Net: 27 days to the 2012 LONDON OLYMPIC GAMES: La pelea inconclusa del gigante solitario, Después de ser guardaespaldas, profesor de educación física y preparador de gimnasio, Andrés Ayub regresó a lo que hace mejor: la lucha, un deporte en el que, literalmente, no tiene rivales en Chile.

UNO News Net: 27 days to the 2012 LONDON OLYMPIC GAMES: La pelea inconclusa del gigante solitario, Después de ser guardaespaldas, profesor de educación física y preparador de gimnasio, Andrés Ayub regresó a lo que hace mejor: la lucha, un deporte en el que, literalmente, no tiene rivales en Chile.

UNO News Net: 27 days to the 2012 LONDON OLYMPIC GAMES: La pelea inconclusa del gigante solitario, Después de ser guardaespaldas, profesor de educación física y preparador de gimnasio, Andrés Ayub regresó a lo que hace mejor: la lucha, un deporte en el que, literalmente, no tiene rivales en Chile.

UNO News Net: 27 days to the 2012 LONDON OLYMPIC GAMES: La pelea inconclusa del gigante solitario, Después de ser guardaespaldas, profesor de educación física y preparador de gimnasio, Andrés Ayub regresó a lo que hace mejor: la lucha, un deporte en el que, literalmente, no tiene rivales en Chile.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

UNO News Net: 2012 LONDON OLYMPIC FOOTBALL WOMEN TOURNAMENT: The Canadian Soccer Association has nominated its roster for the London 2012 Women's Olympic Football Tournament

UNO News Net: 2012 LONDON OLYMPIC FOOTBALL WOMEN TOURNAMENT: The Canadian Soccer Association has nominated its roster for the London 2012 Women's Olympic Football Tournament

UNO News Net: 2012 LONDON OLYMPIC FOOTBALL WOMEN TOURNAMENT: The Canadian Soccer Association has nominated its roster for the London 2012 Women's Olympic Football Tournament

UNO News Net: 2012 LONDON OLYMPIC FOOTBALL WOMEN TOURNAMENT: The Canadian Soccer Association has nominated its roster for the London 2012 Women's Olympic Football Tournament

UNO News Net: MEXICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: Online and on the streets, Mexico youth protests grow as election looms; Mexican election could mean drug war strategy shift, U.S. officials say

UNO News Net: MEXICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: Online and on the streets, Mexico youth protests grow as election looms; Mexican election could mean drug war strategy shift, U.S. officials say

UNO News Net: ONE CITY Transit Plan Proposal: Dramatic OneCity proposal floated by Stintz, DeBaeremaeker

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UNO News Net: 2012 LONDON OLYMPIC GAMES: Campeón olímpico de decatlón no participará en Londres 2012; Los méritos de los favoritos para ser abanderado chileno: Denisse van Lamoen y Paris Inostroza lideran la votación

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Monday, June 25, 2012

LONG LIFE AND HEALTH: Secrets to Live to 100 year Old



Your chances of reaching age 100 could be better than you think – especially if you get some additional sleep and improve your diet.

New research from UnitedHealthcare looks at centenarians and baby boomers, asking the former about the “secrets of aging success” and evaluating whether the latter are taking the necessary steps to celebrate a 100th birthday.

The primary findings: Many boomers are embracing lifestyles that could lead to a long and rewarding life – with two exceptions. More than seven in 10 centenarians – 71% – say they get eight hours or more of sleep each night. By contrast, only 38% of boomers say they get the same amount of rest. And when it comes to eating right, more than eight in 10 centenarians say they regularly consume a balanced meal, compared with just over two-thirds (68%) of baby boomers.

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The report – “100@100 Survey” – begins with some startling numbers. As of late 2010, the U.S. had an estimated 72,000 centenarians, according to the Census Bureau. By the year 2050, that number – with the aging of the baby-boom generation – is expected to reach more than 600,000. Meanwhile, an estimated 10,000 boomers each and every day – for the next decade – will turn 65.

How to reach 100? Centenarians point to social connections, exercise and spiritual activity as some of the keys to successful aging. Among surveyed centenarians, almost nine in 10 – fully 89% – say they communicate with a family member or friend every day; about two thirds (67%) pray, meditate or engage in some form of spiritual activity; and just over half (51%) say they exercise almost daily.

In each of these areas, baby boomers, as it turns out, match up fairly well. The same percentage of boomers as centenarians – 89% – say they’re in touch with friends or family members on a regular basis. Sixty percent of surveyed baby-boomers say spiritual activity is an important part of their lives, and almost six in 10 boomers (59%) exercise regularly.

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Again, sleep and diet are the two areas where baby boomers come up short. Not surprisingly, the one area where boomers are more active is the workplace. Three-quarters (76%) of surveyed baby boomers say they work at a job or hobby almost every day; that compares with 16% of centenarians.

Finally, researchers turned to cultural affairs and asked centenarians and boomers to identify – from a list of 14 notable people (including President Obama, singer Paul McCartney and actors Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts) – their preferred dinner guest. The top choice among centenarians and boomers alike: the comedian Betty White.


Sunday, June 24, 2012

WELLCOME IMAGES AWARDS: Las mejores fotos médicas de 2012















Wellcome Images es un sitio de imágenes microscópicas de medicina, que esta semana premió las más destacadas.

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Revisa todas las imágenes de los Wellcome Awards

Cada año, Wellcome Trust en Reino Unido lleva a cabo una competencia de fotografías que expongan de mejor manera la ciencia médica.
Según revela Wellcome Trust en su sitio web, las imágenes que ellos premian cada año revelan el origen de la medicina y su historia, desde las civilizaciones antiguas hasta la actualidad.
Las galerías que poseen superan las 180.000 fotografías, las cuáles han sido hechas utilizando un sinfín de fuentes, desde manuscritos hasta rayos-X, fotografías clínicas y fotografías microscópicas.
Este año fueron 16 fotografías las premiadas, las cuales se pueden apreciar en la galería de fotos.

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UNO News Net: EGYPT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: Mohammed Morsi was declared Egypt’s first Islamist president on Sunday after the freest elections in the country’s history, narrowly defeating Hosni Mubarak’s last Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq

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UNO News Net: Understanding Judges and Lawyers’ Ethics in Canada: The Lori Douglas sex case and the pictures on the Internet, witch hunt or due course of justice?

UNO News Net: Understanding Judges and Lawyers’ Ethics in Canada: The Lori Douglas sex case and the pictures on the Internet, witch hunt or due course of justice?

Saturday, June 23, 2012

UNO News Net: CRIME AND VIOLENCE IN TORONTO: More death, shootings and stabbing on Friday

UNO News Net: CRIME AND VIOLENCE IN TORONTO: More death, shootings and stabbing on Friday

UNO News Net: CANADIAN DEMOGRAPHICS: Canadian Institute for Health Information shows about 5,600 infants were born in hospitals in 2010-2011 - about 1.5% fewer than the year before

UNO News Net: CANADIAN DEMOGRAPHICS: Canadian Institute for Health Information shows about 5,600 infants were born in hospitals in 2010-2011 - about 1.5% fewer than the year before

UNO News Net: Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars after a jury convicted him on 45 of 48 counts related to sexual abuse of boys; appeal expected

UNO News Net: Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars after a jury convicted him on 45 of 48 counts related to sexual abuse of boys; appeal expected

UNO News Net: DESTITUCION DE PRESIDENTE FERNANDO LUGO: Argentina, Ecuador, Bolivia y Venezuela no reconocen nuevo gobierno de Paraguay

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Friday, June 22, 2012

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UNO News Net: A 34 DIAS de los Juegos Olimpicos Londres 2012 - Phelps va por el récord de 10 medallas olímpicas en Londres: El nadador está inscrito en siete pruebas individuales para las clasificatorias de Estados Unidos. Además participará en tres relevos

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UNO News Net: CRISIS POLITICA EN PARAGUAY: Presidente Fernando Lugo es destituido tras juicio político en su contra

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

MICROSOFT WORLD PARTNERS CONFERENCE IN TORONTO 2012: Give Microsoft credit for making the burgeoning tablet wars interesting again












Give Microsoft credit for making the burgeoning tablet wars interesting again.
Just when you thought Apple’s iPad was going to run away with first prize – or every prize, for that matter – the Redmond software giant pulls some slick-looking hardware out of its labs and throws down the gauntlet. If it isn’t game on, it’s mighty close.
Microsoft calls its wannabe-iPad killer the Surface, and at first glance it’s an impressive slab of technology that boasts the kind of refined industrial design that’s made anything with a fruit on it the object of endless fanboy desire.
It includes an innovative cover that protects the screen and adds, quite unexpectedly, a built-in multi-touch keyboard on the inside. Open it up and start hammering out War and Peace. Sure, you can buy a third-party keyboard case for your iPad, but this is a cleaner solution for users who want to use their tablets for more than watching videos and surfing the web.
It sports a 10.6-inch, full-HD screen – bigger than the iPad’s 9.7-inch panel – and unlike Apple’s sealed-in device, includes USB and external display ports.
What does all this tech talk mean? The Surface is a seriously capable tablet that one-ups the iPad in a number of key areas.

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Microsoft’s decision to leap head-first into making its own hardware is a bold move designed to sidestep its traditional model of licensing its software to hardware partners. Microsoft’s new religion, which mimics Apple’s build-it-all philosophy, means the software can be more tightly integrated into the hardware, and Microsoft isn’t stuck living with its hardware partners’ decisions. That reality has hobbled Windows for the better part of two decades, with PC builders often adding in layers of advertising-heavy, value-deficient software that clutter the experience and frustrate users.
By bypassing middlemen like HP, Toshiba and Samsung – and risking their newly-competitive wrath in the process – Microsoft calls all the shots, and lives and dies with the results. It’s a risk worth taking given how crucial these devices and the upcoming next-generation Windows launches are to the company’s future.
As so often seems to be the case with Microsoft, however, its sheer ambition and capability may have put its aspirations in the hole before they have a chance to see the light of day. First is its decision to split the line by selling two distinct models. A commercially-focused Windows 8 tablet will run on familiar Intel-based processors – the same basic architecture that’s been powering PCs for decades – and will support Windows programs. Have a copy of Word or Excel lying around? Congratulations, it now runs on a tablet.
A consumer-oriented model, based on the ARM processors that underpin today’s most popular tablets and smartphones, is a bit of a different animal. It runs something called Windows RT, and your old software won’t work on it.
Apple seems to sell its one line of iPads just fine into both consumer and enterprise channels. The bring your own device trend in which regular users buy personal technology like tablets and smartphones on Sunday, then walk them into the office on Monday and demand IT hook them up, is rendering traditional divisions between consumer and corporate devices moot. Microsoft’s decision to separately target these two worlds only serves to confuse buyers and frustrate developers.
Yes, developers. The folks who will make or break the Surface before it hits its first retail shelf. Forcing them to choose between traditional Windows development and untried, untested Windows RT isn’t going to go over well. Programmers like simple, and this isn’t simple. And if they hesitate to dive in and create new apps for either platform, all the fantastic hardware in the world won’t save Microsoft’s tablet fortunes.
There’s no question Microsoft needed to do something bold to leapfrog beyond its roots in the PC world. Tablets are nibbling into the fringes of the traditional laptop market, Microsoft’s bread and butter. As part of a rollout strategy for its next-generation Windows 8 operating system that encompasses traditional computers, tablets, and hybrids of the two, the company couldn’t simply update the current version of Windows and call it a day.
It has offered up two compelling tablet flavours to convince the market it’s playing to win. The question remains whether it needs two flavours to begin with, and whether it’s focused so intently on the hardware it’s forgotten that earlier versions of Windows soared because a software company made it easy for programmers to develop and sell more programs than any other platform combined.
Until Microsoft simplifies its schizophrenic offerings and gives developers a reason to make the leap, its promising new hardware will remain just that: promising.

Carmi Levy is a London, Ont.-based independent technology analyst and journalist.

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2012 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: Barack Obama campaign launches new ad targeting Hispanics



June 19, 2012
WASHINGTON, United States—President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is running new Spanish-language television ads touting the benefits of Obama's health care overhaul for Hispanic voters.

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The ads feature Cristina Saralegui (Sara-LEH-gee), a popular Spanish-language television personality who endorsed Obama this week. She says in the ad that Obama's health care law guarantees that "the great majority of Hispanics" will have access to doctors and hospitals.
The ads are running as the Supreme Court readies a decision on the constitutionality of a key provision in the health care mandate.
The campaign says the ads will air in Nevada, Colorado and Florida, key battleground states with sizeable Hispanic populations. The ads follow Obama's announcement that his administration will stop deporting some young illegal immigrants, a policy aimed in part at rallying support from Hispanic voters.

AMERICAN DEMOGRAPHICS 2012: Asian-Americans, more than Latinos, are largest group of new arrivals in U.S.



The immigration debate often centers on stemming the flow of people entering the United States illegally and what to do about securing borders to the south. But here's a fact that goes without much attention: Asians have now taken over Latinos as the largest group of new arrivals every year.
In 2010, 36% of new immigrants were Asians compared to 31% for Hispanics, according to a report released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center.
That's a significant change from a decade ago, when 19% of immigrants were Asians and 59% were Hispanics.
"They were already a significant part of the immigration story. It seems like in the last few years they are the most important part of the immigration story," said Karthick Ramakrishnan, a political scientist at the University of California at Riverside, and expert on Asian-American immigration and civic participation.
He said that if the trends continue, Asian-Americans will play greater roles in shaping American society and perhaps, more significantly in an election year, they will have an impact at the polls.
"This is an important moment to see immigration for what it is - that it is far more complicated and diverse than deporting illegal immigrants," Ramakrishnan said, referring to discussion sparked by President Barack Obama's policy shift last week to spare some children of illegal immigrants from deportation.
Pew's exhaustive new report on Asian-Americans found important differences between Asian-Americans and other population groups in America. It also shed light on the diversity among Asian-Americans, who sometimes cringe at the broadness of the category that covers every country of origin from Afghanistan to South Korea.
The Pew survey showed that across the board, Asian-Americans are more satisfied than any other Americans with their lives, finances and direction of the country.
They also place more value on traditional marriage, family and parenthood and usually possess a strong work ethic.
Nearly seven in 10 respondents said people could get ahead if they are willing to work hard. And 93% of Asian-Americans describe people of their origin as "very hard-working," whereas only 57% said the same about Americans as a whole.
Asian-Americans also attain college degrees (61%) at about double the rate of recent non-Asian immigrants (30%), Pew found.
"The overall picture that you get from this survey is that like immigrants throughout American history, Asian-Americans are strivers," said Pew’s Paul Taylor, who edited the study.
"But what's interesting about them are the educational credentials.” He said. “By far they are the best educated in American history."
It's not that Asian-Americans value education more.
"Everyone values education," Ramakrishnan said. "But the difference is in the sacrifices Asian-Americans are willing to make."
He said his department’s research has found instances where Asian families in Southern California will move into a much smaller house in order to move to the best school districts.
However, some Asian-Americans recognize that they may go overboard in stressing hard work.
Nearly 39% in the Pew survey said Asian-American parents put too much pressure on their children to do well in school. Think "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother," the provocative memoir by Yale Law Professor Amy Chua that sparked conversation about strict parenting.
Pew recognized the vast differences between the nationalities lumped under the U.S. Census Bureau category of Asian-American - the six major countries are China, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Vietnam and India.
Indian-Americans lead other groups in terms of income and education.
Seven in 10 Indian-American adults ages 25 and older have a college degree, compared with about half of Americans of Korean, Chinese, Filipino and Japanese ancestry, and about a quarter of Vietnamese-Americans.
Ramakrishnan attributed that largely to the fact that the Indians coming to America are the cream of the crop. They also have very high proficiency levels in English because of a history of British colonialism.
As a whole, Pew found Asian median income and household wealth exceeded average Americans.
Asian median annual household income is $66,000 versus $49,800 for all Americans.
Asians who came to this country are more likely than their compatriots back home to say their standard of living is better than that of their parents at the same stage of life.
But there are differences on the socioeconomic ladder.
Americans with Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese and “other U.S. Asian” origins have a higher poverty rate than does the general public, while Pew found that those with Indian, Japanese and Filipino origins have lower rates.
There were other factors that made the groups distinct.
The survey noted that Indian-Americans stand out in the personal importance they place on parenting - 78% of them said being a good parent is one of the most important things to them personally.
Korean-Americans are the most likely to say discrimination against their group is a major problem, and they are the least likely to say that their group gets along very well with other racial and ethnic groups.
In contrast, Filipinos are the most positive on interethnic and interracial relations in America.
The Vietnamese are the only major subgroup who arrived on American shores as political refugees; the others say they have come mostly for economic, educational and family reasons.
Ramakrishnan said the Vietnamese were also the only subgroup that tended to vote Republican but that is changing given anti-immigration positions and other exclusionary measures supported by some GOP lawmakers.
The American dream began later for Asian-Americans than other immigrant groups because of racial discrimination.
It was not until 1965, during the height of the civil rights movement and robust economic growth, that the United States opened its doors to immigration from all parts of the world.
The decision paved the way for Asian-Americans to grow from less than 1% of the population more than 40 years ago to nearly 6% now.
Persisting prejudice against Asians led to many communities developing in their own enclaves, Taylor said. Hence the blossoming of Chinatowns, Japantowns and Koreatowns.
But now Asian-Americans are more likely to live in mixed neighborhoods and marry out of their race.
"When newly minted medical school graduate Priscilla Chan married Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg last month, she joined the 37% of all recent Asian-American brides who wed a non-Asian groom," the Pew report said.
Between 2008 and 2010, 29% of all Asian newlyweds married someone of a different race, compared with 26% of Hispanics, 17% of blacks and 9% of whites.
Among them, Japanese had the highest rate of intermarriage and Indians had the lowest, Pew said. More than half of recent Japanese newlyweds married a non-Asian; among recent Indian newlyweds, one in eight did.
Another big distinction was with single parenthood. Forty-one percent of all American parents are single parents. Among Asians, that number plummets to 16 % and among Indians, it's 2% to 3%.
Pew spoke with 3,511 Asian-Americans between January 3 and March 27. The telephone interviews were conducted in English and seven Asian languages.
Ramakrishnan said the Asian-American population, unnoticed before in many spheres of American life, would only continue to increase its share of the spotlight.
In swing states like Virginia and Nevada, where census data now shows Asians make up 9% of the population, Asian-Americans will make a mark at the ballot box in November, Ramakrishnan predicted. Most tend to vote Democratic.
"Republicans should be wary," he said.
At the very least, Taylor said the robust Asian-American immigration is sure to redefine the debate over people coming to these shores.
"Illegal immigration has been a driver of the immigration policy debate and illegal immigration has been primarily associated with Hispanics," he said.
But now, he said, the discussion may be forced to keep up with immigration realities.

MICROSOFT'S WORLD PARTNERS CONFERENCE IN TORONTO: Microsoft has developed Surface, a Windows tablet computer of its own design













LOS ANGELES, United States.-  Upending one of the world's most successful business strategies over the past three decades, Microsoft has developed a Windows tablet computer of its own design.
The company on Monday unveiled the Surface, a PC tablet that runs a yet-to-be released version of its Windows operating system called Windows 8. The device is the first commercial PC that Microsoft has directly designed and sold.
The tablet features many of the now-standard tablet specs, including a 10.6 inch high-definition touchscreen and front and rear facing cameras, which all fit into a 9.3 millimeter, 1.5-pound frame.
But Surface also brings some new innovations to the tablet space. The device's cover, for instance, flips down to become a full keyboard. It features a rigid case built from magnesium, a pen that clicks into the tablet and a built-in kickstand. (Click here for our hands-on demo of the Surface.)
Microsoft is recycling -- or extending -- a brand name it has used before. The first "Microsoft Surface" device, which began shipping in in 2008, was a giant touchscreen computer aimed at retailers and other commercial customers.
Microsoft's Surface tablet will first be available on a version of Windows 8 called Windows RT. That operating system will run on microchips designed by ARM (ARMH), which are inside 95% of the world's smartphones and tablets. Another version of Surface will be designed for the fuller Windows 8 operating system, which will run on Intel chips.
Microsoft didn't give specifics, but the company said the Windows RT version will be available sometime this fall in 32- and 64-gigabyte versions and will be priced "comparably" to other tablets on the market. Apple's most basic version of the iPad retails for $499.
The full Windows 8 version will be available three months later in 64- and 128-GB versions. Microsoft plans to set its price point in the same zone as ultrabooks, which typically run around $1,000.
Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) said it will not be the exclusive manufacturer of Windows tablets.
Still, it's a radical shift for the world's largest software company.
Microsoft's licensing of Windows to PC manufacturers has been one of the most profitable businesses in technology history. The software giant's Windows division posted sales of $4.6 billion last quarter, $3 billion of which was pure profit. Microsoft's 33% profit margin was the sixth largest on the latest Fortune 500 list.
It's a strategy that is both lucrative and dominant. Windows is the operating system running on more than 90% of the world's computers and two-thirds of the planet's Internet-connected gadgets.
A move to shake up a model that successful would usually be considered a mistake. But these aren't ordinary times.
Apple's (AAPL, Fortune 500) iPad has been luring away Windows customers for two years. PC sales have flat-lined as consumers look to buy a more elegant, portable and simpler device for their everyday computing needs. Windows sales have fallen in five of the past six quarters.
Though Microsoft's "open" strategy, which lets consumers buy Windows on a wide range of devices, has been a winning tactic for decades, Apple's "we make the whole widget" plan has been far more successful over the past several years.
Apple's iPad revenue has surpassed Microsoft's Windows revenue for the past three quarters. Apple's stock market value eclipsed Microsoft's in May 2010, and the company -- the world's most valuable -- is now worth more than twice as much as its one-time archrival.
As a result, Microsoft is taking a page from Apple's handbook.
"Microsoft founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen made a big bet -- a bet on software -- but it was always clear that we had to push hardware in ways that sometimes manufacturers hadn't envisioned," Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said at Monday's event. "We believe that any intersection between human and machine can be made better when all aspects, hardware and software, are working together."
It's not the only one looking to mirror Apple's strategy. Google (GOOG, Fortune 500) last month completed a blockbuster $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility, expanding its role as the designer of the Android operating system to also become a smartphone maker.
That's a hard path. Hewlett-Packard's (HPQ, Fortune 500) TouchPad tablet lasted all of a month on the market. Research In Motion's (RIMM) BlackBerry PlayBook tablet also never took off, despite a steep price cut.
Microsoft also has a very mixed track record when it comes to making gadgets.
The software giant has actually been in the hardware business for 30 years, making mostly mice and keyboards. But in 2001, the company expanded into the video game sphere, losing billions on its Xbox console before it just recently took over the top spot on the market. Its Kinect accessory, which makes controllerless gaming possible, has been a great success story.
But the Zune MP3 player never gained much traction, and Microsoft announced earlier this month that it would kill off the brand completely. It retired the Zune hardware last fall.