In an interview with Fox Business Network, Bill Gates says Microsoft is at work on a number of different tablet projects, with a focus on stylus-based input. Microsoft recently acknowledged the death of its long-rumored Courier project, which focused on developing a mobile device with two touch screens, and rumors abound that Hewlett-Packard has cancelled its plans for a Windows 7-powered tablet PC. Microsoft, Google and other companies face some fierce competition in the space against Apple, which sold 1 million iPad units during the tablet’s first 28 days of release.
– Former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates suggested
during a television interview that rumors of the company’s death in the tablet
PC space were, at best, premature. His comments followed a week in which
Microsoft announced the death of its long-rumored Courier project, which
centered on a dual-touch-scre…