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"Those who were hoping Microsoft and Barnes &amp; Noble would jointly unveil a tablet at the former's event in Los Angeles Monday afternoon are likely to be disappointed. A Barnes &amp; Noble spokesperson has told Mashable that the company will not be a part of Monday's announcement.\nMicrosoft and Barnes &amp; Noble formed a \u201Cstrategic partnership\u201D in April, uniting Barnes &amp; Noble\u2019s digital business with $300 million in investment with Microsoft. The new, jointly backed company has not yet been given a name. A story published by TechCrunch over the weekend said that details about the company \u2014 and its first potential product, a tablet \u2014 would be revealed Monday.\nThat doesn't mean Microsoft won't unveil a tablet; it just means it won't be a Barnes &amp; Noble one. Either way, Microsoft has promised Monday's announcement will be \"major.\" There's less than seven hours to go and the location of the event still not yet been revealed. Check back in with us at 3:30 p.m. PT \u2014 we\u2019ll be blogging all the action live.\n[via The Verge]"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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