It is very unusual for Microsoft that there hasn't been a leak yet, if we are to believe Gizmodo's story that Microsoft will announce a new product at 12:01am EST. The new hardware is supposed to come from the division of Microsoft that launched the Xbox and the Zune. It's "
something totally new coming out of the Entertainment and Devices division, and it's going to change the way people interact with technology," according to an e-mail Gizmodo received mistakenly through "official channels".
Mary Jo Foley is speculating that Microsoft's "Milan" multi-touch and gestural interface technology is going to be put to use. Milan, the technology previously known as "PlayTable," and, later, "Table," allows users to navigate and manipulate data inside a browser or application using gestures. Currently, the Milan Project sits in Microsoft's Mobile and Entertainment Division, which may be a hint that Microsoft might incorporate the Milan multi-touch capability into Zunes, Windows Mobile phones, Tablet PCs or Ultra-Mobile Personal Computers.
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