Ina Fried reports for CNet that Microsoft is hard at work on a Windows 7-based tablet to rival iPad. She reports on this comment from the Q&A:

"When you get your Windows 7 machine [the Microsoft tablet], it will print," Ballmer quipped. "Some people actually like to print every now and then."

On The Roundtable yesterday we talked about some of the issues about broadband particularly in areas where it's not available. There is another way to look at the problem: from the other side.

We do know how to minimize broadband requirements, and doing so might help people but at the potential cost of making broadband building efforts less urgent. The question is do we want broadband in all its glory or do we want people to get things done even if they don't have broadband?

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