The comments section of a blog post on mini-Microsoft, a site authored by an anonymous Microsoft employee, tells a story of a disastrous annual meeting for Microsoft.

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Hong Kong has taken the possibility of a far-in-the- future Disney theme park and a first-step deal between Microsoft and Hong Kong Telecom as excuses for a mini-rally.

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Apple is also looking to the 7.9-inch mini to stave off competitors including Amazon, Google and Microsoft, which are also working to build mobile empires around new devices.

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"Mini-notebooks, " which include the hardback-book sized UMPC standard engineered by Intel and Microsoft (and manufactured by Samsung, OQO and Asus), sold fewer than 350, 000 units worldwide in 2007, according to IDC data.

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