The last two years have been particularly tough for Microsoft:
The limited success of Vista
Absence of success of Zune and its ecosystem
Fiasco of MSN Search compared to Google as well as the purchase of Yahoo!
It seems that Microsoft does not want to turn the page and this is not a big surprise. The public Beta of Windows 7 is already a reassuring success for the manufacturer, even if some in the market demand how things will evolve concerning the marketing especially with the prices that risk to be high. But this is not all, Microsoft again will upstage Apple with the Zune HD, and also Google with its new search engine, bing.com. Here a video of a demonstration.