Microsoft confirms, kills Courier in one fell swoop

Well this is depressing. Word has just gone fluttering out of Redmond that work on the Courier project -- a heretofore rumored dual-screen tablet which rightfully set the tech world ablaze -- has been spun down by the company. Here's the official line from Frank Shaw, Microsoft's VP of corporate communications:At any given time, across any of our business groups, there are new ideas being investigated, tested, and incubated.