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It is being touted as a radical overhaul from previous versions but can it save the pc from apple's growing market share? robert gray is with the fox business network. so can it? >> reporter:. >> well, jon, that is the big billion dollar question, multibillion-dollar question. after all the pc industry expected to show its first decline in sales in 11 years this year. so everyone in the pc business, and perhaps a few passers by as well anxious to see what will happen with windows 8. it is a radical redesign. they're going for more tactile experience like people have with tablets. you can touch...

3,000. so they got some work to do if they are going to fall -- if they are going to help out, again, the president. shepard? >> shepard: steve brown live tonight at ohio state. microsoft today unveiled its biggest change to its popular windows operating system in nearly two decades. according to microsoftdesigned k with both tablet and desktop computers. the revamped software ditched the familiar start button at the lower left hand corner of the scene. microsoft ceo steve balmer put it the whole screen filled with a bunch of colorful tiles is the start button. the software is set to go on sal...

Now this is a rumor next week google will launch a $99 version. this is something that become as lot more affordable to mainstream americans. >>neil: we will see, thank you. now the guy behind this microsoft bombshell, he says he has been playing with windows 8 for a while and loves it. signing off on a statement along with scores other industry types urging congress to get its act together and avoid the fiscal cliff. quoted a bipartisan bash as the titans of big business demand republicans and democrats worktd demands both sides stop playing games. will it hold more cloud than recent letters ...

Mortgages to fannie mae and freddie mac, which are now owned by the government. former goldman sachs director gupta was sentenced to two years. american airlines will hire 200 pilots. americans between the ages of 25 and 29 showed the most mobility in 13 years as they strike out on their own to test the job market in big cities. all eyes are going to be on microsoft for its big windows 8 launch in new york this afternoon. and it's a hacker's dream come true. last year's top three most commonly used passwords are still on top this year. incredibly, if the password" is still number one...

People, activity, my friends, my applications my web sites, things are changing in e-mail, in news. in sports. it is alive with activity. >> reporter: well he mentioned apps as in applications. a lot of critics noticed the dearth of apps available. i talked with app developers. they're taking a wait-and-see whether people will adopt windows 8 for tablets before they spend money to develop them. here is what ballmer had to say about that. >> we'll sell far more device, far more tablet devices that are tablet. far more devices with screens bigger than five inches, far more than apple, far more t...