Microsoft Corp. has recently been offering price breaks on its Windows 8 and Office software to help spur the development of small, touch-enabled laptop computers, people familiar with the situation said.
The Microsoft discounts are particularly tailored for portables with small displays that would likely appear this fall, these people said.
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