Memo to Microsoft: This Had Better Be a Really Big Deal

When Microsoft says you really don't want to miss something, does that make it a can't-miss event? Or is the company capable of -- whisper it low -- crying wolf?

We'll find out Monday afternoon in Los Angeles, where the software giant has invited Mashable and a handful of other tech press to an event so mysterious it doesn't have a location at time of writing, let alone a subject.

Naturally, the speculation has been rampant, but it has also been relatively focused (Microsoft, a sprawling company not known for secrecy, may have had a hard time keeping the wraps on anything this big).

On Thursday we heard the company was preparing an "iPad killer" tablet; by the weekend, the rumor…
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