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Microsoft on Monday announced the Surface tablet during a press conference in Los Angeles, California. Rumors leading up to the event suggested that the Redmond-based company had an own-brand tablet ...

Microsoft Monday unveiled a pair of tablet computers dubbed "Surface" in a bold move that thrusts the world's largest software company into uncharted hardware waters. Microsoft said the tablets would ...

Microsoft has introduced two Surface tablet products: Surface for Windows 8 Pro, an Intel Core-based tablet that runs the edition of the upcoming Windows 8 operating system designed for Intel-based ...

Let's dive beneath the, uh, surface to see what, if anything, Microsoft's new Windows tablets have in common with their original Surface table namesakes. Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry ...

But the Surface Pro 3, due in stores on August 28, is different to other computers of its kind and less well known than its Apple and Samsung rivals. Below are 10 facts about Microsoft’s latest tablet ...

The CEO of the Microsoft partner tells the Financial Times that the competition would have "a huge negative impact" for the computing ecosystem. Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's ...

When Microsoft announced its original Surface tablets last year, expectations, pretty much by definition, were high. After almost 40 years as a supplier of software to PC companies, Microsoft was ...

REDMOND, Wash. -- Microsoft says its first tablet computer, the Surface, will start at $499 when it goes on sale in stores Oct. 26 - including the holiday pop-up store at Beachwood Place mall. Those ...

Microsoft,” according to GeekWire’s Todd Bishop. Surface attempts to take advantage of one of the few criticisms of Apple’s iPad, that it is better for consuming content than creating it. Ballmer said ...