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 ...

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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 ...

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Rumors around Microsoft's June 18 announcement are taking a new turn toward some kind of Microsoft-branded tablet. Could this be an Amazon Kindle Fire competitor? Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley has ...

Microsoft sees tablet computers as a type of PC and that view was behind Microsoft's decision to develop versions of its next-generation Windows 8 desktop operating system for tablet computers, said ...

Microsoft’s Surface tablet is a measured gamble to enter the cutthroat tablet business, but the company could be alienating longtime hardware partners that are also expected to announce Windows 8 ...

Despite being a pioneer in tablet PCs, Microsoft has failed to translate its ambitions into a successful slate-computing strategy. Adding insult to injury is the fact that archrival Apple has leaped ...

Reports suggest that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will unveil details of Microsoft’s entry in the tablet PC arena during his keynote speech today at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show ...

Microsoft is continuing to add back into Windows tablet- and touch-optimized features with its latest Windows 11 Dev Channel test build. In addition to a new tablet-optimized taskbar, Build 22563, ...

SEATTLE -- Though it isn t their first move towards a tablet computer, Microsoft is reportedly jumping into the tablet computer world and are including a new Windows 8 operating system to go along ...