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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 ...

Reaction to Microsoft's unveiling of its Surface tablet Monday was swift and varied. Here's a sampling of analysis and comments from around the tech journalism world: Ashlee Vance, Bloomberg ...

As Microsoft seeks to extend its momentum as an innovator in the tablet space, the Internets churn out predictions of what's to come with the next Surface Pro. Justin Jaffe Managing editor Justin ...

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 ...

Surprise, surprise: Microsoft today officially unveiled its first branded tablet, the Windows 8-powered Microsoft Surface, at an event in Los Angeles. (Check out our live blog for the full rundown of ...

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 ...