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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 ...

Which Microsoft Surface tablet is best? Microsoft Surface tablets are often overlooked in favor of other traditional tablets, but they’re perfect for anyone who wants a lightweight device that can ...

Microsoft's back in the tablet race, folks. Monday the company pulled back the curtain on a small family of slates called Surface. Available in two flavors -- one all business for a full-featured ...

Microsoft’s upcoming tablet may be part of a product called the Xbox Surface. The company is holding an event in Los Angeles later today to make some sort of announcement, and word on the street is ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new Surface Pro ad is here, even if the device isn’t. I’m referring, of course, to the apparent scant availability of the tablet – particularly the 128GB version – following its launch on Saturday, ...

A California man who says he was cheated by the new Surface tablet’s storage space, is now suing Microsoft over what he says are “deceptive advertising practices.” Andrew Sokolowski, a lawyer in Los ...

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 ...

Microsoft Corp. joined the tablet wars Monday, unveiling its own Windows-powered tablet computer called Surface. The move makes clear that the Redmond, Wash., tech giant is altering its longtime ...