The Surface Pro 12-Inch measures just 0.30 by 10.8 by 7.5 inches (HWD) and weighs a remarkably totable 1.5 pounds. That's ...

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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 ...

NEW YORK - With the unveiling of the Surface tablet, Microsoft is heading into unusual territory: competing with its partners, the same companies that make Windows PCs. But Microsoft has little to ...

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 ...

Is a Microsoft Surface tablet priced at $499 good enough to entice you away from that Apple iPad you might be considering? That's the question Microsoft faces now that it has announced the starting ...

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 ...

The company's own upcoming Windows 8 tablet could stifle the incentive among partners to develop similar hardware for the new operating system. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and ...