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,” 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 ...

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 ...

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’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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft is hard at work preparing a Windows-based alternative to Apple’s already-popular iPad tablet, the company’s CEO Steve Ballmer told analysts on Thursday. Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Asus, Lenovo, ...

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, ...

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 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 ...