Microsoft's family of Windows tablets. The first computer hardware directly from Microsoft, the Surface tablet debuted in 2012 along with Windows 8. Starting in 2015, other Surface-branded computers ...

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If you want a high-end tablet, Samsung Tablet and Windows Surface are both outstanding choices. However, the manufacturers of these tablets approach design and production very differently. For example ...

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 ...

Surface RT, Microsoft's first foray into personal computing, is a hardware success, and the company should be proud. Windows RT, the operating system that runs on it, is less of a reason for self-back ...

Which tablet is better: iPad or Surface? Though iPads once dominated the tablet market, Microsoft Surface tablets now offer a formidable foe that is just as capable as most business laptops. Both ...

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 ...

There’s only one question anyone should ask about Microsoft’s Surface tablet: Is it better than the iPad? I’ve spent the past week and a half trying to answer that question. During that time period, ...

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 ...

Packing more pixels into a slimmer body, and adding a redesigned keyboard, the Surface Pro 4 is the best Windows tablet/laptop hybrid to date. Dan Ackerman Editorial Director / Computers and Gaming ...

U.S. shoppers woke up with mild Surface fever on Friday, lining up in moderate numbers to buy Microsoft's groundbreaking tablet computer designed to challenge Apple's iPad. The global debut of the ...

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 ...