Uh oh. As if Microsoft hasn’t annoyed its partners enough by launching a rival to their Windows 8 tablets, now comes word it went ahead after seeing their designs. Talk about rubbing your face in it.
Microsoft Surface is here, and this time it’s not a table. The software giant has unveiled its first major stab at hardware since the ill-fated Courier, and its best hope in the tablet war to date. Instead of waiting for its manufacturing partners to provide the goods, it’s launched a Windows 8-powered tablet of it very own. Microsoft Surface, you say? Here’s why you want one… Read more
The Microsoft Surface table has been dithering around on the more elusive end of the tech spectrum since 2007. Now a new version, first unveiled at CES in January and sporting an entirely new technology, is available to anyone with enough cash through pre-order from Samsung.
The Microsoft Surface tables we’ve seen so far are a little hefty to put it mildly but principal researcher Bill Buxton says we’ll see a radically thinner version headed for our homes within the next three years. Are you ready for a camera-packing Microsoft Surface with image recognition skills built in to your dining table?