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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told CRN that the company’s new Surface tablet is anything but a publicity stunt. ’It is not a publicity stunt,’ said Ballmer responding to a question on whether the ...

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<b>commentary</b> There's a market for premium, differentiated PC/tablet hybrids that aren't trying to compete primarily on price. ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley hopes Microsoft's Surface proves this category ...

Microsoft is betting big on its overhaul of Windows and the primary driver of this radical change is the explosion of mobile devices. Microsoft’s vision is to provide its users with the exact same ...

Microsoft seems to have taken our biggest complaints about the Microsoft Surface Pro (11th Edition) to heart. While we appreciated the Surface Pro (11th Edition)'s fantastic performance, stunning ...

As trade tensions grow between the US and China, Microsoft is reportedly preparing to move the manufacturing of its Surface ...

If you have a Surface Type Cover for your Surface Pro, you can use the PrtScn key to copy a screenshot to your clipboard.

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 ...

An interview with Panos Panay and other Microsoft executives who want to redefine personal computers once again. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, ...

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 ...