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’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 ...

While Apple is synonymous with the iPad and touch-based devices, it could’ve been a completely different world had Microsoft acted on its own ambitions in the tablet domain. In November 2000, a full ...

Microsoft caught our attention on Thursday with a media invitation to a super-secret event in Los Angeles: “This will be a major Microsoft announcement -- you will not want to miss it.” Although the ...

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 ...

Ten years after it launched its first tablet PC, Microsoft is still struggling to come up with a hit product in the category. On the opposite side of the spectrum, Apple managed to sell more than 7 ...

In advance of Windows 10, the newly redesigned store will let you find apps for all Windows devices as well as the Xbox. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT ...

BOSTON — A Boston family was left confused and without a gift on Christmas, when they opened a box expecting to find a new tablet but found roofing shingles instead. Michael Webster told WFXT that his ...

Rumors have begun circulating about a Microsoft tablet again, and Monday may indeed mark the arrival of one. But what would such a tablet need to have to grab gamers? Microsoft has sat out portable ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In November 2000, a full decade before Steve Jobs blew everyone away with the iPad, Bill Gates ...