New Surface RT commercial emphasizes features [Update]
Microsoft has released a new commercial for its Surface RT tablet that emphasizes features of the tablet itself, unlike previous commercials that focused on keyboard cover accessories. More...
Microsoft has released a new commercial for its Surface RT tablet that emphasizes features of the tablet itself, unlike previous commercials that focused on keyboard cover accessories. More...
Digitimes, who has correclty nailed a few Microsoft rumors in the past, is saying that Microsoft will unveil an 8in Surface in June which would link up nicely with their upcoming BUILD conference. More...
Microsoft UK are offering a free Type Cover or Touch Cover with any purchase of a Surface RT between May 15 2013 and June 30 2013. The offer is only valid for residents of the United Kingdom More...
Tami Reller, speaking at the JP Morgan Technology, Media and Telecom Conference, stated that customer satisfaction with Surface RT has been great and they are in it for the long-haul. More...
Microsoft's Surface tablet has shown up again in an obvious product placement video, this time for the trailer for the upcoming NBC sitcom "The Michael J Fox Show." More...
Microsoft has announced it has added more space for attendees of BUILD 2013 this June in San Francisco and will sell a limited amount of extra tickets for the developer conference on Wednesday. More...
It looks like the leaked builds of Windows 8.1 are showing that the next update to Microsoft's OS will finally put in the promised automatic desktop display scaling feature. More...
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates defended the company's Windows 8 OS and its Surface tablets, saying that they are trying to gain market share in tablets which have been dominated by the iPad. More...
According to an analyst from NPD DisplaySearch, a future Microsoft Surface tablet will include a 7.5", 1400 x 1050 display and target a price lower than $399, although it's not going to be out soon More...
A Baltimore-based startup company called 1sqbox has announced it has a new partnership with Microsoft to develop a version of their classroom and administrative app for Windows 8. More...
IDC tablet analyst Tom Mainelli has some harsh words to say about the Surface Pro, stating that "it's just not there yet" in terms of execution, and that Microsoft should only have one tablet OS More...
Sources have been cited as saying that Microsoft will announce its second-generation Surface tablets at its BUILD conference in June - but the report comes from the notoriously unreliable Digitimes. More...
A post on the official Surface Blog, the first in a new monthly series on how 'real people' use Surface, tells the story of man who ditched his iPad for a Surface Pro, taking a few digs at the iPad. More...
According to IDC, Microsoft shipped 900,000 Surface devices in Q1 2013. The majority of those devices are Surface Pros, with the Surface RT accounting for just 0.4% of all tablets sold. More...
A new report from online ad network AdDuplex claims that Microsoft's Surface RT tablet is still the most used PC among all of the 9,000 or so Windows 8/RT device models. More...
A report from research firm Strategy Analytics claims that three million tablets with a version of Microsoft's Windows OS shipped worldwide in the first quarter of 2013. More...
Microsoft's Surface leader Panos Panay said that the company might consider making more custom Surface version in other countries besides China if the demand is strong enough. More...
A new extrapolation of data conducted by a freelance analyst indicates Google's Nexus 10 tablet may not be selling very well, with Microsoft's Surface RT tablet possibly selling better. More...
Microsoft has announced that it generated $20.49 billion in revenues and $6.06 billion in net income for the calendar first quarter of 2013 which is their fiscal third quarter 2013 time period. More...
Following a report earlier this week that Microsoft is joining other tech giants in developing a smartwatch, it's emerged that the Xbox team has been working on prototypes for a year. More...
The rumors are running rampant about a small Surface that will be hitting the shelves later this year and it could be an 8-inch device, not the 7-inch device that was rumored in the last 24 hours. More...
A patent from 2011 has emerged that shows Nokia's ideas for a kickstand-enabled case for a tablet, similar to the Touch Cover (or Type Cover) of the Surface. Nokia's tablet ambitions have been halted. More...
A new report from The Wall Street Journal claims Microsoft is working on a 7-inch tablet, citing unnamed sources, adding that the device will go into mass production later this year. More...
In a new blog post, Microsoft talks about how their Applied Sciences team helped to create a way to cut down on the reflections on the touchscreen for Microsoft's Surface hardware. More...
The warranties for Microsoft's Surface tablets are being criticized by the state-run Chinese media, following similar criticisms from the same media of Apple's warranties. More...
Microsoft is planning to launch a research and development lab in Turkey as part of a program from that country's government that will help its schools replace books with tablets. More...
Microsoft launched the Surface Pro PC in China today along with another variant, "Surface Chinese", with the basic version of Windows 8 in the Chinese language and Office 2013 Home and Student. More...
Panos Panay, the leader of Microsoft's Surface hardware team, said in a brief speech today that the Surface RT is a tablet, while the Surface Pro is meant to be a PC, despite its tablet form factor. More...
Microsoft has officially lowered the minimum resolution tablets running Windows 8 can have from 1366x768 to 1024x768, perhaps as a prelude to the launch of smaller seven inch Windows 8 tablets. More...
Microsoft has been granted a patent for the design of its Surface Touch Cover by the US Patent and Trademark Office, following patents for the Surface tablet itself. More...
Microsoft Surface Pro users have been unable to wake their devices from sleep mode. Microsoft have not yet acknowledged the issue, however forum users have found an easy fix. More...
Microsoft is now offering Xbox Live users a way to get a free Surface prop for their Xbox Live Avatar which is later used by that same avatar for different tasks. More...
Microsoft is now letting businesses order large quantities of the Surface RT and Surface Pro tablets, but Microsoft is not yet offering price discounts for these large orders. More...
Have you ever wondered what happens when a Surface meets a Lumia 920 head on? Well, only one device can win and we bet that you can guess the outcome without seeing the picture. More...
Microsoft has started selling the Surface RT tablet in New Zealand and Japan and in the latter country it will make a product placement appearance in the Ghost in the Shell anime Arise. More...
According to Bloomberg, who have sources close to the matter, the Microsoft Surface line has only sold 1.5 million units since its launch, however 400,000 of those have been Pros with decent adoption More...
New images of the prototypes that were used to design and test the Surface tables before they hit market have been revealed in extensive detail and show how the products came to market. More...
Microsoft has posted up an image of an early prototype of the Touch Cover keyboard used by the Surface tablets, along with more information on how the Touch Cover was developed. More...
Craig Mundie, adviser to Steve Ballmer, has opened up about Microsoft's thoughts on where the Surface sits compared to OEMs, and Microsoft's recent move to become a hardware company. More...
The tablet market doesn't look very different than it did a year ago from the perspective of who's doing well and who's not. And yet quite a bit has changed in the last twelve months. Apple is still.. More...
The Surface Twitter account has put up a contest where by answering a (for a NASCAR fan) relatively easy question, you could be selected to win a Touch Cover signed by NASCAR driver Alex Bowman. More...
Microsoft's official Surface blog reveals more about the artists who have created the images for the three limited edition Touch Covers for the company's Windows 8 and RT tablets. More...
Microsoft is becoming a "cool" company. At least that's what a recent poll seems to suggest. According to the result the Redmond company managed to rank higher than Facebook and Twitter. More...
In an interview given to MIT's Technology Review, Microsoft's CEO, Steve Ballmer talks about his company and their plans with the Surface Pro Tablet and the vision with Windows 8. More...
A concept for a future hotel room by the Serrano Brothers design team uses the user interface of Windows 8 in part of its touchscreen walls, along with other elements. More...
Even though the 128 GB Microsoft Surface Pro tablet is in short supply at the moment, it still shows up in fourth place in online tablet sales on Best Buy's website. More...
Microsoft has chosen to streamline the names of its Surface tablets, according to the official Surface website. The ARM-based version of the tablet is now simply called "Surface RT." More...
The Harlem Shake YouTube video that launched a couple of weeks ago is now in full effect on the Internet, including videos from Intel and a Microsoft Windows 8 student tour in the UK. More...
The 128 GB version of Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet is back up for pre-order via the online Microsoft Store, with units shipping by March 1st if you're quick enough to claim one of the new stock. More...
There are lots of folks that think Microsoft is being left behind by the competition but we say Microsoft has nothing to fear. They have an excellent portfolio and they need to concentrate on it. More...