Unfortunately for electronic table fetishists everywhere, you won’t be able to walk into a restaurant, a casino or a retail outlet and play with a Microsoft Surface table until spring of next year.

In the fall, Microsoft worked with defense contractor Northrop Grumman to build a proof-of-concept military application based on the Microsoft Surface table PC. A video of the application was posted ...

Surface is a $10,000 coffee table with a Windows Vista PC at its heart, topped with a 30-inch touch screen. Users can interact with the machine by touching or dragging their fingertips and objects ...