Microsoft is aiming its new operating system for pen-based, "tablet" computing at the mainstream corporate market, but the first buyers are likely to be businesses with specific requirements. Although ...

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 ...

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Microsoft on Monday announced the Surface tablet during a press conference in Los Angeles, California. Rumors leading up to the event suggested that the Redmond-based company had an own-brand tablet ...

Microsoft sees tablet computers as a type of PC and that view was behind Microsoft's decision to develop versions of its next-generation Windows 8 desktop operating system for tablet computers, said ...

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 ...

The future of computing may be flat—but Microsoft isn't predicting a downturn in sales. Rather, the company is betting that corporate users will snap up new tablet devices due to debut next year.

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is planning to redesign the tablet experience for Windows 10.

Should you get an iPad or a Microsoft Surface? Microsoft and Apple have competed since the mid-1970s, with both amassing huge — and in some cases, intensely loyal — followings. Apple was the first to ...

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 ...