Bill Gates proudly displayed a pioneering Microsoft tablet device way back in 2000, but it never really took off.

LOS ANGELES — Microsoft has unveiled SurfaceSurface, a tablet computer to compete with Apple’s iPad. CEO Steve Ballmer announced the new tablet, calling it part of a “whole new family of devices” the ...

Microsoft has stated they are working towards making available the Surface RT at more retail locations to allow for a greater market penetration, and the good thing is that such an endeavor 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft is bringing the Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE), which adds a console-like UI while navigating through your game ...

October 26: It's the day Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets and PCs are available for retail purchase. It's also the day that a number of Microsoft-developed apps for the new platforms are downloadable ...

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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 ...

Windows 10 is now running on over 270 million devices. That’s arguably the most impressive number that Microsoft shared today at its Build 2016 developer conference, especially as it means the company ...