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

Microsoft has been extolling the virtues of the tablet PC since mid-2000 and has put its considerable marketing weight behind the technology. But some analysts and hardware vendors claim that the ...

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 CEO Steve Ballmer is ready to introduce on Wednesday night a slate form-factor computer to rival the yet-unannounced Apple Tablet, according to reports. It’s not the first time Microsoft has ...

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 ...

As a limited-time Black Friday 2025 offer, the OLED version of the Surface Pro 13-inch tablet is on sale for a whopping $500 off over on Amazon.

Microsoft left a lot of unanswered questions after following Apple into the tablet hardware business Monday with its new Windows 8-based Surface PCs/tablets. The software maker introduced the new ...

Microsoft will almost certainly show off tablets based on Windows 7 at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, and that will almost certainly fall as flat as it did last January when they revealed, ...