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Microsoft has already set February 9 as the date for the commercial release of Surface Pro tablet. However, recent information points that the company has planned a pre-launch event for select guests at the Best Buy shop in New York’s Union Square, on the eve of the official release.
According to Mary Jo Foley... |
31 January 2013
04:59 GMT |
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Usually, when companies release new products, be they cars, tablets, mobile phones or any other gadget, consumers are allowed to place a pre-order, just to make sure they get their hands on the new thing as soon as possible.Microsoft is reportedly planning to skip a pre-order campaign for the Surface with Windows 8 P... |
26 January 2013
01:31 GMT |
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Microsoft Surface sales are yet to take off according to some unofficial reports, but at least the Redmond-based technology company has made the right choice when it decided to name the device this way.
A report released by MarketingProfs.com places Microsoft Surface on top of the list with the best product names of... |
19 December 2012
10:31 GMT |
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Rumors that Nokia might launch a Windows RT tablet along with its new Lumia series made headlines several months ago.
Although Nokia’s officials denied any plans to launch a tablet in the near future, sources close to the matter insisted the Finnish company is actively working on such a project.
The bad news ... |
7 November 2012
09:45 GMT |
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Indeed, on Oprah Winfrey’s list of favorite things for 2012 there is Surface, Microsoft’s first tablet, priced $499 (32GB).
Not too many tech products made it on the list but, apparently, Microsoft’s gadget overwhelmed Oprah to such an extent that it was elevated to “wowser” status, and... |
2 November 2012
05:55 GMT |
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Apple’s CEO was not short for words during yesterday’s conference call disclosing Apple’s earnings for Q4 – 2012. And that included the topic of Microsoft’s up and coming Surface tablet, which he believes is flawed.
Cook admitted that he hadn’t “personally played with a Surface&rd... |
26 October 2012
07:51 GMT |
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Microsoft’s The Surface Movement TV commercial seems to be much more appealing than you’d be tempted to believe. After the ad has been officially named the most effective tablet ad rolled out this year, Microsoft decided to release the theme song and let you use it as a ringtone. The Redmond-based techn... |
22 October 2012
03:56 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Surface team said a few days ago in an IAmA session on Reddit that the company’s new tablet comes with a screen that’s much better than the one available on its fiercest rival, the iPad.
It was all determined with the help of a side by side comparison, but a display expert says that Mic... |
19 October 2012
08:21 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 platform, set to become official before the end of this month and expected to hit shelves on new devices in early November, should prove a great update when compared to the previous versions of the mobile operating system.
It will be loaded on a nice range of new smartphones coming... |
10 October 2012
14:51 GMT |
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Microsoft will launch the Surface tablet on October 25 during a New York event, but the company has remained tight-lipped on pricing information. Sameer Singh, an analyst with Finvista Advisors, said in a blog post that Microsoft Surface is expected to be priced in between $399 / €310 and $499 / €387, depen... |
10 October 2012
04:55 GMT |
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Called Surface, Microsoft’s own Windows 8 tablet has created quite a bit of stir when unveiled back in June, as well as afterwards. The Redmond-based software giant promised a great user experience coming from the combination of its own hardware and the upcoming operating system, and OEMs wowed their disappro... |
27 September 2012
10:05 GMT |
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Microsoft's tablets equipped with a freeware copy of the Office suite will get so popular that they will overtake Android's market share in 2015, says Taiwan-based analyst firm TrendForce. Still, they won't manage to get too close to the current leader of the market, the iPad.
The prediction was made ... |
17 September 2012
04:47 GMT |
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Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is nearing the launch of its own tablet PC running under the Windows 8 operating system, namely the Microsoft Surface.
The device was unveiled to the world back in June, and is set to arrive on shelves on October with the Windows RT version of the next-gen platform loaded on i... |
17 August 2012
07:51 GMT |
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Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is not the only company who believes that the recently unveiled Surface tablet would be a good thing for Windows 8. Chip makers also believe that, even if OEMs are not that happy with the launch of this device, since it will land on shelves as a direct competitor for their table... |
11 August 2012
09:31 GMT |
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On October 26th, Redmond-based software giant Microsoft will make available for purchase the very first tablet PC it has ever designed to work with Windows 8.
Called Surface, the device has already seen a negative reaction coming from the company’s hardware partners, but it seems that Microsoft is already look... |
8 August 2012
15:51 GMT |
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In June, Microsoft made official a unique device, marking a first in the company’s history, namely the Windows 8-based Surface tablet.
Given the company’s focus on the development of software, it came as a big surprise that it would also enter the hardware business, and many hardware partners started to... |
8 August 2012
09:20 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Windows RT-based Surface tablet PC is expected to arrive on shelves on October 26th, the same day when the Windows 8 operating system becomes available for purchase. Of course, Microsoft has said before that the new slate is meant to hit shelves the very same day as Windows 8, but that was the onl... |
30 July 2012
14:11 GMT |
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When announcing its own devices powered by the Windows 8 platform, namely the Surface tablets, Microsoft announced that they would be priced in line with the currently available tablet PCs and ultrabooks. At the time, many suggested that we might see the Windows RT Surface tablet going prices starting at $600, while... |
25 July 2012
05:33 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Xbox division boss, Don Mattrick, has confirmed that the upcoming Halo 4 shooter for the Xbox 360 would have some kind of support for the company’s upcoming Surface tablet. Halo 4 is set to be one the biggest games of the year, even if it’s exclusive to the Xbox 360. As you can imagine... |
12 July 2012
19:21 GMT |
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On Monday, Microsoft unveiled to the world a new product that breaks from tradition, the Microsoft Surface, its own Windows 8-powered tablet PC. While offering a variety of details on the tablet’s features and capabilities, as well as on its new, revolutionary design, the company did not provide specific info... |
20 June 2012
05:56 GMT |
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On Monday, Microsoft made official its first own-branded Windows 8-based PC, Surface, a tablet packing the latest advancements in the industry and designed specifically to fit the next-generation platform from the company. In fact, two tablets were unveiled on Monday, one powered by Windows RT, featuring an ARM pro... |
19 June 2012
08:09 GMT |
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The next generation Surface system is expected to be demoed in mid-January next year, during Microsoft’s National Retail Federation (NRF) showcase. Also known as Samsung SUR40, the multi-touch system was completed last month, when Samsung kicked off the pre-order period for it. According to Mary-Jo Foley, the ... |
28 December 2011
08:55 GMT |
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Developers preferring to work with managed code libraries and leveraging Windows Presentation Foundation are no longer limited to using the Bing Maps Silverlight Control or the Bing Maps AJAX Control v7 in a web control for their projects involving Bing Maps. This because Microsoft has put together a Bing Maps WPF C... |
24 August 2011
07:31 GMT |
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Researchers have been exploring scenarios in which Microsoft Surface can be leveraged as a robot command and control center, and it appears that they’re making real progress. Make sure to watch the video embedded below in order to get an idea of how the natural user interface (NUI) capabilities of Microsoft Su... |
12 August 2011
09:31 GMT |
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Microsoft Surface is one of the technologies leveraged in the Pandemic 1.0 which is a transmedia experience that can currently be seen at the Sundance Film Festival. Authored by writer/director Lance Weiler, the Pandemic 1.0 also enjoyed the collaboration of design and technology companies such as Vectorform, whic... |
27 January 2011
11:41 GMT |
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Microsoft Surface can be a better fit to education scenarios than all the analog, traditional tools used together, and the new “The Wonder of Light: Touch and Learn!” exhibit opened on November 9th, 2010 at the Smithsonian is an illustrative example of this. Available at the center of the Castle’s h... |
11 November 2010
06:25 GMT |
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Microsoft Surface can be transformed into a fully-fledged robot command and control center delivering a unique NUI (natural user interface) experience, illustrative of the innovations made possible through the combination of the company’s technologies. University of Massachusetts Lowell Robotics Lab member Mark... |
24 August 2010
05:19 GMT |
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Settlers of Catan for Microsoft Surface exquisitely blends together analog and digital gameplay. Vectorform is the company responsible for the transition of the classic board game to Microsoft’s tabletop computer, working in partnership with the software giant, but also with the Catan LLC and Mayfair Games. Sof... |
3 August 2010
08:49 GMT |
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Microsoft Surface is embracing an immensely popular strategic board game that has stepped into the era of Natural User Interfaces. Fact is that, from the video embedded below, Settlers of Catan and Microsoft Surface do seem like a match made in cult gaming heaven, the Redmond company’s platform delivering a new... |
22 June 2010
10:21 GMT |
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A new resource available free of charge from Microsoft is designed to make it simple for developers building on top of Microsoft Surface to connect their applications to Bluetooth-enabled devices. The Microsoft Surface Bluetooth Connect Code Sample can be downloaded from the MSDN Code Gallery and help devs integrate ... |
17 June 2010
05:08 GMT |
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Microsoft’s table top computer is an impressive platform for multiplayer games that are designed to leverage the native multi-touch capabilities of the device. And Galactic Alliance is an excellent example of just what experiences titles can deliver on top of Microsoft Surface. The video embedded at the bottom ... |
9 June 2010
08:35 GMT |
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Following the commercial introduction of Microsoft Surface, the company has done comprehensive efforts to open up the new platform to as many developers as possible. A critical step in this direction was made by opening up access to a hardware-less version of the Microsoft Surface software development kit, first to a... |
5 May 2010
06:15 GMT |
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Microsoft Surface is the perfect home for the digitized version of a 19th-century relic known as the Garibaldi Panorama. The Redmond company’s tabletop computer will be used to bring the 140-year-old print to the public, marking the culmination of a consistent digitizing effort that was announced initially back... |
30 April 2010
10:57 GMT |
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A new resource available free of charge from Microsoft is designed to bring some of the Natural User Interface magic of Microsoft Surface to the company’s latest iteration of the Windows client. The software giant has released Microsoft Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch into Beta, with the bits already availabl... |
13 April 2010
10:48 GMT |
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Microsoft Surface will act as the platform for sustainability solutions from Johnson Controls, the two companies revealed. The Redmond giant’s tabletop computer with the default interaction model based on the concept of Natural User Interfaces, will be leveraged in order to allow customers to access and evaluat... |
1 March 2010
03:06 GMT |
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Microsoft has expanded the availability of its first example of surface computing product to customers in Australia. The Redmond company indicated that widespread interest in the tabletop computer from companies and organizations down under had been a catalyst for commercial availability of Microsoft Surface on the t... |
9 February 2010
07:35 GMT |
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Although Windows 7 will be the product to bring natural user interfaces into mainstream computing, Microsoft had been offering NUI-based interaction to users years ahead, with the release of Microsoft Surface. Most recently, guests visiting the Hard Rock Café in Las Vegas will be able to experience first-hand ... |
19 January 2010
06:32 GMT |
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Microsoft has released an update for its first commercial example of surface computing products, designed to resolve issues associated with user input. Specifically, the company explains that some Microsoft Surface units can no longer respond to input from users. According to the software giant, such problems are onl... |
27 November 2009
07:48 GMT |
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In addition to being a multi-touch and multi-user computer, Microsoft Surface is also a platform, and with QuickStart the Redmond company is attempting to catalyze a boost in the volume of applications developed for its first example of surface computing. At the Worldwide Partner Conference 2009, the software giant a... |
14 July 2009
08:13 GMT |
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Microsoft is kicking up a notch efforts designed to fuel application development for its first commercial example of surface computing technology. In this regard, the Redmond company has opened up access to the Microsoft Surface software development kit and simulator to partners. In order for companies to be able to ... |
30 June 2009
09:07 GMT |
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Microsoft is committed to the evolution of Natural User Interfaces, until they become pervasive across all computing products. There are examples today of the efforts from the software giant that are already producing results. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. NUIs are in their infancy, and Microsoft Chief Exe... |
4 June 2009
10:42 GMT |
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When it comes down to the next iteration of the Windows client, Windows Vista's Ultimate Extras are out, the Microsoft Touch Pack is in. But just as the Ultimate Extras were a set of offerings aimed at what Microsoft envisioned as the select users running the high-end edition of Windows Vista, the Touch Pack is ... |
28 May 2009
02:24 GMT |
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The Microsoft Surface hardware-software bundle representing the Redmond company's first commercial example of surface computing managed in no way to steer clear of the tradition involving major updates via service packs. In fact, on May 11, 2009, Microsoft Surface got its very first service pack. SP1 for Surface... |
12 May 2009
04:00 GMT |
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With the advent of Microsoft Surface and the upcoming Windows 7 operating system, Microsoft is attempting to redefine the human-computer interaction paradigm. The Redmond company has constantly increased the focus on natural user interfaces, and the evolution of existing computing interaction models beyond the now tr... |
24 April 2009
10:04 GMT |
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Microsoft's first example of a commercial surface computer is much more than just about the Natural User Interface because of all the hardware the tabletop machine packs. The Microsoft Surface Mobile Connect is an illustrative example of just how far the capabilities of Microsoft Surface can be pushed, especiall... |
9 April 2009
06:27 GMT |
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Surface computing can help members of the healthcare industry stand out from the crowd, Microsoft has revealed at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2009 conference in Chicago. The Redmond company is literally putting a digital touch on healthcare, by demoing application prototypes desi... |
7 April 2009
13:34 GMT |
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Microsoft has made gaming available for download for the company's first commercial example of surface computing. The Games Pack delivers no less than four titles to the software giant's tabletop computer. In the video embedded at the bottom of this article you will be able to see the four sample applicatio... |
7 April 2009
12:28 GMT |
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When Eric Havir. Sr. Manager, Digital Communications at Microsoft/Surface stated that “Microsoft Surface and education are like peanut butter and jelly” he was right on the spot. Havir offered the two videos embedded at the bottom of this article showing Microsoft Surface, the Redmond company's first... |
30 March 2009
07:27 GMT |
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If you are looking for a shortcut to integrating Virtual Earth 3D into your WPF and Microsoft Surface applications, then you need not look any further. InfoStrat.VE, produced by InfoStrat, is an open-source control made available via CodePlex under LGPL, served in two flavors. The first is designed for WPF applicatio... |
11 March 2009
06:51 GMT |
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Microsoft Surface, the company's first commercial example of surface computing, has “crossed the pond” and is available in no less than 12 markets over the Atlantic. The Redmond company announced at CeBIT 2009 that Surface would be made available in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions. ... |
2 March 2009
09:37 GMT |
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