Microsoft’s next Surface tablet wants to make difficult for iPad. Photo: Microsoft Microsoft plans to take on Apple’s popular 9.7-inch iPad with a low-cost Surface tablet, according to a new report.

This is an IHS iSuppli News Flash from information and analytics provider IHS (NYSE: IHS) covering the IHS iSuppli Teardown Analysis Service’s physical teardown of Microsoft Corp.’s Surface RT media ...

The Surface makes a valiant attempt at being both -- but leaves you yearning for one or the other You have to give Microsoft credit for creating an iPad competitor that’s more than a copy. Yes, 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 ...

Wanna buy one of Microsoft’s Surface RT tablets? Assuming you live in the U.S. or Canada, the company is now throwing in one of its Touch Cover or Type Cover keyboard add-ons at no extra charge. It’s ...

LOS ANGELES - Microsoft Corp.'s foray into the tablet computer market proved costly in its fiscal fourth quarter. The world's largest software company booked a $900 million write-down to account for ...

It's fair to say that Microsoft's Surface didn't get the reception the company was hoping for. The tablet debuted last October and tanked shortly thereafter, thanks to an overly ambitious price point, ...

Microsoft intends to launch its Surface RT device in Japan soon, or as Nikkei news has reported, it can happen as early as next month. However, no specific dates are mentioned and the most that ...

The Surface RT suffered the same issue when it launched late last year -- the 32GB base version only included 16GB of storage, while the 64GB version had 46GB available. The situation is what we'd ...

To go with its not popular enough Microsoft Surface RT and Pro, the Windows maker has decided to make a smaller, and hopefully cheaper, tablet that in theory more buyers will want, sources tell The ...

Over the past week, I've had the fortune to play with both Microsoft's Surface 2 and the Asus T100 Transformer Book. These are very similar devices -- convertible laptops with detachable keyboards -- ...