On Thursday, Microsoft said it took a $900 million charge in its fiscal fourth quarter from what it described as "inventory adjustments" for the Surface RT tablet, which launched in October. The ...

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.

Over the years there have been so many times when Microsoft came up with a product that so nearly got it right, but which tanked in the market because the folks at Redmond had more of an eye to what ...