“The Microsoft Surface is such a well-designed and innovative piece of hardware, with it's elegant Type/Touch covers and kickstand, that it makes a strong case for Windows RT. The classic desktop is ...

Editor's Note: Read our review of Microsoft Surface 2 that replaces this model. Also read our Review of the Microsoft Surface Pro 2 running full Windows 8.1 Pro on an Intel Core i5 CPU. Microsoft's ...

Well, that was quick: Despite Microsoft saying that Windows 10 was coming to its misfit tablet, the Surface RT, that isn't quite the case. As Thurrott reports, Redmond is working on an update for ...

My shiny new Surface RT arrived in a nice box and was up and running in just a few minutes. Since the first boot I have spent far too much time with the Surface in front of me with the goal of ...

Microsoft had a lot riding on Surface. But the initial Windows RT version – with its hybrid OS and limited app selection – has hardly transformed Redmond into a serious player in mobile. That leaves ...

With the second generation of Surface tablets looming in the near future, it’s time to give the first generation some due respect. As a portable Microsoft Office machine with plenty of battery life, ...

When Apple first announced the iPhone, it initially claimed that it ran OS X. While iOS shares some important technologies with the Mac operating system, it's a different beast. Mac programs run on OS ...

Surface RT is packed with productivity potential, and finds a certain measure of success in reinventing the tablet form factor. But its hardware isn’t perfect, and its Windows RT operating system ...

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The company's Surface general manager reiterates that Microsoft is committed to Surface RT and Windows RT, in spite of today's write-down of the iPad competitor. Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley has ...

Apple has owned the 10-inch tablet market. Budget slates have done well on the low end, but other full-sized tablets have been utterly dominated by the iPad. Samsung, Google, and Microsoft hope to ...