“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 ...

Surface RT, Microsoft's first foray into personal computing, is a hardware success, and the company should be proud. Windows RT, the operating system that runs on it, is less of a reason for self-back ...

The waiting game is over. Microsoft’s Surface RT tablet makes the leap from hardware cipher to hardware reality. Today I can answer many of the questions the world has been asking since June 18, the ...

Microsoft has plenty riding on its second-generation Windows RT tablet, the Surface 2. Its first iteration, the Surface RT, not only met with a fair amount of critical scorn, but sold so poorly that ...

Five years ago, Microsoft wasn't known for its hardware. Sure, it made a few forays into accessories and the Xbox had been around for awhile, but when it came to PCs, it stayed true to its software ...

Several years ago, Microsoft tried to launch a mobile tablet that was capable of running Windows. The Surface RT was compact and light, but it ran on a mobile processor that didn't support the ...

An interview with Panos Panay and other Microsoft executives who want to redefine personal computers once again. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, ...

Microsoft’s Windows RT-powered Surface 2 tablet may not be officially dead, but the executioner is sharpening his axe. Microsoft confirmed Tuesday that the Surface 2 is no longer being manufactured, ...

Microsoft has metamorphosed several times in its corporate life, but one trait has remained consistent throughout. When the company decides to enter a market, it is relentless in its efforts to gain a ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. We've heard rumblings about the Microsoft Surface RT Touch Cover coming un-raveled along the ...

Panos Panay is the betting type. You can see the evidence in Microsoft's Building 37, where two $1 bills stick out from beneath a Surface tablet sitting on a shelf. When I ask Panay about the dollars ...