Remember Microsoft’s gesture-based table computer called Surface? We got a hands-on of it back at All Things D, but Ars Technica got an in depth look, getting videos of some of the eight apps—some of ...

Microsoft expects Surface, it’s so-called ‘Coffee Table’ PC, to change the way users interact with digital media. Here are a few examples of how and why. Essentially, Surface is a 30-inch touch screen ...

Microsoft’s interactive table, dubbed Surface, brings the heady dream of interactive computing closer to reality. As developers find ways to make Surface’s gorgeous multi-user interface shine, more ...

Samsung Electronics and Microsoft have started taking pre-orders for the new Microsoft Surface, a table-top product featuring multi-touch functionality aimed at business and education. Unveiled ...

The platform — which was first announced in May 2007 — has been available internationally for some time, and has been used for purposes as varied as military tactical overviews and in restaurants. It ...

Unfortunately for electronic table fetishists everywhere, you won’t be able to walk into a restaurant, a casino or a retail outlet and play with a Microsoft Surface table until spring of next year.

Microsoft on Monday offered a software development kit for its tabletop computer to about 1,000 people at its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles, opening the door to a variety of new ...

Europcar has become the first car rental company in Europe to offer its customers an interactive touch-driven table to plan their journeys. Europe’s leading car rental company unveiled the multi-touch ...

Using a Microsoft Surface table typically has been limited to two dimensional interactions, but researchers now have developed building blocks called Luminos that can be stacked and have their height ...

Microsoft's Surface has gone from a skunkworks effort to a roughly $4 billion per year business over the course of the past several years. The chronology of how this happened -- and what could be next ...

Using a Microsoft Surface table computer has typically been limited to two dimensional interactions, but research presented at the Computer Human Interaction (CHI) conference in Atlanta adds a third ...

Innovation is not just about cool new products. In technology, the best ideas require a) really smart people and b) lots of funding. For the past 33 years, Microsoft has had both in spades. Yet, the ...