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Microsoft Surface Pro Review: Good But Not Necessarily A Laptop Replacement

Microsoft Surface Pro

I was pretty excited when the Surface Pro arrived about ten days ago, so I could test it ahead of its release on February 9th.  Finally, a tablet that’s also a laptop that also runs a mature operating system (Windows 8) and lets me use all the PC software I know and love. This is the machine I’ve been waiting for.

 

Windows 8: Make-or-break moment for Microsoft CEO

Steve Ballmer

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer can't afford to be wrong about Windows 8. On Thursday in New York, Microsoft unveiled a dramatic overhaul of its ubiquitous Windows operating system. It will go on sale Friday, fused into more than 1,000 PCs and other devices. If it flops, the failure will reinforce perceptions that Microsoft is falling behind competitors such as Apple, Google and Amazon as its stranglehold on personal computers becomes less relevant in an era of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices.

 

HTC Flyer To Get Price Chop As Tablet Price Collapse Continues

HTC Flyer To Get Price Chop As Tablet Price Collapse Continues

Best Buy will chop the price of HTC's Flyer to $299 from $499 October 1, CrunchGear reported Friday. The move comes after many retailers chopped the price for RIM's PlayBook and Motorola's Xoom to just $299. And, of course, HP has outdone them all, slashing the price of its TouchPad to just $99 on its way ...

 

ASUS Launches The Eee Pad Slider

ASUS Launches The Eee Pad Slider

The Eee Pad Slider from ASUS is now available. As you may expect from its name, this tablet features a slide-out keyboard to help you be more productive on the go. The Eee Pad Slider is powered by a NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor and Android 3.2. The tablet also features a front-facing 1.2MP camera and rear-facing 5MP camera. Connectivity...

 

Apple wins in Germany on Samsung Galaxy 10.1 tablet ban

Apple Inc., the world’s most valuable technology company, won backing from a German court for a ban on sales of Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy 10.1 tablet computer in the country. A Dusseldorf court today upheld the temporary sales ban it issued Aug. 9, rejecting Samsung’s bid to overturn it for the most part. The judges won’t ban sales in other European Union countries as Apple had sought, Presiding Judge Johanna Brueckner-Hofmann said when delivering the verdict.

 

Apple speeds up MacBook Pro

Apple speeds up MacBook Pro

Apple on Thursday morning unveiled a new line of high-end laptop computers that's about twice as fast as the older generation, according to the company.

 

CES: 11 tablets worth watching

More than 80 tablet computers were shown at the four-day International Consumer Electronics Show, and one expert predicted some wouldn't last beyond the event. So which tablets have the greatest chance of surviving ...

 

Samsung Galaxy Tab is the New Presidential tablet PC

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev published in his twitter page his recent experience of the Samsung Galaxy Tab after purchasing one.

 

Galaxy Tab to Cost $600

Galaxy Tab to Cost $600

Samsung's Galaxy Tab, one of the first tablets to rival Apple's iPad, will hit Verizon Wireless stores Nov. 11 and cost $599.99.

 

Samsung's Galaxy Tablet Is Verizon-bound, Report Says

Samsung will partner with Verizon Wireless on its upcoming Android-based Galaxy Tab tablet, according to reports. Samsung will reportedly partner with Verizon Wireless on its recently announced Android-based Galaxy Tab tablet.

 

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