Bill Gates AMA wrap-up: using a Surface 2 PRO, Bitcoin, Microsoft’s CEO

This morning Microsoft founder Bill Gates answered questions from users from around the world in his second “AMA” session on Reddit. It was there that he confirmed oddities small and … Continue reading

Surface sales leap up as Microsoft reports record revenue for financial Q2

Microsoft appears to be having a good quarter, as they’ve announced their financial second quarter (ending on December 31st, 2013), has resulted in record revenue. This revenue high-mark sits at … Continue reading

Microsoft fixes Surface Pro 2 battery goof with new firmware

Microsoft has released its second attempt at a firmware update for the Surface Pro 2 tablet, after a December upgrade left some users with reduced battery life and a Windows … Continue reading

Surface Pro 2 gets sly upgrade as Microsoft swaps CPU

Microsoft has quietly upgraded the Surface Pro 2, with new hardware including faster processors being sent out to those who returned their Windows 8 tablets after the December firmware update … Continue reading

Pear OS 8 brings iOS 7 color, OS X UI to Ubuntu for tablets

Supposing you’re in a situation where you’d love to work with Apple’s OS X desktop operating system, but for whatever reason you’d rather not – or cannot – work with an Apple-made piece of hardware. If you’re the alternate-solutions type, there may be hope for you with the Linux Ubuntu-based system called Pear OS. The […]

iPad Air vs Surface 2 vs Nexus 7: No Contest

The war is on for the most sought-after tablet on the market, and the differentiation between the front-runners appears now, more than ever, to be strikingly high. What we’ve got from Apple is the iPad Air, a new far-smaller iteration of the same Retina display as the 4th generation unit. From Google there’s the Nexus […]

Surface 2 Docking Station, Touch 2, Type 2, and Power Cover hands-on

With the ushering in of the second generation of Microsoft Surface devices in the Surface 2 and the Surface Pro 2, the company decided to give their accessory line a boot as well. What you’re seeing this week is a Type Cover 2, a Touch Cover 2, a Power Cover, and a Docking Station. These […]

Surface Remix Project hands-on: Microsoft aims for the touch DJ

If you weren’t impressed by the rest of the wares shown off today by Microsoft at their Surface 2 event, there’s one accessory you must have missed. This is the Surface Remix Project – one of a line of devices that’ll be coming from the company in the near future to make use of the […]

Surface Pro 2 hands-on

Microsoft isn’t giving up on Windows 8 tablets, and the Surface Pro 2 is the slate that it expects to finally crack the market. Taking the original Surface Pro and refreshing it with Intel’s fourth-generation Core “Haswell” processors, the new Surface Pro 2 takes advantage of the more battery-efficient chips to deliver longer runtimes, not […]

Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 event September 23rd Microsoft confirms

Microsoft will reveal its new Surface tablets at an event in New York City on September 23, according to invitations sent to press, with the new Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 expected to debut. The “save the date” invite is believed to be for Microsoft to reveal the Intel “Haswell” update to the Surface […]