On Thursday, Microsoft said it took a $900 million charge in its fiscal fourth quarter from what it described as "inventory adjustments" for the Surface RT tablet, which launched in October. The ...

Over the years there have been so many times when Microsoft came up with a product that so nearly got it right, but which tanked in the market because the folks at Redmond had more of an eye to what ...

In October 2012, Microsoft launched its first Surface PC product, the Surface RT tablet. It was accompanied by a huge marketing campaign for the tablet that launched the Surface lineup. A few days ago ...

While it has become clear that the Surface RT has failed to deliver on the initial hype and hoopla surrounding it, it’s no secret that the device was let down by its software though it excelled on the ...

is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. In the weeks before the first Surface tablet was announced, at a time when ...

At the time, in 2013, Microsoft’s foray into PC hardware seemed to confirm everyone’s skepticism of the company. While attractive, the original Surface RT and the limited version of Windows 8 that ran ...

Image: Microsoft. Figure B: The Surface Pro comes in new colors, including Forest and Platinum. The Fall of 2012 saw the release of the first Surface devices, the Arm-powered Surface RT. It’s perhaps ...

Microsoft has failed to pick up even 3% of market share in its 10 years of selling Surface PCs that have come in the form of convertible tablets, laptops and all-in-one computers. Finding Surface ...

Although the M1 Macs have reignited interest in the use of ARM-based chips for desktops and laptops, Apple technically wasn't the first big tech company to try it. Ever since the ill-fated Surface RT, ...