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Technology & Science

Nov. 1, 2012

Microsoft's 'Surface' tests unfamiliar ground

For 37 years, Microsoft has enjoyed a world that was software driven and software focused. Surface is the software giant's very first entry into the realm of hardware. By Paul R. Kiesel of Kiesel Boucher & Larson LLP


By Paul Kiesel


The FedEx truck quietly pulled up to our building and delivered my new tablet computer. No lines to stand in, no hordes following delivery trucks (we did that once for the very first iPad), just another delivery of what Microsoft hoped would be its next big thing. In a word, and not to destroy the suspense of this review, it "ain't." Is that two words? It might be.


The Microsoft "Surface" tablet was released last ...

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