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Microsoft cuts price on Surface RT to $349

Microsoft is looking to jumpstart sales of the Surface RT, dropping the price on the 32GB tablet from $499 to… Read More

Nook tablet sales plummet 34% as Barnes & Noble weighs new strategy

Barnes & Noble is taking steps to reduce risks around its struggling Nook tablet business, announcing today that it will… Read More

Amazon’s Kindle Fire dips back below 4% market share

Maybe the Kindle Fire really is the “fruitcake of tablets.” Worldwide market share for Amazon’s family of tablets dropped to… Read More

CHART: Tablet market soaring, now almost two-thirds the size of PC market

The market for tablets is continuing to climb dramatically, reaching 49.2 million units shipped worldwide in the first quarter, up… Read More

Microsoft ships 900k Surface tablets in Q1, breaks into IDC’s top 5 for first time

Microsoft is officially back on the radar in the worldwide tablet market, with its Surface Pro and Surface RT tablets… Read More

Apple Mac not immune to slump in computer market

Apple will report its quarterly earnings Tuesday afternoon, providing the latest glimpse into the sales of the company’s main iPhone,… Read More

Surface Pro surfaces in stores — but sorry, there’s no Surface RT trade-in program

It’s launch week for Surface with Windows 8 Pro — the new Microsoft tablet that uses an Intel Core i5… Read More

Barclays Bank makes a big buy, purchases 8,500 iPads

These are the type of deals that must take the wind out of the sails of Microsoft a bit. A… Read More

Am I nuts if I don’t want a tablet?

I have a confession to make. The Surface is here, the iPad is everywhere, Jeff Bezos is promoting Kindle Fires… Read More

Commentary: Microsoft Surface breaks out of the walled garden

While working at Activision some 16 years ago, I negotiated with Microsoft to build out an Internet presence around our… Read More

Microsoft Surface Day 1: The unboxing and bootup

My family’s new Microsoft Surface — the one that I convinced my wife to buy instead of an iPad —… Read More

VIDEO: Why these people bought a Microsoft Surface

Why wait in line for a Microsoft Surface? That’s the question we asked outside the Microsoft Store in Seattle today.… Read More

Yes, there’s a line for Surface in Seattle — with lots of Microsofties in it

OK, so I’m here at the University Village in Seattle, and there is in fact a line for Microsoft Surface,… Read More

Poll: Would you buy a Microsoft Surface tablet?

GeekWire’s Todd Bishop just made the leap. Will you? Microsoft is turning on the marketing engines for its new tablet… Read More

What bugs? Here comes Windows 8, ready or not

First things first: No piece of software the size of Windows is without bugs. And in this era of regular… Read More

Amazon’s new tablet rival: Toys R Us unveils the $150 kid-friendly Tabeo

Everyone wants to be a tablet maker these days it seems. And the latest entrant is one that could offer… Read More

Seahawks embrace tablet-based playbooks (Are those iPads in the lockers?)

For years, professional football players have been forced to lug around hefty playbooks. But the three-ring binders — stuffed with dozens… Read More

Amazon pinpoints Nokia as mapping partner for next-generation Kindle Fire

Amazon.com has reportedly chosen Nokia to provide the mapping technology on the next-generation Kindle Fire, a device that is expected… Read More

Could Microsoft’s new Surface tablet really cost only $199? We’re skeptical

We’ve been waiting with eager anticipation to find out how much Microsoft plans to charge for its Surface tablet computer,… Read More

Report: Amazon.com works on a larger Kindle as Apple goes for a smaller iPad

Rumors have circulated for weeks that Amazon.com is working on a new tablet computer, a larger Kindle Fire that would… Read More

Kindle Fire vs. Nexus 7: A detailed cost breakdown of the two tablet computers

Google’s Nexus 7 appears to be on a direct collision course with Amazon.com’s Kindle Fire as the two tech giants… Read More

Tablets surpass smartphones in e-commerce traffic

It was bound to happen. With larger, easier-to-view screens and their sheer portability, tablets have now overtaken smartphones as devices… Read More

As Google touts Nexus 7, Amazon reportedly preps new Kindle Fire models

There’s been a lot of chatter (not to mention crazy PR stunts) this week around Google’s unveiling of the Nexus… Read More

Gates: Tablets in the classroom won’t work without keyboard

Will Microsoft’s Surface tablet computer be better for students than the iPad? Bill Gates didn’t say that explicitly, but he… Read More

Microsoft’s Surface tablet: A bold and necessary risk — and some very long odds

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer didn’t display any of his trademark over-the-top energy as he unveiled the company’s new Surface tablet computer… Read More

Video: Microsoft Surface keyboard/cover in action

Microsoft’s new Surface tablet computer, unveiled during a press event here this afternoon, will work in conjunction with a cover… Read More

Report: Amazon touting ad space on the Kindle Fire home screen

We’ve known for some time now that Amazon.com wants to get a bigger chunk of the high-margin advertising business, a… Read More

This M&A expert predicted Microsoft’s tie-up with Barnes & Noble 4 months ago

So often in the tech industry, industry pundits make predictions and get things dead wrong. But Nat Burgess, president of… Read More

Forecast: Microsoft third in tablets through at least 2016

The launch of Windows 8 later this year will give Microsoft a boost in the media tablet market, making Windows-based… Read More