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Samsung has announced that it has begun to ship the Samsung SUR40 displays, based on Microsoft’s Surface 2.0 touch screen operating system, later this month to businesses and other outlets. Read more…

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Screenshots have leaked of build 8172 of Windows 8. The images show the PC settings screen and refined Windows Explorer controls. The Metro-style start screen also makes an appearance. Read more…

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Nokia’s Lumia 800 Windows Phone is an awesome device, but many of us have been craving something even better. Now, details have emerged claiming to shed light on Nokia’s new flagship: the Lumia 900. Read more…

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Earlier today Microsoft opened the doors to pre-orders for the upcoming Surface product. Even though it was announced last January, the full spec list has been updated a bit since that announcement. Read more…

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Microsoft has today announced that its 2nd generation Microsoft Surface, SUR40, manufactured by Samsung is now available for people (although only really businesses) to order in select countries around the world. The SUR40 is available for pre-order in 23 countries globally through reseller channels and is expected to cost about $ 8,400, significantly less than the previous model.

The new Microsoft Surface was unveiled at this year’s CES event in Las Vegas by both Microsoft and Samsung. The SUR40 is a much slimmer and lighter device than the original Surface which not only allows it to look more elegant but to also be mounted vertically for interactive wall displays as well as table tops. The SUR40 also brings a brand new feature to the Microsoft Surface called PixelSense that incorporates infra-red camera next to the pixels so that the screen can actually see what is placed above it.

Pixel Sense should make the SUR40 stand out against other generic touch screen devices as the device can not only calculate the direction that a user is accessing the screen from but it can also read text on documents placed on the screen. The screen can recognise up to 50 points of simultaneous touch.

Microsoft expects that uses for the SUR40 will range from healthcare to retail and has already lined up new and existing customers who are eager to implement the SUR40. The companies who are interested include Dassault Aviation, Fujifilm Corp. and Royal Bank of Canada in which the latter is redesigning its stores to offer a new experience to its customers which seems to be based around the SUR40.

Microsoft has also announced that the Surface 2.0 software development kit (SDK) has been downloaded more than 7,000 times since it was made available at Mix 11 in April this year. The SDK does more than offer developers to build experiences for the Microsoft Surface as in fact any Windows 7 PC with touch can actually make use of the experiences too. There has been speculation that Windows 8 could make further use of the Surface touch experience although there has been no mention of this from Microsoft.

It’s been a good week for the Surface team as the product was named a 2011 “Best of What’s New” award winner by Popular Science. There were 100 winners of the award but 1000s of entries from across the world of science and technology.

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Microsoft has now opened up the gates for pre-orders on the next generation of Microsoft Surface. The product, Samsung SUR40, is now available in 23 countries with an expected street price of $ 8400.00 Read more…

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A second, more retail-friendly version of Microsoft Surface is now available for pre-order in 23 countries. Earlier this week, Popular Science named the Samsung SUR40 a 2011 “Best of What’s New” award recipient.
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Even more details on a possible bid on Yahoo by Microsoft have come to light and this time it looks like Microsoft won’t be spending a lot of its own money if this deal does go through. Read more…

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