Microsoft Event: Live Blog
Computerworld will keep you updated on the latest about Microsoft's new Surface tablet. Computerworld's Matt Hamblen is in L.A. and at the event.
TRANSCRIPT OF OUR LIVE BLOG:
@kmingis: The #msft Surface certainly offers tablet...
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