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Old 04-02-2008, 06:11 PM   #16
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Does this mean Microsoft Windows will eventually be renamed Microsoft Surface?
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Old 04-03-2008, 09:40 AM   #17
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Microsoft's Surface coffee-tables find a home in AT&T stores.

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AT&T will soon be the first company to use Microsoft's touch-enabled, tabletop Surface computers as customer-service kiosks in stores.
The carrier said Wednesday that beginning April 17, Microsoft Surface computers will be set up in select retail locations in New York, Atlanta, San Antonio, Texas, and San Francisco.
* In Pictures: Microsoft's Multi-Touch 'Surface' Table
AT&T plans to use Microsoft Surface computers to provide information to customers about mobile devices and other products being sold in its retail outlets. Customers can find out the particulars of a device simply by placing it on the Surface screen; the information will automatically appear on the screen by reading sensors in the devices. Customers also can compare devices side-by-side this way.
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Old 04-03-2008, 10:19 AM   #18
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So now BSOD will mean Blue Surface of Death?
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Old 04-15-2008, 04:45 PM   #19
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M$ "Surface computer". So microsoft is inventing new computer ? I was thinking that they are only producting software, mouse, keyboard and xbox ...

What new is in "surface" besides touchable LCD display with software ?
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