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Microsoft picks up Yammer to add business-friendly social networking software to its Office productivity software

There's a new tablet in town. It's called the Surface, and it's Microsoft's answer to the iPad. But will the new product, complete with a keyboard and running Windows, be able to compete in the tablet market?

Microsoft's new tablet computer, the Surface, looks kind of like an iPad, but it runs Windows and has a keyboard. It was unveiled yesterday at a very Apple-esque event.

The company lifts the lid on something new today. But can anything make the tech giant relevant again?

A forthcoming tablet from the makers of Windows and Xbox offers a built-in keyboard and a lot of things that might remind you of the iPad.

As a new generation of consoles looms, current models are being packaged up for movies and socializing.

And it's all about the game consoles. How will Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony stave off mobile and social games?

Advertisers are not amused. In the upcoming version of Windows, Internet Explorer will have its "Do Not Track" feature turned on by default. Goodbye creepy ads that seem to follow you around — hello, more generic ads for great deals on car insurance?

Add another player to the digital textbook market. Microsoft announced at $300 million investment in Barnes & Noble's Nook reader.

When you think ebooks, the iPad and the Kindle come to mind — not Microsoft Windows. But Microsoft's been losing enough ground in tablets and e-readers that today it's decided to spend $300 million to invest in Barnes & Noble's Nook digital-book business.