Microsoft's new tablet computer
On the "surface," it's an effort by Microsoft to challenge Apple in an area it now dominates: the tablet computer space.
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Surface
Panos Panay, the general manager of Microsoft Surface holds up a Surface, the company's new tablet computer, at Hollywood's Milk Studios in Los Angeles on Monday, June 18, 2012.
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