Microsoft Launches Surface Tablet for $499 With Ad Blitz

While companies from HP to Acer to Lenovo have announced information about their forthcoming Windows 8 tablets and computers, Microsoft itself has stayed relatively quiet about its own hardware – its Surface tablet. That is, until today. This morning the company revealed that its first tablet computer will be available for pre-order starting at 9 a.m. Pacific time today from Surface.com. It will start shipping and be on sale at Microsoft stores on Oct. 26, the same date that Windows 8 is...Full Story