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A report suggests the next Surface Pro is just an update of the Surface Pro 4, with the latest Kaby Lake Intel processor, new keyboard and stylus colours, but no USB-C.

If the thought of flowers and chocolates does not excite you mum, then how about going all high-tech on the kids on your day, 14 May?

OPINION: A few years ago, the face of personal computing started to change from boring black and beige notebook and desktop PCs and Macs to new form factors. Surface, iPad Pro, hybrid, two-in-one — whatever you want to call them — have become the next great hope of personal computing.

Microsoft’s Surface Book was awarded “Notebook of the Year” at the prestigious UK T3 Awards, often called the “Oscars of Tech.”

You like to travel in style – why not extend that courtesy to your laptop, notebook, MacBook et al?

Microsoft’s latest social media campaign is very reminiscent of Apple’s “Get a Mac” TV campaign. Only this time the shoe — or is that designer sneaker — is on the other foot.

Microsoft's Surface line, reported as one of its better earners in its most recent quarterly results, suffers from a bug which has come to be referred to as Sleep of Death.

Some of Microsoft’s Surface Book and Pro 4, especially with the i7 processor, have suffered from sleeping sickness – where a cold boot (size 9 or larger) is needed to reactivate it after it goes to sleep.

Microsoft is showcasing the versatility of its pressure-sensitive Surface "pen" and the raft of design and illustration software for Windows 10.

Samsung’s Galaxy TabPro S (GTS) is one of the first serious contenders in the Windows 10, two-in-one, hybrid, detachable tablet space, until now the domain of Microsoft’s Surface range.

The Australian tablets market suffered another hefty drop in 2015, declining 18.5%. Research firm Telsyte has released its latest study of the shrinking tablets market in Australia, with Apple and Microsoft ‘set to battle it out for touch screen device dominance’ in 2016 as the two-in-one market emerges.

If you want a premium finish for your Surface Pro 3 or 4 consider Microsoft’s new Alcantara type cover.

Indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) is a semiconducting material, consisting of indium (In), gallium (Ga), zinc (Zn) and oxygen (O). IGZO thin-film transistor (TFT) is used in the TFT backplane of flat-panel displays (FPDs).

Light, bright, ultra-portable, durable, very powerful and touch enabled - Surface defines the Windows 10, hybrid detachable category.

In response to enterprise, government, and defence requests Microsoft has released a Fingerprint ID type cover.

Beneath the Surface lies profit – sales of the range were up 29% (US$1.35B) in the quarter ended 31 December, 2015. Of course it did well in other product lines too.

Microsoft’s new Surface Book is the ultimate tab-book - a combined tablet and a notebook - and it lives up to all its promises.

Top Microsoft blogger Paul Thurrott says the ongoing problems with the recently released Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book equate to Microsoft’s Surfacegate.

Apple introduced a 12.9” iPad Pro with optional Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard – it’s a lovely, well made iOS tablet. Microsoft introduced the updated 12” Surface Pro 4 and the 13.5” Surface Book – again lovely, well, made Windows hybrid 2-in-1 tablets.

Samsung has announced at CES 2016 the thinnest and lightest Windows 10 based, Galaxy TabPro S. It has also announced some Gear S2 updates.