Microsoft is "setting the table" for computing

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates once talked about putting a PC on every desk. Now Gates is talking about turning the desk itself — or a tabletop — into a computer. Microsoft is set to announce an ambitious new computing category today called "surface computing" to try to make it happen.

On Microsoft’s Surface laptop, people can "grab" and stretch digital photos using their hands, not a mouse. They can order prints, make postcards and so on. Analyst Roger Kay says, "I try not to gush too much. I think this is a really big deal."

By Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY

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