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Latest news: Lucky Sheraton Hotel guests get to play with the Surface PC

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2008-08-14 16:10:45 by Editorial Staff in GadgetLite Blog
...Surface PC placed into their hotels. The Microsoft Surface tables will generally be available in lobbies for guests to use, play with and just generally check out. Too bad, at the moment this is limited to just the Sheraton Hotels of Boston, Chicago, New York, San Francisco and Seattle. But I suppose you dont have to be a paid guest to hang...
 
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Latest news: Lucky Sheraton Hotel guests get to play with the Surface PC...

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2008-08-14 16:10:45 by Gad in GadgetLite Blog
...Surface PC placed into their hotels. The Microsoft Surface tables will generally be available in lobbies for guests to use, play with and just generally check out. Too bad, at the moment this is limited to just the Sheraton Hotels of Boston, Chicago, New York, San Francisco and Seattle. But I suppose you don't have to be a paid guest to hang...
 
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NASA Cooks Up Plans for Nuclear Reactor Under the Surface of the Moon [Space]

2008-09-11 19:40:00 by Adam Frucci in Gizmodo
 
...surface of the moon. Badass. Hit the jump for NASA's full press release, which describes the plan in more precise terms NASA Developing Fission Surface Power Technology CLEVELAND NASA astronauts will need power sources when they return to the moon and establish a lunar outpost. NASA engineers are exploring the possibility of nuclear fission...
 
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Hands On With the Microsoft Surface Sphere Prototype [Surface Sphere]

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2008-07-29 16:41:00 by Adrian Covert in Gizmodo
...Surface Sphere operates a lot like the original Surface , utilizing a projector surrounded by a ring of IR cameras, which is then covered by a semi-opaque globe. The IR cameras detect when the beams are being blocked, and transmits it as contact. Using it, I found there are still a few early glitches, but this is an amazing piece of...
 
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Exclusive Video: CrunchGear gets all hands-on with Surface; I get faced by Microsoft in a good way

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2008-01-08 00:11:16 by Matt Hickey in CrunchGear
...Surface device. Ill be the first to admit that when Surface was first announced I kind of turned my nose up at it. A table with multitouch? Pshaw But after having seen what its capable of, and especially having seen whats in the video belove live, Im more than impressed. Surface isnt a device, Surface is a technology, and thats how we have to...
 
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[CES 2008] Hands On With Microsoft Surface

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2008-01-08 20:59:09 by Evan Ackerman in OhGizmo!
...Surface in a more or less personal demo, thanks to a miraculous feat of fast talking by Brian Westbrook (whos covering CES for KATU , KOMO , and KXL ) who got me in the door with him. Watch the demo video below, and then Ill tell you what its like to play around with Surface, which I got to do for a few precious minutes afterward Surface...
 
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[CES 2008] Hands On With Microsoft Surface

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2008-01-08 20:59:09 by Administrator in Oblingo!
...Surface in a more or less personal demo, thanks to a miraculous feat of fast talking by Brian Westbrook (whos covering CES for KATU , KOMO , and KXL ) who got me in the door with him. Watch the demo video below, and then Ill tell you what its like to play around with Surface, which I got to do for a few precious minutes afterward Surface...
 
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The Microsoft Surface Gets Celeb Attention and First Game

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2008-03-04 06:45:05 by geeksugar in geeksugar -- Geek is chic.
...Surface a multi-touch interactive surface computer that is full of amazing features. Crave reports that the Surface was making its rounds at Caesars Pure Nightclub, with celebs like Jason Alexander and Shannon Elizabeth checking out its high tech functionality Set to be released by commercial partners like Starwood hotels this Spring, the...
 
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From Hug to Shrug: Why Did It Take Microsoft's Multitouch So Long to Surface?

2008-04-04 13:32:08 by Joel Johnson in Boing Boing Gadgets
 
...Surface table in the US, missing a chance to really shine as an innovator: Unfortunately, it seems that Surface is turning out to be a classic example of how a lot of hoopla followed by a long delay can drain much of the excitement out of a technological innovation. When Surface was introduced, it looked revolutionary, but in the intervening...
 
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