Steve Ballmer has already suggested that Microsoft's Surface won't be trying to compete on price, but rumours suggest that Asus's tablets likely won't come cheap either. ZDNet is reporting that the devices will start at about £400. Read More >>

Think Microsoft Surface is the only one that gets to have fun with a keyboard hidden in the tablet's cover? Hell naw, quoth Archos. The 101 XS Tablet is bringing some old-style clickity-clack to the tablet game. If only they'd made it, you know, work. Read More >>

Rejoice, because there's a new MPEG video standard coming. It's called High Efficiency Video Coding and it will be twice as efficient as current standards. This means downloading movies twice as fast. Or doubling their quality. HEVC will arrive next year. Read More >>

Samsung has a tough time on its hands battling Apple over tablet patents. But in the process of fighting hard, it seems to have made some questionable calls when it comes to choosing evidence — including the use of sci-fi footage to prove its case. Read More >>

Vietnamese tech forum Tinhte is showing off what looks like RIM's new 10-inch PlayBook. But while the hardware looks like it might almost be ready for launch—if it's real—don't expect to get your hands on one any time soon. Read More >>

Earlier this month, reports from both the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg suggested that Apple is planning to launch a smaller iPad. Now, citing independent sources, the New York Times is reporting that Apple plans to launch a cheaper 7.85-inch tablet later this year. Read More >>

Between the shows and movies available streaming on Netflix, and those on iPlayer, I consume more TV now, with my iPad, than I did a year ago, when I still had an actual TV and a satellite bill to go with it. The battery life is long enough for me to get through several hours of programming before needing to recharge, and it's small and slim enough to come to bed with me, propped up on a pile of blankets. Read More >>

Microsoft's decided that touchscreen tablet-come-laptops are the way forward, but Apple's not quite so sure. Still, if Apple won't give you a touchscreen MacBook Pro, maybe Modbook can. Read More >>

Earlier this week a leak prompted rumours to circulate suggesting that Google's hotly anticipated tablet would be announced today. Now, Reuters is reporting that an unnamed Asustek executive has confirmed that to be the case. Read More >>

If you're excited by Microsoft's rather slim and surprisingly sexy Surface tablets and would like to relive the thrilling launch event, the entire keynote presentation from late last night is now available for online viewing. Read More >>

Microsoft's event today was long on promise and short on specs. RAM? We dunno. Processor speed? We dunno. Price? We dunno. Release date? We dunno. But even a very brief hands-on made something abundantly clear: It's a super solid device and if Microsoft can deliver what it demoed, the iPad finally has a real competitor and Android has a big goddamn problem. Read More >>

The Microsoft Surface may be billed as a tablet, but hiding in its 3 millimetre cover is a pressure sensitive keyboard and called Touch Cover which will allow the tablet to function more like a computer on the go. Read More >>

Later tonight, Microsoft will—reportedly, hopefully—finally unleash its tablet on the world. But other than that it might possibly exist, not much is known about Redmond's iPad and/or Kindle Fire fighter. Since we don't know what it is, let's talk about what it should be. Read More >>

If you're used to freely choosing which browser you use in Windows, brace yourself: Mozilla is claiming that Microsoft is planning to limit user choice for browsers on tablets running Windows 8. Read More >>

The new iPad might have a gorgeous retina display, but a test from AnandTech shows that its predecessor gets better battery life. Read More >>