(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp put its Surface tablet center stage at its Windows 8
launch event, hoping the sleek new device will spark a fightback against Apple
Inc and Google Inc in the exploding mobile computing market.
With interest in traditional computers waning, the world's largest software
company is attempting to reinvent the Windows PC in a new format and directly
challenge Apple's all-conquering iPad.
"One person called it historic, unique," said Steven Sinofsky, head of
Microsoft's Windows unit and the driving force behind Windows 8, who opened the
launch event in New York in front about 1,000 media and PC industry
partners.
"It's twice the amount of storage as a competing tablet for the same price,"
Sinofsky said, comparing the entry level 32 GB Surface with the cheapest 16 GB
model of Apple's latest full-size
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