SEATTLE – Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has taken the wraps off "Surface," a coffee-table shaped computer that responds to touch and to special bar codes attached to everyday objects. The machines, which ...

Sturdy, nondescript tables that traditionally populate quick-service dining rooms may soon be replaced by high-tech tabletop innovations offered by two emerging technology companies. Digital Touch ...

Lenovo's latest PC attempts to move computing from the desk to the coffee table. During the International Consumer Electronics Show, the personal computer maker unveiled the IdeaCentre Horizon, a ...

While Tanya Holliday was working at a McDonald’s to pay her way through college, she assumed one day she’d get a “real job.” That was 40 years ago. Today, Holliday is well past “real.” She became the ...

New Mexico's multi-touch hardware and software company Ideum has launched its fastest, most expandable, and most versatile multitouch table, the Pro Lab. The active 3D LED LCD touch display boasts a ...

Microsoft's multi-touch tabletop display called Surface has a competitor as Sony gets ready to start selling a 35-inch, full HD touchscreen table. The table will track gestures and even discern ...

In an effort to get some serious control over his home theater PC, DIYer Jarolix skipped the remote and went straight for a fully-featured desktop computer built into the coffee table. Get the latest ...

[Credit: Playsurface on Kickstarter] Table computers like the Merel mTouch and the Samsung SUR40 running Microsoft’s Surface software (nee PlayTable nee Project Milan nee Microsoft Table) have been a ...

Microsoft has taken the wraps off "Surface," a coffee-table shaped computer that responds to touch and to special bar codes attached to everyday objects. The machines, which Microsoft planned to debut ...

McDonald’s on Thursday announced a bold plan to roll out its “experience of the future” concept, including kiosk ordering and table service, to restaurants in Chicago and other big U.S. cities in an ...