Microsoft's Surface Capsized...for the Moment

Remember all that talk many moons ago when those video promos for Microsoft‘s tabletop computer, Surface, were released and people were oohing and ahhing (and making parody videos)? Well, turns out that it’s easy to make mocked up films extolling the virtues of the thing than it is to actually design one that will stand-up in the real world, particularly when you’re building the things for the needy clients who wanted this thing at roll-out.