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• Phones could replay live sport, swap movies

  Crowds will be able to replay live action at sporting events using their mobile phones, and literally lay their taste in entertainment on the table using Microsoft’s Surface tablet.

• Luminos add third dimension to Microsoft Surface

  Using a Microsoft Surface table computer has typically been limited to two dimensional interactions, but research presented at the Computer Human Interaction (CHI) conference in Atlanta adds a third dimension.

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  Curtin University touches Surface for education, medicine

  The Curtin University of Technology will become the first Australian educational institution to employ Microsoft's newly launched Surface multi-touch PC when it implements three of the devices later this year.

• Microsoft launches Surface touch PCs

  Microsoft has officially launched its Surface line of touch computer units in Australia with a focus on retail, education and finance markets.

• Microsoft pitches Surface to new markets

  Microsoft could be hoping for an "Oprah effect" for its Surface tabletop computer.

• Microsoft Surface in the wild

  Microsoft on Monday offered a software development kit for its tabletop computer to about 1,000 people at its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles, opening the door to a variety of new applications for the table.