Microsoft has unveiled Surface, a tablet powered by its upcoming operating system Windows 8.

The devices have 10.6 inch (26.9cm) displays, built-in kickstands and are housed in magnesium cases - which the company described as the first of their kind.

Richard Taylor reports on the company's venture into an own-brand family of tablets.

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