Microsoft could be working on significant changes to its Surface Dial in the future, if a recently-discovered patent is any indication. The potential changes would make the accessory a more suitable ...

How do you control your computer? For most people, the answer is “a keyboard and mouse.” In the last 20 years of computing, the biggest innovation in input has been the slow shift from cursor-based ...

Move over, mouse and keyboard. Take a seat, Surface Pen. Microsoft has a new input device: the Surface Dial, a silver hockey puck designed to make life simple for digital artists. Mice move, pens draw ...

The Surface Dial is a niche accessory that lets you perform a number of functions in a select set of Windows applications. But it seems to be geared mostly at artists and "creators," especially those ...

It's long been rumored that Microsoft was working on an all-in-one PC, and today, the company finally took the wraps off of its Surface Studio. Alongside it is the Surface Dial, which can be used with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tony Bradley covers the intersection of tech and entertainment. When Microsoft invited the media to New York at the end of October ...

Microsoft’s Surface Studio is a device defined by its premium user experience. It was engineered from the ground up to just feel great, and an important part of that package is the Surface Dial. Until ...

Of all the items Microsoft showed off during its devices event last Wednesday, the surprise Surface Dial was one of the most curious. Will it be as useful and as cool as it looked on stage? Or will it ...

Late last year, Microsoft announced its Surface Studio and a companion device called the Surface Dial. For those who might not have heard about the Surface Dial, it is a multi-purpose hardware device ...

The Surface Pro is just a tad too small for the Dial For those who don't know, the Surface Dial is a hockey puck-like device that is touch sensitive in multiple ways. It can detect when it's resting ...

The Surface Dial, a hockey-puck-sized controller designed for use with Microsoft’s Surface Studio desktop computer, is the palette to the Surface’s pen. It clicks, double clicks and rotates, adding ...