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Microsoft will reportedly roll out a new addition to its line of Surface devices, one with a form factor closer to that of Apple’s iPad mini. This according to WPDang, which claims that the device may launch in the first half of next year. The move would be the latest in a series that has seen Microsoft attempting to combat the growth of iOS and Android in the mobile computing market, a segment that appears on track to replace traditional personal computers as the dominant computing paradigm….
