Even as BlackBerry’s fate remains up in the air, details of new, lower-end phones emerge. …

Unswayed by a lack of shopper interest, Microsoft is forging ahead with its Surface tablets, creating a thinner, lighter sequel to last year’s Surface RT. Announced alongside the full-fat Windows 8 Surface Pro 2, Microsoft says it has dramatically increased processing speed for the Surface 2, and has also bolted on a 1080p display — a step up from the …

Microsoft was too slow to embrace the mobile phone, and was too preoccupied with Windows, which held it back, departing CEO Steve Ballmer has admitted. But, ever the optimist, he said Microsoft’s small market share in mobile meant there are plenty of opportunities for growth, the BBC reports. Ballmer was speaking to Wall Street investors and analysts. He possibly wasn’t …