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it's Tuesday October 16 2012 I'm Marty MO and this is 90 seconds on the verge Microsoft's first entry into the tablet market is almost here the much-anticipated surface is now available for pre-order in eight countries it runs Windows RT and starts at four hundred and ninety nine dollars with 32 gigabytes of storage which technically makes it cheaper than Apple's comparable iPad the surface will launch on October 26 alongside windows 8 not content to give Microsoft the new cycle all to itself apple today sent out invitations to a major new announcement next Tuesday it's widely expected that Apple will unveil a smaller version of the ipad the invitation itself even jokes that the company quote has a little more to show you not that I need to tell you but the verge will be there with up to the nanosecond coverage live from the event finally boxy is back and wants to reinvent cable TV itself the new boxee TV is one of the first set top boxes that can replace your cable box about losing any of your program what you get is a fast and fluid interface that's way beyond the experience to companies like Comcast and Time Warner provides while still offering full access to their basic cable services you also get a cloud-based DVR with unlimited storage that can play on almost any device boxee TV will launch on november first for just ninety nine dollars and that's it for today's top stories coming up tomorrow find out why some companies are now backing away from so-called in brain advertising