Once a vein is detected at a suitable depth, the device alerts the operator, who pushes the syringe needle into the patient's flesh and injects the medicine.

ECONOMIST: Medical technology

But Microsoft has barely moved the needle in the tablet space, where Apple still rules the roost, and only a simpler and less expensive device like Amazon's Kindle Fire has been able to put up much resistance.

CNN: Final preview moves Windows 8 toward tablets