Looks like Microsoft is going to have a one-up over Apple, particularly Apple's hot, innovative iPhone.

Yesterday, there was an information leak regarding the launch of Microsoft's top-secret product. And boy, was it indeed a surprise. Microsoft's secret weapon turns out to be "Microsoft Surface", a table which at first glance looks like a large touch-screen monitor, but is actually much, much more.

Microsoft Surface is all about tactile manipulation of data. It showcases astounding new features such as multi-touch contact, which enables Microsoft Surface to recognize multiple points of contact as opposed to only one finger as with traditional touch-screen monitor. For example, to resize a picture you need to touch two corners of the image you want to resize, and drag your fingers either apart (to enlarge) or closer (to reduce) to each other. Of course, multi-touch contact enables several people to gather around and tinker with files.

Another impressive characteristic of Microsoft Surface is the ability to recognize objects by simply placing them on the table. In the video below, you can see that you can take a picture on your wireless digital camera, place the camera on Surface, and Surface will automatically download the the picture, laying it on the 'table' for you. Conversely, you can place a PDA on the Surface tabletop, and you simply drag the image towards the PDA so that the image will be automatically uploaded.

That said, QJ can't help but be curious as to how gaming will turn out on Microsoft Surface. Stay tuned as we get more info about this amazing piece of technology!