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" Microsoft&amp;#039;s Surface tablet line has cost the company an estimated $1.7 billion over the past two years, according to a report. Calculations by Computerworld suggest that the computing giant has lost money on the range each quarter since its 2012 launch.  &amp;quot;Microsoft continued to lose money on its Surface tablets throughout its just-concluded 2014 fiscal year, adding hundreds of millions of dollars in red ink and boosting total losses to $1.7 billion,&amp;quot; the report reads. Microsoft has never posted the cost of its Surface revenue, but the tablet range is understood to be struggling against the likes of the iPad and the Nexus 7. Last month, the company confirmed that it scrapped plans to launch a smaller iteration of the device dubbed the Surface Mini, likely contributing to the deficit. Microsoft will release its flagship Surface Pro 3 later this month. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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