Microsoft's big, dramatic unveiling of its very own tablet devices on Monday sparked the usual -- and historically appropriate -- skepticism from many tech observers. But the cynicism wasn't universal. Wall Street, for starters, pushed up shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) more than 4.2% to 31.11 in early Tuesday trading.
But it was the gushing reaction to Redmond's Surface tablets from many quarters of cyberspace that seemed odd and premature.
