In April 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine (April is not online yet, but in your mailbox), I wrote an {End Bracket} essay about Surface Computing, Microsoft's "Vision Quests" and CSI (yes, the T.V. show). A few weeks after the essay was finalized and headed to the printer, I turned on CSI and wouldncha know it, there was a Surface computer!

Update: Here's a link to the essay: The Magic of Software.