Sometimes it’s the odd, offbeat stories that grab the attention of our readers. How better to explain the fascination with the absurd techno-dance routine (posted above) that preceded Microsoft’s Windows Azure presentation at the Norwegian Developers Conference in June.

For the second month in a row, the sexually-charged video (you may recall that the song included the line “The words MICRO and SOFT don’t apply to my penis”) led the charts on GeekWire. The video still give us the chills. But it wasn’t all silly stuff that readers consumed in July, though Microsoft remained a hot topic of discussion.

Take a look back at the top stories this past month, and let us know your favorite. As always, thanks to everyone for tuning in to GeekWire.

Video: Raunchy dance routine a PR nightmare for Microsoft (208 comments, 1,051 Tweets)

Top 10 reasons why Darth Vader was an amazing project manager (100 comments, 5,015 Tweets)

Microsoft’s ‘Lost Decade’? Vanity Fair piece is epic, accurate and not entirely fair (54 comments, 88 Tweets)

Maybe Google’s Larry Page needs Microsoft Word, after all (36 comments, 98 Tweets)

New reality series: ‘Be the Next Microsoft Employee’ (13 comments, 200 Tweets)

Microsoft vets weigh in: Here’s what needs to change (37 comments, 72 Tweets)

How Carly screwed up AT&T’s $39B T-Mobile acquisition (24 comments, 46 Tweets)

Forget MIT and Stanford: UW computer science department wins high praise in NYT piece (6 comments, 94 Tweets)

Ex-Congressman Rick White and ex-Motricity CEO Ryan Wuerch raise $4M for stealthy Solavei (42 comments, 19 Tweets)

Productivity Porn: 7 tricks for beating procrastination (6 comments, 443 Tweets)

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