Articles from 2011 – Page 35 of 107

Excerpts: Microsoft Research chief Rick Rashid on the past two decades, and the future

Microsoft Research is marking its 20th anniversary this week, now encompassing some 850 computer scientists. Its leader, chief research officer… Read More

Startup Spotlight: MyArtMatch is like Pandora for artwork

Pandora transformed the way people listen to music, creating personalized stations based on the listening habits of users. Now, MyArtMatch… Read More

Ex-Microsoft manager raises cash for 9Slides to sync videos with presentation slides

A Seattle area startup by the name of 9Slides has raised a tiny bit of angel financing that it will… Read More

Poll: Will you buy a Kindle Fire?

After months of speculation, Amazon.com today finally took the wraps off its long-awaited Android tablet, the Kindle Fire. With a… Read More

Tech industry bolsters Seattle office market as Isilon, Zillow, Google and others expand

We’ve been tracking a number of high-profile real estate expansion stories in the Seattle tech industry in recent weeks, from… Read More

Will Microsoft get patent royalties from Amazon’s Kindle Fire?

Jeff Bezos just announced a new Kindle Fire tablet based on Google’s Android operating system. Steve Ballmer says Microsoft deserves… Read More

Wright Runstad runs into problems at old Amazon HQ

Amazon.com’s move from Beacon Hill to South Lake Union is helping to revitalize the up-and-coming neighborhood in the center of… Read More

California firm to purchase 63 acres for massive data center in central Washington

Quincy, Washington — an agricultural town near the Columbia River in central Washington — continues to attract technology companies in… Read More

Kindle Touch, Kindle Fire and a new era for Amazon.com

Amazon.com this morning overhauled its lineup of Kindle devices and expanded for the first time into the world of general-purpose… Read More

Sneaker giant Nike jumps into the venture capital game

Technology giants such as Intel, Google and Cisco have found value in bankrolling small startup companies that help meet their… Read More

UW, WSU score $80M to turn wood products into biofuels

Seattle’s biofuels industry took a big hit a few years ago when Imperium Renewables canceled its IPO, laid off staff… Read More

Amazon Silk: New web browser taps cloud for flexibility

It’s not just Kindles and tablets in the news from Amazon this morning. The Seattle company is also announcing a… Read More

Seattle animation startup launches with first project, a Startup Foundation animation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLelheB3h-w A new startup specializing in explanatory animated videos is launching in Seattle this week — and for a group… Read More

Amazon’s other big news: New Kindle e-readers start at $79

Amazon.com is rolling out the big guns at its news conference in New York City this morning even before the… Read More

Picture: This is the Kindle Fire

Whether or not this was planned by Amazon this way, Bloomberg Businessweek has been breaking the news of the company’s… Read More

Report: Kindle tablet will be $199, undercutting iPad price

Amazon hasn’t formally unveiled its tablet yet, but Bloomberg News reports that the Kindle Fire will sell for $199. The aggressive… Read More

Samsung to pay Microsoft for Android under new patent deal

[UPDATED] Microsoft and Samsung, the world’s No. 2 smartphone maker behind Apple, just announced a patent licensing agreement that gives Samsung… Read More

Windows Phone Mango: Microsoft’s next challenge is in stores

Microsoft started rolling out its Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” update to the world Tuesday, promising “a simultaneous, coordinated, global update that… Read More

Tesla Motors to open new store at Bellevue Square mall

The high-end electric sports cars from Tesla Motors are a favorite among tech geeks. And given that love affair, what… Read More

Exclusive pics: Amazon lockers surface on college campus

This is starting to feel like something out of a science fiction novel, with mysterious contraptions showing up inexplicably in… Read More

Microsoft dismantles Kelihos botnet

Microsoft’s ongoing battle against nasty botnets has continued, with the company announcing today that it has dismantled the Kelihos botnet… Read More

No more slacking in class: Highlighter unveils Groups to boost student engagement

As students head back to college campuses this fall, here’s a new technology from a Seattle startup which might change… Read More

From cash to Kindles: Waiting for the world to catch up to convenience

I stuff cash in my wallet for one reason and one reason only: Dick’s. The classic, awkwardly named Seattle drive-in… Read More

T-Mobile to customers: The iPhone is great, but Apple won’t let us sell it to you

It sure sounds like T-Mobile Chief Marketing Officer Cole Brodman wants the iPhone, but don’t look for the wireless operator to… Read More

Apple plans Oct. 4th unveiling of the iPhone 5 even as more Americans buy Android devices

Apple today pretty much confirmed that it plans to announce the iPhone 5 at a press event on October 4th, with… Read More

Microsoft Research demo: Augmented reality with Kinect, tablet, distributed computing

Here in Redmond this morning, Microsoft Research is marking its 20th anniversary as the company’s basic research unit. In addition… Read More

With Netflix and Hulu in play, will Amazon.com bite?

We’ve talked in the past about Amazon.com’s ambitious plans in the online video space, suggesting that the online retailer could… Read More

Seattle group wins $1.2 million for new startup gaming accelerator

Seattle’s gaming industry is often overlooked, but it is an economic force in the region with more than 150 companies… Read More

Microsoft meeting sparks another round of Ballmer bashing

Steve Ballmer is taking it on the chin yet again this week, this time for a reportedly uninspired performance at… Read More

Greg Gottesman, Brad Feld and others join board of Startup Weekend

Startup Weekend, the Seattle-based non profit which coordinates 54-hour startup marathons at locations across the globe, has formed a new… Read More