Google has issued a detailed rebuttal to Microsoft’s claims that Google is sidestepping a privacy protection in Internet Explorer. The search company says Microsoft neglected to mention that the IE… Read More
We’ve been debating whether Microsoft is planning to come out with a version of Office for the iPad, and The Daily is back today with some good news for anyone… Read More
Barnes & Noble just confirmed that it’s releasing an 8GB Nook Tablet, and the price may sound familiar: $199, the same as Amazon.com charges for its rival Kindle Fire tablet.… Read More
Comedian Stephen Colbert returned to the airwaves Monday night, and he didn’t waste any time taking a few cracks at Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos. Award-winning author and Parnassus Books co-owner Ann Patchett… Read More
What happens when you turn a bunch of photographers, artists and sports geeks loose on a pro football and soccer stadium? Well, just take a look at the absolutely amazing… Read More
Fortune senior editor Adam Lashinsky stopped by the offices of Zillow earlier this month as he touted his new book: “Inside Apple: How America’s Most Admired and Secretive Company Really… Read More
In case you missed the news last month, the guys behind the hit Penny Arcade webcomic have hired veteran video-game journalist Ben Kuchera, formerly of Ars Technica, and over the… Read More
Following last week’s Wall Street Journal report that Google was sidestepping privacy protections in Apple’s Safari browser, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team now says it has discovered that Google is doing… Read More
Mobilisafe, a stealthy Seattle mobile security startup bankrolled by Madrona Venture Group and Trilogy Equity Partners, still isn’t sharing many details about its new product. But the company — led by… Read More
John Thompson wasn’t the most biting Microsoft critic of all time — there are plenty of others who deserve that title, and as the CEO of security software company Symantec, Thompson… Read More
I had the pleasure of mentoring as many of the 19 teams at Startup Weekend Redmond as our limited time and joint caffeine levels would allow, and let me assure… Read More
Professional poker player and commentator Phil Gordon is coming to Seattle this week, and he’s really looking forward to taking your money. Gordon, a computer scientist by training who retired from… Read More
Barnes & Noble’s CEO previously criticized the 8GB of storage available on Amazon’s $199 Kindle Fire as “deficient for a media tablet” — seeking to justify the additional $50 for Barnes… Read More
Coinstar will seek to build on the success of its Redbox $1 movie rental kiosks with a line of automated machines that dispense coffee “that tastes pretty close to a cup… Read More
F5 Networks has agreed to buy Traffix Systems, an Israeli company whose behind-the-scenes signaling technology helps mobile operators manage all that data flowing across their networks, thanks to all those… Read More
The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “Windows really is a beautiful metaphor for computing and with the new logo we wanted to celebrate… Read More
One of the most compelling things about SEOMoz co-founder Rand Fishkin is his complete transparency about the entrepreneurial voyage. Not many folks I know, lay it on the line quite… Read More
They say that getting there is half the fun. And that age-old adage certainly could apply to the StartupBus. Haven’t heard of this new-fangled group of merry pranksters? Well, it’s… Read More
First, a big thanks to Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman for stepping up and delivering a thoughtful and illuminating presentation at the recent Startup Conference in Seattle. I was enlightened, inspired… Read More
Can the GeekWire guys avoid getting “Smoked by Windows Phone”? That’s the question this week as we welcome Ben Rudolph from Microsoft’s Windows Phone team to the studio to reprise… Read More
Updated below with answer and winner. We’ll tell you right off the bat that this week’s Name that Tech Tune is not easy. We raised the level of difficulty just… Read More
Redfin announced a plan today to cut rebates to home buyers substantially, a move that made me wonder if the Seattle real estate company was looking to juice revenues in… Read More
We know now that Microsoft is working on a touch-friendly version of Microsoft Office for Windows 8. But here comes that age-old question, resurfacing once again: What about Microsoft Office… Read More
Former Congressman Rick White and former Motricity CEO Ryan Wuerch have emerged at the helm of a stealthy new Bellevue company by the name of Solavei. Very little is known… Read More
In an era of Yelp, CitySearch, Google Places and dozens of other online directories, it can be especially tough for small businesses to make sure that they are being properly… Read More
As I noted last month, Seattle appears to be losing a bit of momentum when it comes to venture capital financing deals. (Especially as it relates to other regions of… Read More
Microsoft today confirmed that it has redesigned the Windows logo for the Windows 8 release. The logo, above, reflects the tile-based interface of Windows 8 and the “Metro” style… Read More
Clipboard, the Web page clipping service run by former Microsoft researcher Gary Flake, has gobbled up the assets of rivals Clipmarks and Amplify which announced today that they are shutting down… Read More
Redfin today announced a “massive upgrade” of its real estate service, one which CEO Glenn Kelman notes in a blog post will ensure that customers will have a “one-on-one relationship” with… Read More
It was just two months ago that Clearwire inked a deal to receive up to to $1.6 billion in financing from its partner Sprint. That’s a lot of coin, but… Read More