Jan 25, 2014, 11:30 AM Photos: Microsoft shows love to Seahawks all over Redmond campus Microsoft has a lot of connections to the Seattle Seahawks. For starters, co-founder Paul Allen owns the team. Then there’s… Read More
Jan 24, 2014, 5:25 PM Microsoft gives developers more control over Windows Store listings Microsoft announced today that developers are now getting more control over the way that their app shows up on the… Read More
Jan 24, 2014, 12:29 PM Cloud Storage Wars: Microsoft’s Azure battles Amazon Web Services on price Microsoft this morning followed through on its promise to match Amazon Web Services’ prices for commodity cloud computing services, saying… Read More
Jan 24, 2014, 11:51 AM First big Windows 8.1 update rumored for March 11, with new options for apps The first major update to Windows 8.1 is targeted for release on March 11 – one of Microsoft’s Patch Tuesdays… Read More
Jan 24, 2014, 8:46 AM Chart: These 10 tech giants spent millions lobbying in D.C. The tech industry is boosting its spending in Washington D.C., looking to grease the wheels of democracy and promote agendas… Read More
Jan 24, 2014, 7:44 AM Microsoft Surface best guess: Around 1.5M tablets sold So how is Microsoft’s Surface business doing? The company reported yesterday that Surface revenue in the December quarter was $893… Read More
Jan 23, 2014, 2:38 PM Microsoft ships 3.9M Xbox Ones, 3.5M Xbox 360’s In its quarterly earnings report released today, Microsoft announced that it shipped 3.9 million Xbox One consoles to retail channels… Read More
Jan 23, 2014, 2:03 PM Microsoft results show tough realities of company’s expansion into hardware Microsoft this afternoon posted record revenue of $24.5 billion for the December quarter, an increase of 14 percent. And yet… Read More
Jan 23, 2014, 1:17 PM Microsoft posts record revenue of $24.5B, beats earnings expectations in holiday quarter Microsoft just announced revenue of $24.5 billion for the December quarter, up 14 percent from the same quarter a year… Read More
Jan 23, 2014, 7:49 AM Nokia Lumia sales slip to 8.2 million units in Q4 Sales of Nokia Lumia Windows Phone devices slipped to 8.2 million units in the fourth quarter, the company said this… Read More
Jan 22, 2014, 9:48 AM Microsoft wants users to “Rethink” their IE prejudices Microsoft’s browser is on a comeback tour. Today, the company launched Rethink IE, a showcase of what Internet Explorer 11… Read More
Jan 22, 2014, 8:22 AM Hide that MacBook! Bill Gates talks tech and global health with Jimmy Fallon Bill Gates was on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon for two segments last night talking about the 2014 Gates Annual… Read More
Jan 21, 2014, 11:35 PM Alibaba on tour: Chinese tech giant draws a crowd in Amazon and Microsoft land A standing-room-only crowd filled a hotel ballroom in Bellevue on Tuesday evening to hear from some of Alibaba’s top executives —… Read More
Jan 21, 2014, 3:23 PM Responding to Obama, Microsoft calls for international pact on digital surveillance President Obama’s speech last week outlining his plan for reforming the NSA left many in the tech industry wanting much… Read More
Jan 21, 2014, 11:33 AM Update: Microsoft distances itself from paid YouTube plugs for Xbox One Update, Tuesday afternoon: Microsoft just issued a new statement that says the company didn’t know the details of Machinima’s agreements… Read More
Jan 21, 2014, 9:30 AM Optimistic Bill Gates dodges questions about Microsoft CEO search, says board will move at ‘the right pace’ Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates took to the Bloomberg airwaves today to discuss his 2014 annual letter — a letter in which he… Read More
Jan 21, 2014, 8:15 AM Chart: Here are the 15 companies that filed the most patents in 2013 IBM continues to be the patent king. For the 21st straight year, the Armonk, New York-based company filed more patents… Read More
Jan 20, 2014, 4:55 PM Here we go again: Syrian Electronic Army hits Microsoft The Syrian Electronic Army took to Twitter once again to announce that it had hacked another one of Microsoft’s public-facing… Read More
Jan 20, 2014, 10:46 AM Intellectual Ventures to battle Google in court over mobile patents this week For the first time ever, Intellectual Ventures finds itself in patent court this week. The Bellevue-based company run by former Microsoft… Read More
Jan 20, 2014, 9:02 AM Seahawks Super Bowl berth puts Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in the limelight As a sports franchise owner, and simply as a fan, Paul Allen is likely one incredibly happy man right now.… Read More
Jan 20, 2014, 8:02 AM Microsoft’s Classic Coke? HP says Windows 7 PCs are ‘back by popular demand’ A visit to HP’s website this morning will feel like a time warp … or maybe a welcome return home.… Read More
Jan 17, 2014, 3:06 PM Amazon SVP Brian Valentine retiring from company Brian Valentine, the senior vice president of Amazon’s e-commerce platform for the past seven years, is retiring from the Seattle… Read More
Jan 17, 2014, 2:39 PM Charts: Apple’s unit sales on track to match Windows PCs and tablets in 2014 It’s no secret that Microsoft hasn’t weathered the transition from a PC-centric market all that well. But sometimes it’s hard… Read More
Jan 17, 2014, 12:10 AM Google’s new ‘smart contact lens’ project began at UW, with help from Microsoft Google got lots of attention Thursday with the news that it’s testing a “smart contact lens” that can monitor glucose… Read More
Jan 16, 2014, 3:48 PM Console Wars: Xbox One edges PS4 for total U.S. sales in December Point, Microsoft. The NPD Group just released its U.S. sales data for December and the Xbox One sold 908,000 units… Read More
Jan 16, 2014, 9:23 AM Skype for iPhone and iPad gets HD video calling, catching up to Apple’s FaceTime Skype just added the ability for users of its iOS app on the iPhone 5S, Retina iPad Mini and iPad… Read More
Jan 16, 2014, 8:51 AM Microsoft CEO search: Rumor of Ericsson’s Vestberg hints at board’s direction The latest Microsoft CEO candidate to emerge from the rumor mill is Hans Vestberg, the CEO of telecom company Ericsson,… Read More
Jan 15, 2014, 5:37 PM Now leaving Microsoft: Longtime media VP Blair Westlake Former television executive Blair Westlake is leaving his position as Microsoft’s vice president of media and entertainment — the latest departure… Read More
Jan 15, 2014, 5:02 PM Microsoft confirms Syrian Electronic Army email intrusion It seems not even Microsoft employees are immune to phishing attacks. Microsoft confirmed today that the Syrian Electronic Army managed… Read More
Jan 15, 2014, 4:06 PM Black Girls Code, Code.org win Microsoft AzureDev grants After tallying more than 20,000 votes from its community of Windows Azure developers, Microsoft announced that Black Girls Code is… Read More
