Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 157 of 234

Aug 5, 2013, 5:47 PM

Bing for Windows Phone gets new coat of paint, functionality

Windows Phone users rejoice: Microsoft is re-vamping the Bing search functionality for Windows Phone in the image of its work… Read More

Aug 5, 2013, 10:39 AM

Kinect-controlled water fountains? Student contest focuses on fluid interfaces

Next stop, the Bellagio? Computer-controlled water fountains are giving an unusual twist to an annual student contest that explores new… Read More

Aug 5, 2013, 8:36 AM

Obama veto in Apple’s Samsung dispute throws a new twist into patent cases

What will the White House do? That’s the question that many big companies will be asking themselves after the Obama… Read More

Aug 4, 2013, 10:40 AM

Microsoft cuts Surface Pro by $100, now starts at $799

Microsoft, trying to recover from lackluster sales of its Surface tablets, today cut the price of its Surface Pro by… Read More

Aug 3, 2013, 3:00 PM

An open letter to Jeff Bezos; Microsoft Surface revenues; and more top posts from July

Amazon and Microsoft news dominated the pages of GeekWire during the month of July. In fact, every single one of… Read More

Aug 2, 2013, 6:41 PM

Patent filing is latest evidence of Microsoft’s augmented-reality ambitions

It’s easy to brush off patent applications from big companies as pie-in-the-sky ideas that will never see the light of… Read More

Aug 2, 2013, 11:18 AM

Why a longtime Microsoft SharePoint partner made its new app for Dropbox instead

Seattle-area software maker Vizit has a long history on SharePoint, Microsoft’s widely used platform for corporate collaboration and communication. Vizit’s… Read More

Aug 2, 2013, 8:04 AM

Xbox 360 vs. Wii vs. PS3: Who won the console wars?

Sony’s earnings report yesterday provided some of the final pieces of data to answer a question that goes back to… Read More

Aug 1, 2013, 4:26 PM

Geek of the Week: Microsoft researcher David Heckerman is tackling some of the world’s biggest problems

What do spam email and HIV have in common? They’re examples of the range of problems that longtime Microsoft researcher… Read More

Aug 1, 2013, 12:20 PM

UW search expert ‘disappointed’ with Microsoft Bing’s progress

In 2008, Oren Etzioni sold his airfare price predictor startup Farecast to Microsoft. The Redmond software giant took the technology… Read More

Aug 1, 2013, 10:59 AM

Instance is back after Instagram snafu, but Windows Phone still needs to fill app gap

Last week, during the regular technology segment on KUOW-FM’s Weekday program, I mentioned offhandedly that Instagram is one of the… Read More

Aug 1, 2013, 7:57 AM

Feds: ‘Senior guy at Microsoft’ allegedly enabled insider trading on Yahoo deal

Microsoft has put an unidentified employee on administrative leave pending the results of an internal investigation related to charges of… Read More

Jul 31, 2013, 3:19 PM

Mystery solved: Why a stretch of ‘Microsoft Way’ has been renamed after an employee

We received the photo above from a curious reader this morning, showing a new “Senanayake Way” street sign on the famed… Read More

Jul 31, 2013, 11:47 AM

BallmerDrive, LiveDrive, MetroDrive: What should Microsoft rename SkyDrive?

Microsoft will be ending its use of the “SkyDrive” brand name as part of a settlement reached today with British Sky… Read More

Jul 31, 2013, 9:41 AM

Microsoft sees big jump in support and consulting jobs, coinciding with Windows 8

Here’s another interesting tidbit from Microsoft’s Form 10-K filing with the SEC: The company reports that its internal ranks of… Read More

Jul 31, 2013, 8:46 AM

Microsoft to rename SkyDrive to settle trademark dispute

In a major change for one of Microsoft’s key online services, the company will rename its SkyDrive cloud storage service… Read More

Jul 31, 2013, 2:12 AM

Nintendo posts profit, but still sold more original Wii consoles than Wii U last quarter

Nintendo just posted earnings from the first quarter of its financial year today and it’s still not looking good for… Read More

Jul 30, 2013, 4:56 PM

Microsoft’s new billion-dollar business: Android patents?

Windows Phone revenue rose by $1.2 billion in the company’s 2013 fiscal year, according to new numbers released by Microsoft… Read More

Jul 30, 2013, 3:05 PM

Microsoft doesn’t want its former Windows chief to work for these companies

Microsoft’s annual Form 10-K filing, made public this afternoon, includes an exhibit that contains the text of the “retirement agreement”… Read More

Jul 30, 2013, 1:56 PM

Microsoft Surface revenue so far: $853 million

Microsoft just filed its annual Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and deep in the filing is the… Read More

Jul 30, 2013, 7:41 AM

HTC feels the smartphone squeeze, sees more potential in ‘mid-tier’ products

Mobile phone maker HTC this morning projected third quarter results well below expectations, the latest sign of the company’s struggle to… Read More

Jul 29, 2013, 3:45 PM

This bad-ass drone turns the Nokia Lumia 1020 into an aerial surveillance device

Well this has to be one of the more awesome and most expensive smartphone hardware additions I’ve ever seen. French… Read More

Jul 29, 2013, 1:26 PM

Tablet scorecard: Android 67%, iPad 28%, Microsoft Windows less than 5%

A new report on the global tablet market shows Microsoft Windows tablets making modest gains in the second quarter, clawing… Read More

Jul 29, 2013, 11:16 AM

Bing now gives warnings, counseling help to those who search for child abuse images

People in the United Kingdom who search for child abuse images using Bing will now receive a warning not to… Read More

Jul 29, 2013, 10:56 AM

Why the road to the Seattle mayor’s office runs through Microsoft

If Seattle is the Puget Sound region’s 900-pound gorilla, the city’s mayor is its handler. This past week, eight of… Read More

Jul 29, 2013, 10:16 AM

Walmart.com sells out of discounted 32 GB Surface RT

Microsoft’s Surface RT tablet recently had its price slashed in a response to lower than expected consumer demand, and that… Read More

Jul 29, 2013, 9:24 AM

Xbox One prices: Controller for $60, headset for $25

Microsoft today revealed the prices of some Xbox One accessories: Controllers will go for $59.99 and the wireless headsets sell… Read More

Jul 29, 2013, 7:49 AM

New stats show Microsoft’s Windows Phone gaining in some parts of the world

The British and the French love Windows Phone, apparently! New research this morning from Kantar Worldpanel shows Microsoft’s mobile operating… Read More

Jul 27, 2013, 8:39 AM

GeekWire Radio: Bill Gates on tech, philanthropy, robots, and why you don’t want be a billionaire

This week on the GeekWire radio show, we’re listening back to highlights from Bill Gates’ recent public appearance in Redmond… Read More

Jul 26, 2013, 4:46 PM

Hello, Lumia 1020! Windows Phone gets Hipstamatic Oggl, partial Instagram integration

It’s launch day for the Nokia Lumia 1020 Windows Phone, the one with the 41-megapixel camera. And coinciding with the… Read More