Nov 27, 2012, 1:26 PM Microsoft: 40M Windows 8 licenses sold in first month This just in from Microsoft: The company has sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses since the Oct. 26 launch of… Read More
Nov 27, 2012, 12:02 PM Xbox 360 Black Friday stats: 750,000 consoles, 72 million online hours We wrote yesterday about Nintendo selling more than 400,000 Wii U consoles last week. While it isn’t new and doesn’t have… Read More
Nov 27, 2012, 10:03 AM Breaking down borders: Bing translator app now available for Windows Phone 8 Whether or not Microsoft is poised to lead the way in the tablet, video game and search engine arenas is… Read More
Nov 27, 2012, 1:39 AM Microsoft’s data proves it: We’re obsessed with iPhone Tim Cook might want to send a thank you card to Steve Ballmer this morning. It should read like this:… Read More
Nov 26, 2012, 4:05 PM Across the pond: Microsoft may open stores in Europe Big Ben, The Eiffel Tower, and now, Microsoft Stores. Sources familiar with Microsoft told the Financial Times that the company… Read More
Nov 26, 2012, 11:07 AM Microsoft vet to lead new HBO engineering office in Seattle HBO has hired a longtime Microsoft manager, Drew Angeloff, as the vice president in charge of a new software development office… Read More
Nov 26, 2012, 7:54 AM Windows 8 is a big hit … on budget PCs at Walmart How did Microsoft’s new Windows 8 fare on its first big holiday shopping weekend? Here’s an encouraging picture, submitted by… Read More
Nov 25, 2012, 8:26 AM Barclays Bank makes a big buy, purchases 8,500 iPads These are the type of deals that must take the wind out of the sails of Microsoft a bit. A… Read More
Nov 24, 2012, 9:05 PM Comments of the Week: Oprah ‘loves’ the Surface; Hastings’ Microsoft analysis; and more The best comments, quotes, and random zingers we heard this week… “[Microsoft has] many great assets and many great challenges.… Read More
Nov 24, 2012, 8:10 AM Verizon shackles Surface: Microsoft’s new tablet deserves better than this During a trip to a Verizon Wireless store in Northern California earlier this week, I noticed a Windows 8 tablet… Read More
Nov 22, 2012, 3:29 PM Augmented-reality glasses for Xbox? Patent filing provides new evidence The notion of Microsoft releasing its own augmented reality glasses for a future Xbox isn’t new, having surfaced over the… Read More
Nov 22, 2012, 7:31 AM Sorry Microsoft, but my mom isn’t buying Windows Phone I spent yesterday afternoon immersed in a modern-day holiday tradition — helping my parents shop for their first smartphones. Three… Read More
Nov 21, 2012, 12:01 PM Microsoft reportedly set to debut Xbox TV device next year Microsoft isn’t quite done turning the Xbox 360 into an entertainment hub for the living room. Tom Warren over at… Read More
Nov 21, 2012, 7:36 AM Santa, please bring me an iPad: 48% of kids want Apple’s tablet Yesterday, my three-year-old son looked at a review copy of a Surface tablet sitting on my desk and asked this… Read More
Nov 20, 2012, 11:08 AM Microsoft marketing wizards tap Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf to tout new Windows Phones OK, this may be entering an entirely new realm of geekdom. The marketing wizards at Microsoft have struck a deal… Read More
Nov 20, 2012, 10:12 AM Outgoing board member Reed Hastings on the hurdles facing Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is stepping down from the Microsoft board later this month at the company’s annual meeting. And… Read More
Nov 20, 2012, 6:57 AM Microsoft Research hires Carnegie Mellon leader as head of international labs Microsoft Research today named noted computer scientist Jeannette Wing, the two-time head of Carnegie Mellon’s computer science department, to the… Read More
Nov 19, 2012, 4:51 PM Leaked videos show focus groups panning the Microsoft Kin: ‘It’s frustrating’ Microsoft is currently trying to make inroads with its new tablet computer — taking on the likes of Apple’s iPad… Read More
Nov 19, 2012, 2:41 PM Turning poop into power: Microsoft building innovative data center to test clean power resource strategies Think about human waste inside of a toilet. Yes, I know, gross. Now, think about power for a data center.… Read More
Nov 19, 2012, 12:45 PM Oprah sends Tweet about love of Microsoft Surface (from her iPad) Oh, the irony. Oprah gushed about her love of Microsoft’s new tablet computer, the Surface, with the following Tweet yesterday.… Read More
Nov 19, 2012, 11:08 AM Windows 8 in the clouds: Emirates giving 1,000 flight attendants HP ElitePad tablets Windows 8 might not be getting off to the start Microsoft had hoped for, but one major airline seems to… Read More
Nov 19, 2012, 11:06 AM Microsoft takes on Android and iPhone with new ‘Meet your Match’ challenge As we’ve noted repeatedly here in the pages of GeekWire, Microsoft is in a desperate fight to regain some ground… Read More
Nov 19, 2012, 8:39 AM Is Windows 8 off to a weaker start than Windows 7? Microsoft is spending big-time bucks to get the word out about Windows 8 (reportedly to the tune of $1.5 billion).… Read More
Nov 19, 2012, 12:01 AM Kinect-based medical software startup Jintronix raises cash from Madrona, plans move to Seattle Entrepreneur Justin Tan’s business idea was sparked by a very serious situation. On a flight from New York to Paris,… Read More
Nov 17, 2012, 6:03 AM Filing: Microsoft’s Sinofsky technically an employee through end of the year Just in case you were worried: It looks like Steven Sinofsky will still get his employee discount on Microsoft products… Read More
Nov 17, 2012, 5:33 AM iPad mini, Surface, Kindle Fire: Which one really belongs on your holiday list? Yes, the holidays are almost here, and anyone looking to buy a tablet will be faced with a dizzying array… Read More
Nov 16, 2012, 8:30 AM Is Woz right? Apple co-founder worries that Microsoft is getting more innovative Of all the comments being made about Microsoft’s future this week, here’s one you probably didn’t see coming. Apple co-founder… Read More
Nov 15, 2012, 9:09 PM Advice from a dropout: Bill Gates says colleges need to fix the graduation problem So you probably would not take advice about college education from a person who dropped out of school — unless,… Read More
Nov 15, 2012, 1:25 PM These guys explain Microsoft — sometimes even better than Microsoft would like One of the best ways to understand Microsoft is to read reports by Directions on Microsoft, an independent research firm that… Read More
Nov 15, 2012, 10:47 AM Microsoft vs. Motorola: Courtroom cleared as secret Xbox details discussed With the general manager of Microsoft’s Xbox hardware group on the stand in the company’s patent trial vs. Motorola, a… Read More
