Nov 6, 2012, 7:31 AM Microsoft Surface Diary: Here’s my keyboard advice One of the big decisions people have to make when considering a Microsoft Surface tablet involves the keyboards: Which one… Read More
Nov 5, 2012, 3:34 PM Master Chief returns: Halo 4 launches at midnight in 10,000 stores worldwide Dear bosses of employees who love Halo: Tomorrow might not be the most productive day of the year. Halo 4… Read More
Nov 5, 2012, 1:56 PM Microsoft Surface tested as balloting device in Virginia Here’s an interesting milestone for Microsoft Surface: One of the tablets is being tested in Virginia this week as a… Read More
Nov 5, 2012, 10:16 AM Report: Skype to replace Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger Microsoft will be phasing out its Windows Live Messenger instant-messaging and video calling software in the coming months and replacing… Read More
Nov 5, 2012, 9:20 AM After Icahn takes Netflix stake, streaming video service looks to fend off unwanted suitors Shares of Netflix surged last week after billionaire investor Carl Icahn purchased 9.98 percent of the streaming media service, suggesting… Read More
Nov 4, 2012, 7:47 AM Commentary: Microsoft Surface breaks out of the walled garden While working at Activision some 16 years ago, I negotiated with Microsoft to build out an Internet presence around our… Read More
Nov 3, 2012, 5:35 PM Xbox team’s ‘consumer detector’ would dis-Kinect freeloading TV viewers A newly surfaced patent filing from Microsoft’s Xbox Incubation team details one of the new innovations they’ve been thinking about.… Read More
Nov 2, 2012, 8:10 AM Report: Yep, Microsoft is testing its own smartphone Microsoft is testing its own smartphone design, preparing for the possibility of developing its own device, but the company hasn’t… Read More
Nov 2, 2012, 7:33 AM Microsoft Surface Diary: Bing, SmartGlass and settling in with our tablet Here’s a good sign: For the last couple of mornings, I’ve gone looking for my family’s Microsoft Surface tablet —… Read More
Nov 2, 2012, 6:57 AM Android vs. iOS: 136 million to 27 million shipments in Q3 Android continued to gain market share during the third quarter, accounting for 75 percent of all smartphone shipments. That compared… Read More
Nov 1, 2012, 10:40 AM Halo’s success by the numbers: 46 million games, $3 billion in revenue You already knew that Halo was a popular series and here are the numbers to prove it. Just days before… Read More
Oct 31, 2012, 10:55 PM Real politics: Why candidates are sprouting from RealNetworks and other tech companies A few months ago, I wrote a story about the role that RealNetworks has played in creating a wave of… Read More
Oct 31, 2012, 6:45 PM A Steve Jobs flash mob; iPad fans react to Windows 8; and October’s other top posts Whoa, what a month. Was it us, or did the technology industry simply explode with activity in October? Every day… Read More
Oct 31, 2012, 4:26 PM Microsoft founders Allen, Gates reconnect after year-long rift Paul Allen’s memoir, Idea Man, is out in paperback this week, and the Microsoft co-founder has penned an epilogue updating… Read More
Oct 31, 2012, 9:00 AM Microsoft Surface Diary: ‘Remind me how you control this thing again?’ Before my family started using our new Microsoft Surface tablet, we spent a little time going over the navigation techniques… Read More
Oct 30, 2012, 11:30 AM Office 365 migration service SkyKick raises $1.1 million SkyKick, a Seattle startup designed to help businesses easily move to Office 365, confirmed with GeekWire that it has raised… Read More
Oct 30, 2012, 11:05 AM VIDEO: Ballmer amps up developer crowd with Microsoft Surface giveaway No, he didn’t yell “developers, developers, developers” — maybe that’s too old-school at this point — but Microsoft CEO Steve… Read More
Oct 30, 2012, 10:02 AM Twitter and Dropbox are making new Windows 8 apps OK, so Windows 8 is out, but what about the apps? Microsoft exec Steve Guggenheimer is on stage right now (above)… Read More
Oct 30, 2012, 9:16 AM Microsoft: 4M individual Windows 8 upgrades sold I’m over at the Microsoft Build conference in Redmond this morning, where CEO Steve Ballmer is addressing a crowd of… Read More
Oct 30, 2012, 6:51 AM From iOS and Android to Windows 8: Bsquare launches app porting service Calling Windows 8 “probably the biggest porting opportunity in the history of the industry,” Bellevue-based Bsquare this morning launched a… Read More
Oct 29, 2012, 5:36 PM Ballmer on Apple: ‘We’ll give them a run for their money’ During an interview with Mashable today, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was asked for his thoughts on Apple CEO Tim Cook’s… Read More
Oct 29, 2012, 8:29 AM Apple vs. Microsoft: Whose store was a bigger draw on this big weekend? (Photos) The ongoing rivalry between Apple and Microsoft is playing out in various environments — from corporate IT departments to decisions… Read More
Oct 28, 2012, 4:55 PM Microsoft Surface Day 3: Hardware, Skype, and trying to link Surface to iPhone Microsoft’s new Surface tablet is the first computer developed end-to-end by the longtime software company. So how is the hardware? Equal… Read More
Oct 27, 2012, 5:58 PM Microsoft Surface Day 2: Setting up our new ‘iPad’ In my house, our gadgets tend to go by alternative names that speak to the ways certain members of the… Read More
Oct 26, 2012, 2:50 PM Microsoft Surface Day 1: The unboxing and bootup My family’s new Microsoft Surface — the one that I convinced my wife to buy instead of an iPad —… Read More
Oct 26, 2012, 1:55 PM VIDEO: Why these people bought a Microsoft Surface Why wait in line for a Microsoft Surface? That’s the question we asked outside the Microsoft Store in Seattle today.… Read More
Oct 26, 2012, 9:26 AM Yes, there’s a line for Surface in Seattle — with lots of Microsofties in it OK, so I’m here at the University Village in Seattle, and there is in fact a line for Microsoft Surface,… Read More
Oct 26, 2012, 6:27 AM Why the Windows 8 launch isn’t as big as you’ve been told Three years ago, I was working at Microsoft to ensure that the security response process didn’t get in the way… Read More
Oct 25, 2012, 4:37 PM Now will you line up for Surface? Microsoft Stores offer $100 Xbox Music pass The launch of Microsoft’s Surface tablet tomorrow is generating lots of buzz, but will it generate lines? Actually, the answer… Read More
Oct 25, 2012, 2:38 PM Apple’s Tim Cook: Microsoft Surface ‘compromised’ and ‘confusing’ — like a flying car On Apple’s earnings call just now, CEO Tim Cook was asked for his opinion of Microsoft’s Windows 8 and its… Read More
