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Mar 19, 2012, 9:21 AM

Microsoft previews business apps on Windows 8, as iPad rises in business world

Can Microsoft’s Windows 8 combat the iPad’s growing popularity among business users? We’ve gotten a sense for what consumer apps… Read More

Mar 18, 2012, 7:45 AM

Internet Explorer wants you back, say it’s different this time

Can Microsoft get you to start using Internet Explorer again? That’s the goal of a new online campaign built around… Read More

Mar 16, 2012, 10:26 AM

Microsoft seeks patent on monetizing buttons of TV remote

How much would you pay to watch a replay of a great play, or skip a bunch of television commercials?… Read More

Mar 16, 2012, 6:11 AM

Video: Windows 8 app controls police car from the cloud

Over on the Microsoft campus this week, I got a chance to check out a vehicle control system from Modularis… Read More

Mar 15, 2012, 9:35 AM

Video: A glimpse inside Microsoft’s high-tech Global Security Operations Center

On the Microsoft campus this week, hundreds of law enforcement and public safety officials are gathering for the company’s Worldwide… Read More

Mar 14, 2012, 3:20 PM

Master Chief, the ultimate Microsoft security guard

I spent some time today over at Microsoft’s Worldwide Public Safety Symposium, and spent some time inside the company’s Global Security… Read More

Mar 14, 2012, 7:57 AM

Microsoft ‘Beamatron’ inserts virtual objects into real world, using Kinect 3D model

Here’s another interesting project from Microsoft Research, blurring the lines between the physical and digital worlds using a Kinect sensor… Read More

Mar 13, 2012, 2:39 PM

Back at Microsoft, ex-Googler gives changes at search giant a minus-1

Software testing guru James Whittaker left Microsoft to join Google back in 2009. Now he’s back at Microsoft, working as… Read More

Mar 13, 2012, 9:25 AM

Now working for Xbox: Former PlayStation exec Phil Harrison

Here’s a hire that no one would have predicted five years ago. Phil Harrison, the former head of worldwide studios… Read More

Mar 13, 2012, 8:00 AM

Mayhem: Microsoft’s open-source app for controlling just about anything

The technologies shown at Microsoft Research’s annual “TechFest” science fair aren’t typically ready for public use. But one that emerged… Read More

Mar 12, 2012, 6:11 PM

Yahoo vs. Facebook: This just got very awkward for Microsoft

Yahoo grabbed the attention of the tech industry today, but not with a new product announcement. The company filed a… Read More

Mar 12, 2012, 3:19 PM

Freak’n Genius: Animation startup uses Microsoft Kinect to tap your inner goofball

Kyle Kesterson may be known around Seattle as a talented designer, artist and active participant in the Startup Weekend hackathons.… Read More

Mar 12, 2012, 1:28 PM

Dancing with the Star Wars: Sorry, but this is just wrong

Are you ready to dance your heart out for Jabba the Hutt? It’s not unusual for derivatives of “Star Wars”… Read More

Mar 12, 2012, 10:55 AM

Hello, Palo Alto: Microsoft expanding retail presence in Apple’s backyard

Can Microsoft win new fans in Silicon Valley? The company is giving it a shot, with some help from Jerry… Read More

Mar 12, 2012, 8:14 AM

‘Real user’ tries Windows 8: ‘They trying to drive me to Mac?’

Chris Pirillo, of LockerGnome fame, was trying to make a point when he sat his dad down in front of… Read More

Mar 12, 2012, 5:10 AM

PS2 still tops PS3 in U.S. homes, and other surprising stats from the game world

Fifty-six percent of U.S. households own at least one current-generation video-game console, up from 50 percent a year ago. Thirty-nine… Read More

Mar 9, 2012, 9:34 PM

GeekWire Radio: Kindle’s impact, the new iPad, and how Clipboard is capturing the web

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we talk with Gary Flake, the founder of Clipboard, a Seattle-area… Read More

Mar 9, 2012, 2:27 PM

Google keeps growing, and Yahoo slips further behind

Google got even bigger in the U.S. search market in February — holding the top spot with 66.4 percent of the… Read More

Mar 9, 2012, 10:06 AM

Xbox Rumor of the Day: No disc drive in Microsoft’s next video-game console?

There are so many rumors flying around about Microsoft’s plans for its next Xbox that it’s hard to keep track… Read More

Mar 8, 2012, 4:04 PM

Microsoft has a problem with OnLive’s Windows and Office for iPad, Android

OnLive has turned heads this year with its OnLive Desktop app for running Microsoft Windows on the iPad and Android… Read More

Mar 8, 2012, 12:17 PM

Mobile vets: Windows Phone is great, but it has a long way to go to catch Apple and Android

We brought together some of the top thinkers in the mobile industry Wednesday afternoon for the GeekWire Summit in Seattle.… Read More

Mar 8, 2012, 10:09 AM

Q&A: Ray Ozzie on startups, Microsoft, and what he’s dreaming up next

[Updated with video above] Our opening conversation at the GeekWire Summit featured Ray Ozzie, the online collaboration pioneer and former… Read More

Mar 7, 2012, 8:28 AM

Microsoft ‘Cliplets’ project blends video and still images

Microsoft Research is showing a new project called “Cliplets” that lets users turn video clips into something closer to a… Read More

Mar 6, 2012, 10:52 AM

Microsoft’s smartphone share slips: Apple, Google gain steam

Despite relatively positive reviews of its Windows Phone mobile operating system, Microsoft is still having a hard time grabbing marketshare… Read More

Mar 6, 2012, 10:17 AM

Audiogalaxy music service is reborn, with a new approach

Audiogalaxy, one of the original music file-sharing services and “one of the greatest defunct websites of all time,” marked its return… Read More

Mar 6, 2012, 9:07 AM

Microsoft devices win Skype certification, avoid awkward family conversation

Skype said this morning that its impartial labs have given its “Skype Certified” seal of approval to all of Microsoft’s HD… Read More

Mar 6, 2012, 8:31 AM

Amazon Web Services cuts prices again, cites lower costs

Amazon Web Services announced another round of price reductions in its services for data storage, processing and computing in the… Read More

Mar 5, 2012, 10:09 AM

Activision hires Microsoft game exec as new finance chief

Game publisher Activision Blizzard just named a new chief financial officer: Microsoft veteran Dennis Durkin, a key executive from the… Read More

Mar 4, 2012, 9:57 AM

Search by sketch: Microsoft seeks patent on ‘MindFinder’

It’s a little like playing Pictionary with a search engine — drawing a sketch and seeing if the algorithm can… Read More

Mar 4, 2012, 8:10 AM

Quotes of the week: Seattle is a ‘red dwarf’ and Silicon Valley is the sun

The best comments, quotes, and random zingers we heard this week … “I think there are great investors and great… Read More