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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

Mar 2, 2012, 10:15 PM

GeekWire Radio: Windows 8, Apple, BuddyTV and a new era in the digital living room

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we chat with BuddyTV CEO Andy Liu about all the changes… Read More

Mar 2, 2012, 9:43 AM

Tech Moves: Vernon out at Zulily; Microsoft hires FTC attorney who slammed Google; and more

Less than a year after arriving at fast-growing Seattle daily deal startup Zulily, chief financial officer Michael Vernon has left… Read More

Mar 1, 2012, 4:15 PM

Desktop of the future? Microsoft tests transparent PC display with Kinect controls

In addition to a high-tech grocery cart and an augmented-reality mirror, one of the futuristic projects on display at Microsoft’s TechForum event… Read More

Feb 29, 2012, 6:37 PM

A whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on: The top 10 posts in February

Sometimes, it’s just a little hard to catch our breath around here at the GeekWire HQ. And February was certainly… Read More

Feb 29, 2012, 3:01 PM

Microsoft’s Windows Azure suffers extended outages

Updated below with new information from Microsoft, saying service has been restored to the majority of customers. Microsoft’s cloud computing… Read More

Feb 29, 2012, 12:54 PM

Siri or not, Microsoft aims to beat Apple with better breadth

Earlier this week, Microsoft’s research and strategy chief Craig Mundie and other execs spent the day showing reporters some of… Read More

Feb 29, 2012, 6:46 AM

Hands-on: Microsoft’s Windows 8 shows steady progress in consumer preview

This feels solid. That was my first thought as I began using the new Windows 8 Consumer Preview, which is… Read More

Feb 28, 2012, 10:18 AM

Microsoft’s next CEO: If not Steven Sinofsky, then who?

Leading up to the debut of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview tomorrow, Reuters is out with an extensive story about… Read More

Feb 28, 2012, 6:23 AM

Sneak Peek: Comcast Xfinity on Microsoft’s Xbox Live

Comcast’s Xfinity app for Xbox Live is still “coming soon,” but Microsoft gave a sneak preview on Monday as part of… Read More

Feb 27, 2012, 6:02 PM

Microsoft shows ‘Holoflector’ augmented-reality mirror

This afternoon at the Microsoft TechForum event in Redmond, the company’s researchers showed a series of prototypes and demos in… Read More

Feb 27, 2012, 12:39 PM

Whole Foods prototype puts Kinect on shopping cart, follows people around store

The quest for a high-tech “shopping cart of the future” is nothing new, but Whole Foods is planning to test… Read More