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Dec 30, 2011, 9:10 AM

A message from Arfa: Remembering a remarkable girl who made a mark on Microsoft

[Update Jan. 14: Arfa has passed away, according to reports from Pakistan. See our follow-up story: Arfa Karim Randhawa, 1995-2012: Hear… Read More

Dec 29, 2011, 3:19 PM

Google, Apple pull further ahead of Microsoft in smartphone wars

Google and Apple are pulling even further ahead of Microsoft and RIM in the smartphone wars. According to the latest… Read More

Dec 29, 2011, 10:27 AM

Year in Review: The 100 most popular stories on GeekWire

Whoa, can we catch our breath now? We’ve certainly had plenty to cover on the tech beat over the past… Read More

Dec 28, 2011, 2:13 PM

How the high price of tolls will force the Seattle region’s workers to get creative

Landscape architect Tom Early has always been economical about his daily commute over the 520 bridge between Seattle and Kirkland,… Read More

Dec 28, 2011, 9:36 AM

Tech Moves: Banyan Branch expands; SonoSite taps a new CFO; Radarworks; and more

Banyan Branch, the fast-growing social media agency, has named Jennifer Blank Hecht to the positon of senior vice president of… Read More

Dec 28, 2011, 8:55 AM

Seven apps just for navigating the 520 tolls: GeekWire’s reviews and recommendations

What happens when the state starts tolling a bridge traversed by thousands of tech workers every day? An explosion of… Read More

Dec 28, 2011, 8:29 AM

Windows Phone: Apollo ‘superphones’ coming in 2012

The tech site WMPoweruser has an interesting glimpse into the future of Windows Phone today, posting what it describes as a leaked… Read More

Dec 27, 2011, 6:04 PM

Follow-up: Why Microsoft is keeping virtual guns away from Xbox Live avatars

Over the weekend, an Epic Games forum post broke the news of a Microsoft policy change for virtual “gun-like” accessories… Read More

Dec 27, 2011, 3:23 PM

Windows Phone: Why apps are still the big stumbling block

Last week, right before the holiday break, I started having problems with my trusty old iPhone. The people on the… Read More

Dec 27, 2011, 7:31 AM

Nokia reviving Zune device? Nope, it’s just a name badge

Given all the twists and turns in the story of Microsoft’s Zune music devices, a series of posts about a… Read More

Dec 26, 2011, 4:30 PM

Former Windows Phone GM on the challenge facing Microsoft’s ‘superior’ smartphone platform

Last week we published a thought-provoking guest commentary by Windows Phone loyalist (and former Microsoftie) David Aronchick explaining why he… Read More

Dec 26, 2011, 9:45 AM

A right to bear virtual arms? Xbox Live removing guns from Avatar Marketplace

Follow-up: Why Microsoft is keeping virtual guns away from Xbox Live avatars Looks like there’s no such thing as a… Read More

Dec 26, 2011, 7:33 AM

Microsoft in a better place than many people think, concludes Bernstein report

Popular sentiment about Microsoft assumes “an unrealistically bad scenario” for the company’s future, concludes a recent Bernstein Research report. The firm say Microsoft… Read More

Dec 25, 2011, 7:04 AM

Chart: How we’re spending time on our game consoles

Millions of people are waking up to new video-game consoles under the tree this morning. But how they end up… Read More

Dec 24, 2011, 8:27 AM

Cloud battle in Berkeley: Here’s why Cal chose Google Apps over Microsoft Office 365

Organizations everywhere are debating the best way to migrate systems to the cloud. And one of the biggest decisions that… Read More

Dec 24, 2011, 7:02 AM

Kinect in space? Researcher wants to use Microsoft device to weigh astronauts

With the expansion of Microsoft’s Kinect beyond the Xbox 360 to Windows, computer scientists and researchers are coming up with… Read More

Dec 23, 2011, 10:51 AM

From Amazon to Zillow: The eight big tech triumphs of 2011

As the year draws to a close, we’ve been looking back at some of the key moments of 2011 in… Read More

Dec 23, 2011, 8:29 AM

Poll: Are you Good to Go? Most drivers aren’t ready for new 520 bridge tolls

It is going to get a lot more costly to cross the 520 floating bridge next week — one of… Read More

Dec 23, 2011, 7:23 AM

Windows 8 Picture Password: Serious security or just a toy?

Windows 8’s Picture Password feature — which will let users sign in by drawing a personalized pattern across a photo on… Read More

Dec 23, 2011, 6:13 AM

The two (and only two) ways Microsoft can survive the phone wars

Guest Commentary: The tale of Microsoft killing its Courier tablet project is both riveting and familiar. With Microsoft making two-thirds of… Read More

Dec 22, 2011, 12:09 PM

Google, Microsoft and Yahoo lead list of the top 50 most visited Web properties in the U.S.

Google ranked as the most visited Web site during the month of November, attracting 186 million visitors. That was just… Read More

Dec 21, 2011, 10:39 AM

Microsoft vs. Motorola: The 13-year-old patent filing in the middle of a smartphone war

The year was 1998. Bill Clinton was president, the original PlayStation was going head-to-head with the Nintendo 64, and a… Read More

Dec 21, 2011, 9:06 AM

Yahoo targeting Madrona’s Brian McAndrews, Hulu’s Jason Kilar and others for CEO post

Venture capitalist Brian McAndrews, the former CEO of Seattle online advertising powerhouse aQuantive, and Jason Kilar, a former Amazon.com executive… Read More

Dec 20, 2011, 5:32 PM

Whoa, Amazon considered buying BlackBerry maker RIM

I guess Amazon.com really is serious about getting into the mobile phone business. Reuters today reported that the Seattle online… Read More

Dec 20, 2011, 3:07 PM

Motorola infringes one Microsoft patent, but not six others, ITC judge rules

Motorola has violated elements of one Microsoft patent, but it hasn’t infringed on six other Microsoft patents that were the… Read More

Dec 20, 2011, 12:59 PM

Microsoft Lync apps now available for iPhone and iPad

Microsoft’s Lync product group today rounded out its lineup of mobile apps with the release of apps for iPhone and… Read More

Dec 19, 2011, 10:46 AM

Free Wi-Fi arrives at 50 airports this holiday, thanks to Skype

Travelers across the U.S. will get a little holiday cheer thanks to Skype, which announced today that it is rolling… Read More

Dec 19, 2011, 8:02 AM

New Apple TV details: There’s gotta be more to it than this

Apple is moving forward with plans for its own television set, according to a Wall Street Journal report today, citing… Read More

Dec 18, 2011, 10:57 AM

Paul Allen on space travel; Seattle’s risk-averse VCs… and other comments of the week

The best insights, observations, comments and random zingers we heard this week. “That (Microsoft) is gone. In its place is… Read More

Dec 16, 2011, 8:01 AM

Microsoft Bing makes headway in 2011, almost matching Yahoo in market share

Microsoft’s Bing search engine is still No. 3 in the U.S. search market, but not by much. The Redmond company… Read More