Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 212 of 234

Oct 31, 2011, 8:28 AM

Sounders kick off Windows Phone app amid awful playoff showing

This has got to be one of the more depressing product launches in Seattle tech and sports history. The Seattle… Read More

Oct 31, 2011, 8:10 AM

Gates on Jobs’ zingers: ‘None of that bothers me at all’

What does Bill Gates think about all that biting criticism from Steve Jobs in the biography released after the Apple… Read More

Oct 30, 2011, 9:31 AM

Bill Gates on the price of burgers; and other quotes of the week

The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “I can understand wanting to have millions… Read More

Oct 29, 2011, 10:14 AM

Memo: Microsoft’s Ballmer finds an employee survey to love

Anonymous third-party surveys of Microsoft employees don’t always turn out so well for Steve Ballmer. But Microsoft this week came… Read More

Oct 28, 2011, 12:35 PM

Microsoft’s vision, and the myth of the carefree gadget

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6cNdhOKwi0 The only thing I don’t believe in Microsoft’s video of the future is how calm everybody is around such… Read More

Oct 28, 2011, 11:57 AM

Excerpts: Bill Gates on politics, education, and why his burger is same as yours

One of the most interesting things about Bill Gates’ appearance at the University of Washington yesterday was the way the… Read More

Oct 27, 2011, 5:09 PM

Gates to students: Don’t try to be a billionaire, it’s overrated

Bill Gates made a rare appearance at the University of Washington this afternoon, talking about how qualitative and measurable advances… Read More

Oct 27, 2011, 1:58 PM

HP keeps PC business, will it resurrect TouchPad next?

HP, the world’s largest PC maker, won’t be selling its PC business, after all. The company announced the news this afternoon, making… Read More

Oct 27, 2011, 6:01 AM

The future is amazing, and Microsoft has video to prove it

This might be as close as we’re going to get to a time machine. Unless they’re working on that, too.… Read More

Oct 26, 2011, 12:37 PM

Nokia wants to make 25-year-olds ‘lust’ after Windows Phone

Windows Phone is already a huge hit with the over-30 crowd in Redmond, Wash. Now Nokia is hoping to boost… Read More

Oct 26, 2011, 8:35 AM

Nokia shows first Windows Phones, starting Microsoft’s new comeback bid

Nokia this morning unveiled the first two Windows Phones to result from the partnership it struck with Microsoft earlier this… Read More

Oct 26, 2011, 12:37 AM

Isaacson on Gates and Jobs: One guy made the Zune, the other made the iPod

A lot has been written and said about the rivalry between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs over the past couple… Read More

Oct 25, 2011, 3:17 PM

Practical Nerd: Microsoft toys with itself, again

A favorite tech industry truism is that Microsoft got where it is today by copying others. Now, it’s finally copying… Read More

Oct 25, 2011, 8:43 AM

Ten years later, Microsoft celebrates Windows XP by asking everyone to move on

Ten years ago today, on Oct. 25, 2001, Microsoft released Windows XP to the world. A decade later, much of the… Read More

Oct 25, 2011, 7:28 AM

MSN executive Scott Moore leaves Microsoft for Yell Group

Scott Moore, the executive producer who headed up Microsoft’s MSN portal in the U.S., is leaving the company to join… Read More

Oct 24, 2011, 5:58 PM

Admit it, Apple fans: Microsoft’s stores are pretty darn fun

After covering the grand opening of Microsoft’s first Seattle store last week, I got a chance to stop by the… Read More

Oct 24, 2011, 2:49 PM

Microsoft chart: Android patent deals outpacing disputes

Announcing its latest patent agreement with an Android device maker, Microsoft over the weekend released a series of statistics and charts making… Read More

Oct 24, 2011, 8:26 AM

Ex-Microsoft mobile exec Charlie Kindel to advise Buddy Platform

Charlie Kindel, a Seattle angel investor and former general manager of Microsoft’s Windows Phone unit, has joined the advisory board… Read More

Oct 23, 2011, 9:48 AM

Microsoft YouTube channel hacked

Updated below with Microsoft’s statement saying it has regained control. Unless this is some elaborate publicity stunt, Microsoft’s official YouTube… Read More

Oct 23, 2011, 9:42 AM

Another day, another Android licensing deal for Microsoft

Microsoft today announced its 10th Android patent licensing agreement in the past 18 months, sealing a deal with Taiwan-based electronics… Read More

Oct 22, 2011, 5:56 AM

GeekWire Radio: Steve Jobs bio, Microsoft Store, TechStars, and Pioneer Square’s tech future

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we look ahead to the upcoming Steve Jobs biography, and go… Read More

Oct 21, 2011, 4:49 PM

Microsoft Store ‘fans’ scalping free passes to Seattle concerts

We knew that most of the people waiting for the Microsoft Store grand opening in Seattle this week weren’t actually… Read More

Oct 21, 2011, 3:13 PM

Jobs: Microsoft ‘mostly irrelevant’ with Ballmer in charge

Say this for Steve Jobs: He didn’t sugarcoat things, even in his final days. But the soon-to-be-released biography of the… Read More

Oct 21, 2011, 8:33 AM

First details from Steve Jobs book critical of Gates, Google

Steve Jobs appears to have made peace with Microsoft’s Bill Gates by the end of the Apple co-founder’s life, with… Read More

Oct 20, 2011, 2:34 PM

Microsoft results show how iPad is cutting into Windows PCs

Microsoft says in its quarterly regulatory filing today that sales of PCs to businesses were actually up 5 percent last… Read More

Oct 20, 2011, 1:27 PM

Microsoft hits profit estimates, lifted by Office and servers

Microsoft’s quarterly profits met Wall Street expectations, riding strong results in its Microsoft Business and Server & Tools groups, even… Read More

Oct 20, 2011, 10:08 AM

BlueStacks raises cash to run Android apps on Windows PCs

BlueStacks wants to make it easier to get your Android apps, in full-screen mind you, on Windows PCs. And the… Read More

Oct 20, 2011, 10:03 AM

On the scene: Microsoft opens its first Seattle store

Microsoft opened a new store at University Village in Seattle this morning — the 12th in its fledgling retail chain… Read More

Oct 19, 2011, 2:44 PM

Microsoft’s Seattle store: Wait, you’re not in line for a PC?

Microsoft’s first store inside the Seattle city limits will open Thursday morning, and as with other Microsoft store openings around… Read More

Oct 19, 2011, 12:52 PM

EMC boss Joe Tucci loves being in the backyard of Amazon and Microsoft

EMC Chief Executive Joe Tucci is in Seattle today, celebrating the grand opening of the company’s new 140,000 square foot… Read More