Aug 24, 2011, 7:30 AM Another Microsoft alliance in China: MSN teams with Renren social network MSN China has signed an agreement with the social networking site Renren in China to connect features across the two… Read More
Aug 23, 2011, 9:34 PM Microsoft previews smarter file copying in Windows 8 Microsoft tonight showed a new approach to copying and moving files in Windows 8, the next version of its PC… Read More
Aug 23, 2011, 6:28 AM Microsoft teams with China’s top Linux vendor in the cloud Microsoft and China Standard Software Co. plan to work together develop and sell cloud cloud computing technologies in the country. The… Read More
Aug 23, 2011, 5:19 AM Amazon ‘ElastiCache’ promises to boost web app performance Amazon Web Services this morning made a new pitch for running web apps on its cloud computing platform, introducing a… Read More
Aug 22, 2011, 9:55 PM Seattle Sonics make comeback in latest ‘NBA Jam’ remake Here’s a rare bit of good news for Seattle’s jilted NBA fans: The Glove, The Reign Man and even Detlef… Read More
Aug 22, 2011, 4:02 PM Microsoft vs. Motorola, webOS vs. WP7, and a notebook that goes nine days on one charge News and notes from the Microsoft beat … Microsoft and Motorola are squaring off starting today in front of the… Read More
Aug 22, 2011, 11:36 AM Seattle named No. 1 tech city in U.S. by Scientific American* A new ranking by Scientific American magazine names Seattle the top city for technology in the country — ahead of… Read More
Aug 22, 2011, 10:47 AM Video: Microsoft bridges Xbox, Windows Phone games via Kinect and QR codes Microsoft this morning showed a new way share game content across Xbox 360 and Windows Phone. One Microsoft executive described… Read More
Aug 22, 2011, 8:11 AM Microsoft allies Ford and Toyota to collaborate on technology standards A new partnership announced between Ford and Toyota this morning is attracting lots of attention, primarily focused on the companies’ plans… Read More
Aug 21, 2011, 10:05 PM Trapeze artists, TouchPads, Angry Birds … and other quotes of the week The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “I am last to speak at #is15. The… Read More
Aug 21, 2011, 3:47 PM Future Microsoft division Skype makes buy of its own, striking a deal for GroupMe Skype, in the process of being acquired by Microsoft for $8.5 billion, this afternoon got more company on the road… Read More
Aug 20, 2011, 12:48 PM Chart: Hundreds of thousands of apps, but only a fraction really matter in the end Much is made of the sheer size of each mobile platform’s library of third-party apps. iPhone and Android ring up… Read More
Aug 20, 2011, 9:37 AM Weekend Humor: Hitler gets the bad news about HP ditching the TouchPad I am huge fan of Downfall, a classic war film that depicts Adolf Hitler’s last days in Berlin. But even… Read More
Aug 19, 2011, 11:55 AM Microsoft explains Office 365 outage, offers customer credit Microsoft’s new Office 365 cloud-based service took a hit this week when customers were unable to access email and other… Read More
Aug 19, 2011, 9:48 AM Can ex-Microsoft employees make great entrepreneurs? Guest commentary: I was casually talking with a partner at a local venture firm recently, and he lamented: “We don’t… Read More
Aug 19, 2011, 6:13 AM Microsoft app coordinates meetups on a map — stepping on Glympse’s toes? [Updated below with comments from Glympse and Microsoft] A new Windows Phone app released by Microsoft Bing this week —… Read More
Aug 18, 2011, 4:48 PM HP, Apple, iPad, webOS and the upheaval of the PC market Hewlett-Packard is the largest PC maker in the world, significantly outpacing even longtime rival Dell these days. So it was… Read More
Aug 18, 2011, 12:18 PM HP shedding PC business: Why Microsoft should buy it Bloomberg News caused a big stir in the tech world today with a report that Hewlett-Packard is looking to spin off… Read More
Aug 18, 2011, 10:35 AM Dilbert creator likes Windows Phone, ‘hipster credibility’ aside Scott Adams, the guy behind the Dilbert cartoons, turns tech reviewer on his blog today, offering his take after testing… Read More
Aug 18, 2011, 8:42 AM Google seeks Cloudboard patent, Ray Ozzie’s Live Clipboard rolls over in its grave How’s this for a copy-paste? Google wants to patent a technology called “Server-Based Data Sharing in Computer Applications,” which describes… Read More
Aug 18, 2011, 12:03 AM Does working at Microsoft really turn your brain numb? Call it the Silicon Valley invasion. Facebook, Google, HP, Zynga and Salesforce.com — driven by an insatiable need for talented… Read More
Aug 17, 2011, 2:20 PM Microsoft cloud service Office 365 hit with outage We’ve been hearing reports today that Microsoft’s Office 365 service — which includes new online versions of Exchange, SharePoint and… Read More
Aug 17, 2011, 12:39 PM Skype WiFi: Another iOS app for Microsoft’s portfolio Skype today released its free Skype WiFi app for iPhone and iPad. It’s the latest in a flurry of new product… Read More
Aug 17, 2011, 10:08 AM Windows Phone games: Details on Microsoft’s ‘Fast Async’ service As part of an update about upcoming Windows Phone gaming features, Microsoft this week offered a teaser about a new service… Read More
Aug 16, 2011, 2:14 PM Amazon launches U.S. ‘GovCloud’ with plug from NASA Jet Propulsion Lab Amazon Web Services is aiming to land more business from the U.S. government and its contractors with the rollout of… Read More
Aug 16, 2011, 12:27 PM Google overhauls search results with giant swaths of sitelinks Google is making a major change to its search results pages, giving a huge amount of real estate to the… Read More
Aug 16, 2011, 11:33 AM Netflix for Kids, LinkedIn apps, and other new stuff to try Interesting new releases and downloads catching our attention today … Netflix rolled out a new section of its website called… Read More
Aug 16, 2011, 10:26 AM Firefox releases get smaller, as do Internet Explorer cakes Mozilla debuted Firefox 6 today, less than two months after coming out with Firefox 5. The new rapid release schedule might seem… Read More
Aug 16, 2011, 8:00 AM Former Xbox chief Robbie Bach resurfaces on Sonos board Robbie Bach, the former head of Microsoft’s Xbox business, is returning to the technology world, sorta. Bach, a 22-year Microsoft… Read More
Aug 16, 2011, 7:24 AM Ballmer critic boosts Microsoft stake by more than 60 percent David Einhorn isn’t a Steve Ballmer fan, but he’s still a big believer in Microsoft — at least at its… Read More
