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Aug 15, 2011, 6:18 PM

Microsoft adding more voice to Xbox, Windows Phone, and pretty much everything else

Speech technology from Microsoft’s Tellme group is quickly becoming a bigger part of the company’s products, starting with the upcoming revamps… Read More

Aug 15, 2011, 3:25 PM

Microsoft downgrades Linux threat, and Sinofsky blogging again

News and notes from the Microsoft beat … Linux no longer a Windows threat? Microsoft’s latest annual report with the… Read More

Aug 15, 2011, 2:11 PM

Google, Motorola, and Microsoft’s role in one of the strangest tech deals ever

Companies sometimes do odd things in response to their competitors, but Google’s $12.5 billion agreement to acquire Motorola ranks up… Read More

Aug 15, 2011, 10:18 AM

Microsoft goes to the matte: Xbox 360 losing its glossy sheen

Should home electronics come in glossy or matte? OK, so it’s not exactly the weightiest debate of our time, but… Read More

Aug 14, 2011, 12:26 PM

The real risks of being a geek, and other quotes of the week

The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “I FULLY UNDERSTAND: (a) that the Experiments… Read More

Aug 12, 2011, 2:03 PM

Chart: The PC isn’t dead, it’s just another one of our devices

Today is the 30th anniversary of the unveiling of the IBM PC, one of the landmark moments of the digital revolution. This… Read More

Aug 12, 2011, 1:06 PM

Five weird (and wacky) pursuits of rich tech moguls

“Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.” That line from F. Scott… Read More

Aug 12, 2011, 9:27 AM

Microsoft’s ‘KinectFusion’ creates real-time, 3D model of an entire room, and more

Is this a glimpse of the future of Kinect for Xbox 360 and Windows? During a Microsoft Research demo event… Read More

Aug 11, 2011, 4:08 PM

Geek of the Week: Adnan Mahmud, Jolkona co-founder

Our latest Geek of the Week, Adnan Mahmud, thinks big about technology as a way to tackle the world’s problems.… Read More

Aug 11, 2011, 3:15 PM

Microsoft: Xbox 360 on track for biggest year in Xbox history

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 landed atop the U.S. console market once again in July, according to a statement just released by… Read More

Aug 11, 2011, 10:09 AM

Microsoft’s Windows Phone market share falls below 2% — in 6th place behind Samsung Bada

Microsoft suddenly has a new competitive obstacle in its effort to rebound in the smartphone market. And its name is… Read More

Aug 10, 2011, 11:58 AM

Google Parcel Service? Search company patents electronic shipping notifications

Google’s battle against Microsoft and Apple over their use of “bogus” patents promises to result in greater scrutiny of its… Read More

Aug 9, 2011, 11:50 AM

How did Steve Jobs do it? Apple (briefly) tops Exxon Mobil to claim most valuable company title

It wasn’t that long ago that we were writing about Apple surpassing Microsoft to claim the title of the most… Read More

Aug 9, 2011, 10:27 AM

Spoof: What happens when Microsoft’s top execs carpool to work together

Following the leak of Microsoft’s recent “Gmail Man” spoof, a new video from the company’s annual sales confab has surfaced… Read More

Aug 9, 2011, 8:58 AM

Looking to remove the pain of venture investing, Microsoft BizSpark allies with CapLinked

Raising venture capital has pretty much worked the same way for years. Entrepreneurs hop on a plane or in a… Read More

Aug 9, 2011, 8:22 AM

Ignition leads $10 million round in New York’s Apprenda

We’ve been writing a lot lately about how Ignition Partners is transforming itself into a national firm, doing deals wherever… Read More

Aug 8, 2011, 2:37 PM

Fruit Ninja to give Microsoft’s Xbox Kinect some extra juice

Fruit Ninja debuts this week for Microsoft’s Xbox Live — using the Kinect motion sensor to let gamers slice through… Read More

Aug 8, 2011, 12:24 PM

Tech startups: Ice cream is great, but utilities make the world go around

Guest Commentary: Lately I have had a recurring theme running through my head – “didn’t I see that startup idea before,… Read More

Aug 8, 2011, 10:37 AM

Skype’s feature frenzy continues with Mac update, HD video calls

Skype seems to be savoring its final moments of independence with a flurry of new features. With Microsoft’s $8.5 billion… Read More

Aug 8, 2011, 9:33 AM

Windows Phone GM leaving Microsoft, with a rallying cry

Microsoft veteran Charlie Kindel, who led the effort to get independent app developers on board with Windows Phone, is leaving… Read More

Aug 8, 2011, 12:32 AM

Microsoft figures out how to make a nearly perfect 3D model of the human face

You know you’re on to something in computer graphics when you get to explain in your research paper how you’ve advanced… Read More

Aug 6, 2011, 10:51 AM

GeekWire Radio: Sex, phones, Internet Explorer and Bitcoin

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we assess a new study that demonstrates just how devoted (or… Read More

Aug 5, 2011, 12:55 PM

Blind Microsoft engineer setting triathlon records

At the Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas competition three months ago, Microsoft software engineer Patricia Walsh put in an impressive time of 11… Read More

Aug 4, 2011, 4:14 PM

Bing brings mall maps to mobile: No more getting lost in the market (or J Crew)

A new mobile browsing option from Bing is going to make it a bit easier to find your way to… Read More

Aug 4, 2011, 2:06 PM

Google responds to Microsoft’s ‘gotcha’, and Microsoft fires back

Feel free to skip the soaps today — this little saga should be more than enough for your daily allotment… Read More

Aug 4, 2011, 11:31 AM

This is the guy who convinced everyone that IE users are dumb

His name is Tarandeep Gill. He’s a web developer and entrepreneur, a graduate of the Georgia Tech computer science program,… Read More

Aug 4, 2011, 10:04 AM

New Bungie film goes behind the games (Watch it with us)

Bungie, the Seattle-area game studio best known for the blockbuster Halo franchise for Microsoft’s Xbox, just released a nearly hour-long… Read More

Aug 4, 2011, 9:25 AM

Obama to pick ex-Microsoft executive as new CIO

Steven VanRoekel, a former Microsoft executive, is expected to be chosen by President Barack Obama as the country’s next chief… Read More

Aug 3, 2011, 5:41 PM

Microsoft: Google declined invite to bid together on Novell patents

The war of words is escalating quickly between Microsoft and Google over patents and Android. Microsoft’s general counsel responded this… Read More

Aug 3, 2011, 3:46 PM

Digitizing the night sky … inside the UW’s planetarium

It’s a quiet, sunny summer afternoon at the University of Washington’s physics-astronomy complex. But inside the hushed, empty auditorium building,… Read More