Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 222 of 234

Jul 18, 2011, 9:23 AM

Windows Phone 7 customers love their phones (even more than Android customers do)

Sales of Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 have been disappointing, with IDC recently reporting that its market share has dipped to… Read More

Jul 17, 2011, 8:18 AM

U.S. Army tests Android, iPhone and Windows Phone 7

The U.S. Army is nearing the conclusion of a six-week test of more than 300 smartphones and tablet computers, analyzing… Read More

Jul 16, 2011, 9:23 AM

Is Microsoft about to cut off Twitter search results in Bing?

Twitter may be left out in the cold when it comes to its integration with two of the biggest search… Read More

Jul 15, 2011, 3:48 PM

Apple hits record high, now valued at $110 billion more than Microsoft

It was just 14 months ago that Apple passed Microsoft in market value to claim the title of biggest publicly-traded… Read More

Jul 15, 2011, 12:16 PM

Domain purchase fuels speculation of Microsoft-Sony partnership

Earlier today, we told you about Microsoft’s leak of the Web site Socl.com, which caused all sorts of chatter about… Read More

Jul 15, 2011, 10:10 AM

GeekWire Radio: Netflix, Microsoft, EA, and Seattle vs. Portland in tech … and soccer

Special bonus this week: An early edition of the GeekWire radio show/podcast, including our take on the Netflix price hike;… Read More

Jul 15, 2011, 7:07 AM

Did Microsoft just accidentally leak its social search site?

Earlier this week, Fusible.com uncovered a Microsoft splash page at Socl.com which appeared to be part of a larger social… Read More

Jul 14, 2011, 5:10 PM

Xbox 360 still tromping all over the U.S. console market

June was a down month for the U.S. video-game industry overall, but not for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 –which turned in… Read More

Jul 14, 2011, 12:58 PM

Geek of the Week: Jacquelyn Krones, Bing researcher

Our latest Geek of the Week, Jacquelyn Krones, is a true research geek — the type of person who loves… Read More

Jul 14, 2011, 10:37 AM

Car safety via the cloud: Microsoft names winners in Imagine Cup contest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0k6KlZIlaQ Microsoft last night named the winners of its annual Imagine Cup student technology competition, held this year in New… Read More

Jul 13, 2011, 11:19 PM

Microsoft vs. everybody else: The quotable Kevin Turner

Microsoft’s chief operating officer, Kevin Turner, was in rare form Wednesday at the company’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles… Read More

Jul 13, 2011, 1:16 PM

WSJ: Amazon plans Android tablet, touch-screen Kindle

Amazon has been rumored for months to be working on its own multipurpose tablet computer, but this report by the… Read More

Jul 13, 2011, 10:38 AM

Microsoft plans ‘up to 75 more stores’ over next 2 to 3 years

Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles is primarily a strategy update and pep rally for the armies of companies… Read More

Jul 13, 2011, 9:51 AM

Microsoft sued over Windows Phone ads by maker of ‘novelty cellular abuse aids’

Over the years, Microsoft has been subject to plenty of claims that it copies other companies, but this one is… Read More

Jul 12, 2011, 9:22 AM

Citrix buys Cloud.com, challenges Amazon and Microsoft’s Azure

Citrix Systems announced today that it is acquiring Cloud.com, raising the competitive bar on other cloud infrastructure services such as… Read More

Jul 11, 2011, 1:23 PM

Microsoft’s ‘coherent’ UI for PCs, phones, everything else

Microsoft’s default Windows 8 interface, unveiled last month, was clearly modeled in part after the Xbox Live and Windows Phone… Read More

Jul 11, 2011, 10:53 AM

Microsoft: Windows 7 hits 400 million licenses sold

At its Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles this morning, Microsoft updated its Windows 7 sales figures — saying that… Read More

Jul 11, 2011, 9:58 AM

Fighter jet maker Dassault using Microsoft Surface 2.0

The new version of the Microsoft Surface tabletop computer made an unexpected appearance at the recent Paris Air Show, as… Read More

Jul 10, 2011, 8:48 AM

Comments of the Week: Nintendo is the Apple of video games

It was a big week for tech news, with Facebook rolling out its online video chat service with Skype and… Read More

Jul 8, 2011, 10:28 PM

Nerd Notes: Walking with Zuck, connected states, and a note to the future … from 1973

The legends of tech companies are shaped by stories of their weirdest early traditions. (Think Bill Gates having Burgermaster on speed dial.)… Read More

Jul 8, 2011, 2:52 PM

Microsoft board member says group is no rubber stamp

Microsoft’s board of directors has been under increasing scrutiny lately amid renewed calls for CEO Steve Ballmer to step down.… Read More

Jul 8, 2011, 1:53 PM

Rewind: Google+, Facebook, Microsoft Bing and the evolution of Internet search

Our guest this past week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast was Rand Fishkin, the CEO of SEOmoz, the… Read More

Jul 8, 2011, 12:09 PM

Microsoft ‘Imagine Cup’ finals: Ballmer and students on CNN

Microsoft’s Imagine Cup student technology competition has grown into a massive event in less than a decade of existence, with… Read More

Jul 8, 2011, 6:46 AM

Marc Andreessen: Wall Street hates tech and why Microsoft and others are undervalued

Netscape founder Marc Andreessen, who has quickly become one of the most influential Silicon Valley venture capitalists, made some waves… Read More

Jul 7, 2011, 7:03 AM

Amazon wins first round vs. Apple in ‘app store’ fight

Amazon.com’s “Appstore” for Android can keep its name, at least for now, after a federal judge denied Apple’s request for… Read More

Jul 6, 2011, 11:40 AM

Zuckerberg: Microsoft deal gives Skype a ‘sense of stability’ in Facebook’s eyes

One of the more interesting angles on Facebook’s rollout of a new Skype video chat feature today is Microsoft’s role… Read More

Jul 6, 2011, 9:44 AM

Report: Microsoft chases Samsung over Android, seeking $15 per phone

A report out of South Korea this morning says Microsoft is continuing its effort to get royalties from makers of… Read More

Jul 5, 2011, 5:06 PM

Mobile stats: Microsoft lost more than half its U.S. market share in past year

The latest numbers from comScore Networks continue to illustrate the challenge facing Microsoft in the mobile market. On a three-month… Read More

Jul 5, 2011, 4:31 PM

Allrecipes ‘Dinner Spinner’ app comes to Windows Phone

Windows Phone continues to bolster its library of apps, and for some reason Microsoft seems to be having more than… Read More

Jul 5, 2011, 12:11 PM

Tech Moves: Dave Scott heads to NYC; Lockerz CTO takes a break; and many more

We’ve been tracking a number of key appointments, departures and relocations in the Seattle tech industry in recent days. Here… Read More