Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 223 of 234

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

Jul 5, 2011, 9:41 AM

Microsoft Bing innovates on iPad with ‘Lasso’ quick search

Microsoft today is releasing an update for its well-received Bing app for Apple’s iPad, with a new feature designed to… Read More

Jul 5, 2011, 8:20 AM

Microsoft announces another Android patent deal and signals claims vs. Chrome

Microsoft today announced that another Android hardware maker, Wistron Corp., has agreed to pay royalties to Microsoft for its use… Read More

Jul 4, 2011, 2:16 PM

Kinect quadrocopter flight, perfected by Swiss researchers

One of the projects recently used to demonstrate Microsoft’s new Kinect software development kit for Windows was a quadrocopter control… Read More

Jul 4, 2011, 11:36 AM

Microsoft Bing aims for bigger role in China with Baidu deal

Microsoft today confirmed an expanded partnership with China’s largest search engine, Baidu, to provide English search results to Baidu users… Read More

Jul 2, 2011, 5:47 AM

GeekWire Radio: Google+ vs. Facebook, Ballmer sounds off, and new stuff in Internet search

On this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast, we analyze Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s booming response to the question of… Read More

Jul 1, 2011, 1:02 PM

Windows Phone loads up on apps, still waiting on users

Good news and still-not-very-good news for Microsoft’s Windows Phone today … Good: The Windows Phone Marketplace now boasts more than… Read More

Jul 1, 2011, 10:39 AM

Report: Microsoft in the mix as Hulu explores possible sale

Microsoft would no doubt have the money to buy Hulu, the popular online television and movie service, but would it… Read More

Jul 1, 2011, 10:03 AM

Microsoft, Apple, others beat Google with $4.5B bid for giant Nortel patent trove

A consortium that includes Microsoft, Apple and Sony bid a whopping $4.5 billion in cash to win more than 6,000… Read More

Jun 30, 2011, 2:57 PM

Microsoft closing down Hohm energy management service

Attention, startups: The home-energy management market just got a lot less competitive — for anyone who can figure out a… Read More

Jun 30, 2011, 12:53 PM

Microsoft doesn’t need to replace Ballmer as much as it needs to replace Gates

Commentary: With his booming voice and boundless optimism, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is the technology industry’s version of a head… Read More