Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 226 of 234

Jun 6, 2011, 9:22 AM

Video: Kinect goes Star Wars

One of the E3 leaks from Microsoft’s website this morning was a new Star Wars game for the Kinect motion-sensor,… Read More

Jun 6, 2011, 9:11 AM

Halo 4 in development, and other E3 leaks from Microsoft’s own site

Halo 4 is “on the way.” That’s the (inadvertently) official word from Microsoft this morning. The company isn’t taking the stage… Read More

Jun 5, 2011, 9:55 PM

Apple, Xbox set to battle for attention of tech world

It’s hard to remember a week with so many big tech companies staging so many potentially big announcements. It kicks… Read More

Jun 5, 2011, 10:52 AM

‘Seattle feels a lot like Bangalore,’ and other comments of the week

Fashion advice for Bill Gates. A new operating system that could rival … Vista. And how Seattle compares to Bangalore,… Read More

Jun 4, 2011, 5:12 PM

‘Pranksters’ or ‘vandals’? Windows logo installed on future Apple store

This video, taken outside an Apple store under construction in Hamburg, Germany, is spreading around the Internet like wildfire this… Read More

Jun 4, 2011, 9:55 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Groupon’s IPO, Microsoft’s Windows 8, and Twitter’s place in the world

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we discuss Groupon’s IPO, the unveiling of Microsoft’s next Windows version, and the end… Read More

Jun 3, 2011, 2:50 PM

Microsoft’s Windows 8 demo video is a low-budget hit

Microsoft’s video this week unveiling the new Windows 8 interface was remarkable not just for the content but for the… Read More

Jun 3, 2011, 10:00 AM

Future of comic books? Microsoft, Disney release ‘Tron: Legacy’ in HTML5

Comic books made the leap to the online world long ago, but Microsoft and Disney are aiming to take things… Read More

Jun 3, 2011, 8:28 AM

Platform or not, Microsoft’s Xbox business is booming

Next week is the big E3 video-game convention, and Microsoft’s Xbox team this morning kicked off the competitive jockeying by… Read More

Jun 2, 2011, 10:35 PM

Video: Bill Gates wrote the checks, and Melinda drove the vision for foundation campus

Bill Gates may have written the checks for his foundation’s beautiful new $500 million campus in the heart of Seattle.… Read More

Jun 2, 2011, 3:15 PM

Rewind: Microsoft’s ‘Ben the PC Guy’ on the new ‘Golden Age of PC Design’

Sure, Windows 8 looks snazzy with that tile interface and stuff, but what are you going to buy in the… Read More

Jun 2, 2011, 8:44 AM

WSJ report: A wave of Silicon Valley giants arrive on Seattle’s shores

Silicon Valley tech giants have been flocking to Seattle in recent for months, with companies such as Facebook, Salesforce.com and… Read More

Jun 2, 2011, 7:59 AM

Windows 8: A radical change for Windows, and a huge gamble for Microsoft

Early versions of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile, developed a decade ago, had the feel of the Windows PC desktop. The theory… Read More

Jun 2, 2011, 1:59 AM

Skype, Sparkbuy, Steve Ballmer at USC and other top stories for May

At a Belltown coffee shop yesterday, I spotted a guy at a nearby table reading GeekWire. I got a bit… Read More

Jun 1, 2011, 4:20 PM

Windows 8, the first real glimpse: Tiles on a tablet

[Updated below] Microsoft’s Windows 8 will offer new start screen optimized for tablet/slate computers that uses a tile interface reminiscent… Read More

Jun 1, 2011, 9:42 AM

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings on his Microsoft board position, Steve Ballmer dustup

Following Google chairman Eric Schmidt’s digs at Microsoft last night, the Redmond company continued to serve as a subplot at… Read More

Jun 1, 2011, 8:54 AM

Last words from a Sidekick 3: ‘iPhone can suck it’

Last night, as the clock ticked down toward the shutdown of the online service for legacy T-Mobile Sidekick devices, I… Read More

May 31, 2011, 10:53 PM

Google’s Eric Schmidt: Microsoft ‘not driving the consumer revolution’

There were plenty of headline-grabbing comments from Google chairman Eric Schmidt tonight coming out of the D9 conference in California. Many… Read More

May 31, 2011, 3:44 PM

Chart: Steve Ballmer’s approval rating plummets among Microsoft employees

Hedge fund manager David Einhorn created a stir last week when he suggested that it was time for Steve… Read More

May 31, 2011, 2:10 PM

Microsoft Bing takes Streetside out of the bubble

Microsoft today rolled out a new version of its Streetside feature for Bing Maps that is getting some credit for… Read More

May 31, 2011, 10:39 AM

Apple brings iWork to iPhone, Microsoft’s Mac unit still mum on Office for iPhone

Apple this morning debuted versions of its iWork productivity applications for iPhone and iPod touch, adapting the Pages word processing,… Read More

May 31, 2011, 8:46 AM

Nokia, struggling against Android, looks to Windows Phone this year

Nokia this morning dropped a bomb with new sales forecasts “substantially below” its previous expectations for the current quarter. The… Read More

May 30, 2011, 9:24 AM

Microsoft cashing in on Android? Amazing, yet not surprising

We’ve known for a while that Microsoft was getting a cut of HTC’s sales of Android devices, under a patent… Read More

May 28, 2011, 11:04 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Lady Gaga crashes Amazon, iPads in the cockpit, and Ben the PC Guy

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, our guest is Microsoft’s Ben Rudolph, better known as “Ben the PC Guy,” who… Read More

May 27, 2011, 11:19 AM

From Danger to Android: The saga of the T-Mobile Sidekick

One of the iconic devices of the mobile revolution, the T-Mobile Sidekick, will reach a milestone next Tuesday with the… Read More

May 27, 2011, 10:13 AM

Analyst: Microsoft can still be a player in tablets

Microsoft is certainly playing a tough game of catch-up against Apple’s iPad. But the software giant can make a comeback… Read More

May 26, 2011, 3:58 PM

Q&A: VMWare CTO Steve Herrod on cloud competition and the future of apps

Steve Herrod, chief technology officer for VMWare, made a swing through Seattle today, amid news that the company is planning a… Read More

May 26, 2011, 1:21 PM

Microsoft board backs Ballmer after hedge fund manager calls for CEO’s resignation

Investor David Einhorn stirred up a hornet’s nest earlier this week when the hedge fund manager reportedly said that Microsoft CEO… Read More

May 26, 2011, 10:11 AM

Microsoft takes heat after Skype outage enrages users

Microsoft doesn’t even own Skype yet, but it is already taking blame for an outage that impacted some users of… Read More

May 25, 2011, 5:41 PM

Hedge fund manager calls for Microsoft’s Ballmer to step aside

Multiple reports this afternoon quote influential and controversial hedge fund manager David Einhorn, a longtime Microsoft shareholder, saying that it’s… Read More