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Apr 13, 2011, 1:05 PM

Chart: Another record year for online advertising

Despite a rocky economy, more dollars continue to shift to online advertising. And that could be good news for a… Read More

Apr 13, 2011, 10:55 AM

Speed test: Windows Phone IE9 vs. iPhone 4 and Android

At Microsoft’s MIX conference in Las Vegas this morning, the company announced a series of enhancements for the next version… Read More

Apr 12, 2011, 1:33 PM

Ex-Microsoft employee charged with stealing $450k from company

Federal prosecutors in Seattle have charged a former Microsoft business development director, Robert D. Curry, with three counts of wire… Read More

Apr 12, 2011, 9:36 AM

IE10? Yep, Microsoft gives early preview of next browser

Fresh off the release of Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft this morning gave the first small glimpse of its plans for… Read More

Apr 12, 2011, 8:18 AM

Former Microsoft GM Anna Collins named president of PhotoRocket

Anna Collins, a former general manager at Microsoft, has been tapped as president of PhotoRocket. Collins spent the past seven… Read More

Apr 11, 2011, 6:19 PM

Sneak peek: Is this Microsoft’s Windows 8 App Store?

Microsoft’s early planning documents for Windows 8, the next version of the PC operating system, suggested that the company was… Read More

Apr 11, 2011, 4:20 PM

The project that just won Microsoft’s U.S. Imagine Cup

Earlier today I stopped by the Microsoft campus in Redmond to check out many of the finalists in the company’s… Read More

Apr 11, 2011, 2:43 PM

Data: Bing, Yahoo gain on Google

Microsoft Bing and Yahoo both posted gains in the U.S. search market in March, lifting their combined market share to… Read More

Apr 11, 2011, 10:25 AM

Windows app store Allmyapps reaches 100,000 users

Allmyapps, an online app store for Windows PC reminiscent of Apple’s App Store for Mac, this morning announced that it… Read More

Apr 11, 2011, 9:36 AM

Microsoft calls Google out after U.S. disputes Google Apps for Gov’t security claim

Documents unsealed last week by a federal court, and posted online by Microsoft this morning, show the U.S. government disputing… Read More

Apr 11, 2011, 7:58 AM

Microsoft ‘TouchStudio’ uses phone to program phone

The capabilities of mobile phones have come a long way in the past few years, but a new Windows Phone… Read More

Apr 8, 2011, 1:36 PM

Early Microsoft partner HTC rides Android past new Microsoft partner Nokia

Microsoft and HTC tied their fortunes together in the emerging smartphone market a decade ago, back when people were still… Read More

Apr 8, 2011, 10:56 AM

U.S. lets Google’s ITA deal fly, with some baggage

The U.S. Justice Department and Google have reached a deal clearing the way for the search giant’s $700 million acquisition… Read More

Apr 8, 2011, 9:01 AM

Comcast iPad app adopts Microsoft media technology

In a bit of cross-lake collaboration, Microsoft is now working with thePlatform, Comcast’s Seattle-based tech subsidiary, to integrate some of… Read More

Apr 7, 2011, 3:28 PM

‘Hoarders’ psychologist helps me stop being a digital packrat

A couple weeks ago I cleared more than 10,000 emails from my primary personal webmail inbox, dating back almost three… Read More

Apr 7, 2011, 1:09 PM

Facebook shakes things up, shares data center secrets

Facebook today took the unusual step of starting to share with the world the techniques it has developed to make… Read More

Apr 7, 2011, 10:23 AM

Will Windows Phone surpass the iPhone by 2015? Gartner thinks so

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again. Microsoft is way behind in mobile. But the company, which is… Read More

Apr 7, 2011, 9:25 AM

Microsoft releases first iPad app, Bing, and it looks slick

Yes, Microsoft aspires to topple Apple’s iPad, but the company also hopes to come from behind against Google. And in… Read More

Apr 6, 2011, 4:36 PM

Follow-up: What Microsoft and Toyota are actually doing, and how it’s different

The news today that Microsoft and Toyota are working on a cloud computing system for cars — described by the… Read More

Apr 6, 2011, 11:54 AM

How Facebook’s new Seattle engineers put its mobile revamp months ahead

Seattle is Facebook’s first major remote engineering base outside its Palo Alto HQ, so it’s a test case for future… Read More

Apr 6, 2011, 11:26 AM

Microsoft, Toyota join forces on cloud computing for cars

Microsoft and Toyota have entered a new strategic partnership to build a next-gen information and telecommunications platform for Toyota’s vehicles… Read More

Apr 6, 2011, 8:19 AM

Apple throws Microsoft’s Mac Office a MobileMe curveball

Microsoft next week will release the first service pack for its Office for Mac 2011 suite, with new features including… Read More

Apr 6, 2011, 7:52 AM

Meet Microsoft’s new marketing boss: Chris Capossela

The guy who previously headed marketing for Microsoft’s Office products is now taking on that role for the entire company.… Read More

Apr 5, 2011, 4:17 PM

Microsoft + Toyota: Cars or the cloud … or both?

Microsoft and Toyota will be announcing a “new collaboration between the companies” on Wednesday afternoon, and the involvement of CEOs… Read More

Apr 5, 2011, 2:52 PM

Microsoft shifts Hohm away from homes, focuses on electric cars

Microsoft unveiled the Hohm service in order to help home owners get a better sense of their energy consumption. But nearly… Read More

Apr 5, 2011, 10:16 AM

Why Nasdaq is giving Apple less weight, and Microsoft more

Nasdaq this morning sent a wave through the stock market with the announcement that that it will “rebalance” its closely… Read More

Apr 5, 2011, 8:27 AM

How to write on a Nordstrom window with Microsoft’s Kinect

Nordstrom’s flagship store in downtown Seattle is currently featuring a neat little technological trick, allowing passersby to write and doodle… Read More

Apr 4, 2011, 10:34 PM

Nerd Notes: Volcanoes, sports, sneakers and moonbuggys

Sci-fi fantasy novelist George R.R. Martin feels cheated by the “Lost” finale. Lost co-creator Damon Lindeloff feels like starting a… Read More

Apr 4, 2011, 8:35 PM

Virtual reality visionary Jaron Lanier on his Microsoft gig: Kinect is ‘beautiful, exciting’

https://youtu.be/-Vc9GMGZurY A while back I got a chance to sit in on a session with Jaron Lanier, the guy credited… Read More

Apr 4, 2011, 5:43 PM

Windows Phone 7 update with no wait … if you dare

The first major update to Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 OS, dubbed “NoDo,” has been a long wait, particularly for people… Read More