Apr 4, 2011, 3:24 PM Microsoft unveils new Xbox hardware … for game developers Microsoft today announced a new piece of Xbox hardware that could make Xbox 360 games better, in the long… Read More
Apr 4, 2011, 2:56 PM How Windows Phone apps could run on Windows 8 A new leak gives the first real glimpse of what to expect in a special Windows 8 interface for tablets,… Read More
Apr 4, 2011, 1:54 PM Paul Allen violates the rules of ‘Seattle Nice,’ and that’s not such a bad thing Paul Allen’s raw retelling of the early days at Microsoft in his upcoming memoir, “Idea Man,” surprised some in the… Read More
Apr 4, 2011, 12:26 PM Google bids $900M for Nortel patents, but Microsoft already has them in the bag [Post updated at 1:45 p.m. with clarification of Microsoft’s rights to these patents under a previous licensing deal with Nortel.]… Read More
Apr 3, 2011, 7:13 PM India wins the Cricket World Cup, and 1,000 geeks in Redmond go wild The citizens of Calcutta, Mumbai and Bangalore erupted in joy Saturday night as India defeated Sri Lanka in the Cricket… Read More
Apr 3, 2011, 11:14 AM Google’s April Fool’s Day joke, Gmail Motion, comes to life via a Kinect hack The April Fool’s Day joke from Google — Gmail Motion — may not be too far afield after all. Some… Read More
Apr 3, 2011, 11:02 AM Microsoft’s Windows 8 recipe: Hint of Office, dash of Xbox, ounce of Windows Phone Microsoft has already hinted that it wants to make Windows more like Xbox by supporting the Kinect sensor technology and… Read More
Apr 2, 2011, 11:46 AM GeekWire Podcast: Allen vs. Gates, Amazon Cloud Drive, Giant Thinkwell +1 This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we recap a strange week in tech news, including our first glimpse of Paul… Read More
Apr 1, 2011, 2:04 PM Chart: Google Android continues to soar, while Windows Phone slumps You’d think by this time Microsoft might have regained some of its mojo in mobile. But the latest report from… Read More
Apr 1, 2011, 12:41 PM Study: Microsoft’s Ballmer sees approval rating decline Take this with a grain of salt, like a U.S. presidential approval rating based on a limited survey, but the latest… Read More
Mar 31, 2011, 6:40 AM Microsoft filing antitrust complaint vs. Google in Europe Microsoft is back in the middle of an antitrust case in Europe, but this time it’s the one with the… Read More
Mar 30, 2011, 11:07 PM Windows Phone says its apps are real, not padded What is it with these Microsoft groups feeling the need to publicly defend their numbers all of a sudden? The… Read More
Mar 30, 2011, 5:04 PM Microsoft’s IE team: Pay no attention to those stats … yet Much has been made over the past week about Firefox 4 trouncing Internet Explorer 9 in total downloads since the… Read More
Mar 30, 2011, 9:13 AM Report: Paul Allen book has ‘created a rift’ with Bill Gates In telling the story of his early days with Bill Gates, a new memoir by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen appears… Read More
Mar 29, 2011, 11:33 PM Bill Gates and Paul Allen: The raw truth, as told by Allen The first excerpt from Paul Allen’s upcoming memoir, Idea Man, was published online by Vanity Fair tonight. After reading it,… Read More
Mar 29, 2011, 9:29 PM Nightly Notes: Nintendo 3DS, Amazon’s Scratchpad, Android, Space Shuttles and spam First-day U.S. sales of the Nintendo 3DS set a new company record. Look next for aspirin shortages. The record labels… Read More
Mar 29, 2011, 4:38 PM Report: Windows Phone to add NFC mobile payments One of the biggest buzzwords in the mobile industry right now is NFC, or Near Field Communication — a short-range… Read More
Mar 29, 2011, 2:35 PM Microsoft uses Amazon to bolster Apple ‘App Store’ fight Microsoft’s fight against Apple’s attempt to trademark the phrase “App Store” took on new significance last week when Apple sued… Read More
Mar 29, 2011, 12:32 PM Stats: Hotmail still on top worldwide; Gmail gets bigger While researching this morning’s story about the latest interactive features from Microsoft’s Windows Live Hotmail, I realized it had been… Read More
Mar 29, 2011, 11:27 AM Prediction: Windows Phone will top iPhone by 2015 A new study from the IDC research firm predicts that Microsoft’s Windows Phone will surpass the iPhone and Blackberry in… Read More
Mar 29, 2011, 9:00 AM Hotmail gets interactive with Netflix, Posterous, LivingSocial Microsoft’s Hotmail team today will show how more companies plan to use its “Active Views” technology — interactive email messages… Read More
Mar 28, 2011, 3:25 PM Meet the geek under the beak: Microsoftie moonlights as Seattle Seahawks mascot Blitz You’ve probably seen him on the sidelines, in the stands or beating the drums at Qwest Field. After all, with… Read More
Mar 27, 2011, 9:06 AM Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore apologizes, says Windows Phone update ‘has been rocky’ Microsoft continues to take heat over delays in its Windows Phone update program, with corporate vice president Joe Belfiore admitting… Read More
Mar 26, 2011, 7:57 AM GeekWire Podcast: AT&T, T-Mobile and a wild week in tech This week on the GeekWire Podcast: We look back on one of the biggest weeks we can remember in technology… Read More
Mar 25, 2011, 11:57 AM How Microsoft would get people to watch commercials Today’s nomination for Wackiest Microsoft Idea of the Week is a newly surfaced U.S. patent application with this head-scratching title:… Read More
Mar 25, 2011, 7:10 AM Why Microsoft is paying $7.5M for 600,000 IP addresses Microsoft is dropping more than a few jaws with the news that it’s spending $7.5 million to acquire 666,624 IP… Read More
Mar 24, 2011, 8:13 PM Facebook: Mystery search box was caused by someone ‘targeting the browser’ Turns out the mystery web search box that some people saw at the top of Facebook today was a mystery… Read More
Mar 24, 2011, 4:52 PM Facebook web search could be boon for Bing, if it happens [Update: Facebook: Mystery web search box was the result of someone ‘targeting the browser’] A report this afternoon says Facebook… Read More
Mar 24, 2011, 1:50 PM Apple on a $200 billion warpath? Apple has already exceeded Microsoft as the biggest technology company on the planet in terms of market value. (Apple’s is… Read More
Mar 24, 2011, 12:05 PM Firefox: Something fishy about Microsoft’s IE9 aquarium Since its earliest previews of Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft has been pointing to its IE9 Test Drive site for demos… Read More
