Tech – Page 303 of 319

Apr 12, 2012, 1:32 PM

Google profits climb, company announces stock split

Google’s profits rose sharply in the first quarter, to $2.89 billion, with CEO Larry Page saying the company is seeing… Read More

Apr 11, 2012, 4:11 PM

Microsoft wins round vs. Motorola in key patent case

In a closely watched technology patent dispute, a federal judge in Seattle this afternoon granted Microsoft’s motion for a temporary… Read More

Apr 11, 2012, 2:22 PM

Surprise: Worldwide PC shipments rise slightly

New numbers released this afternoon show an increase of about 2 percent in worldwide PC shipments for the first quarter,… Read More

Apr 11, 2012, 9:12 AM

From software geeks to lumberjacks: The top 10 best and worst jobs in the U.S.

The lumber industry and the software industry each play a critical role in the Pacific Northwest, anchored by giant corporations… Read More

Apr 9, 2012, 11:21 AM

Photo Gallery: The Heroines of Sakura-Con

On the first warm weekend of Spring, more than 14,000 costumed characters flooded the Convention Center in Seattle for Sakura-Con,… Read More

Apr 6, 2012, 1:28 PM

GeekWire Update: Where we stand, one year later

GeekWire’s one-year anniversary was March 7, but we were so busy with the GeekWire Summit that we didn’t get a… Read More

Apr 5, 2012, 12:44 PM

‘Shadowrun Returns’ fully funded, $400k in 28 hours

Veteran Seattle-area video-game designer Jordan Weisman and his colleagues at Harebrained Schemes turned to Kickstarter yesterday to fund “Shadowrun Returns,”… Read More

Apr 5, 2012, 10:49 AM

Patent filing: Google’s self-driving car could pick up the kids, swerve to avoid deer

A Google patent application made public today goes into great detail about the possibilities of its self-driving car project — and… Read More

Apr 4, 2012, 3:27 PM

Shadowrun Returns: Fan funding revives a dream

[Follow-up, Thursday: Shadowrun Returns fully funded, $400k in 28 hours] Seattle-area video-game designer Jordan Weisman has long aspired to revive… Read More

Apr 4, 2012, 11:59 AM

Emerald City Comicon attracts record 53,000 people, plans to expand next year

If the crowds felt bigger at Emerald City Comicon in Seattle this past weekend, it wasn’t a Jedi mind trick. The… Read More

Apr 4, 2012, 11:32 AM

Browsium lands biggest customer yet, moving UK agency from IE6 to IE9

Browsium, the Redmond startup whose technology lets companies run legacy web apps in the latest versions of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer… Read More

Apr 4, 2012, 9:53 AM

Direct Impact buys Crowdverb to bolster ‘grassroots’ campaigns

Crowdverb, a Seattle social media monitoring startup led by Todd Herman, Sally Poliak and Cyrus Krohn, has been acquired in… Read More

Apr 4, 2012, 9:05 AM

Flickr adopts Bezos-backed Aviary for photo editing, replacing Google’s Picnik

Flickr today is announcing a partnership with startup Aviary to roll out a new photo-editing experience for Flickr users starting… Read More

Apr 3, 2012, 12:22 PM

Starbucks’ latest perk: A discount on Google Offers to help boost American jobs

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz may sit on Groupon’s board. But the Seattle coffee retailer appears to have developed a taste… Read More

Apr 2, 2012, 9:32 AM

Craig McCaw-backed Pendrell makes a big patent buy

Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures may be the best known of the patent holding firms in the Seattle area. But another… Read More

Apr 2, 2012, 7:36 AM

Update: Valve not behind Half-Life April Fool’s Joke

[Update/Correction: As noted by a reader in the comments below, the April Fool’s joke was on a spoofed domain that… Read More

Apr 1, 2012, 10:57 AM

NASCAR tries Google’s self-driving car, Big Fish debuts ‘Mime Something’ … and other great April Fool’s gags

Yep, it’s that time of year again, that very special day when the world’s tech companies try to outdo one… Read More

Mar 30, 2012, 12:35 PM

Survey shows changes in tech use at state’s biggest university

Enthusiasm for technology runs wide and deep at the University of Washington, which recently took a snapshot of current tech… Read More

Mar 30, 2012, 10:41 AM

Attorney rating service Avvo prevails in libel case, calls it a victory for ‘Web transparency’ and First Amendment

Calling it a victory for Web transparency and the First Amendment, Seattle-based Avvo today said that a judge has dismissed… Read More

Mar 30, 2012, 10:09 AM

New datacenter coming to the old Isilon building

Digital Fortress plans to open a new 25,000 square foot data center just north of downtown Seattle this July, adding… Read More

Mar 30, 2012, 9:28 AM

City of Seattle ties for first in web, social media savvy study

A study from the University of Illinois at Chicago is giving top marks to the City of Seattle for its… Read More

Mar 30, 2012, 8:23 AM

Paul Allen bankrolls Wikidata: Project to help Wikipedia editors more easily enter information

It sure has been a busy couple of weeks for Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. From squashing rumors about the sale… Read More

Mar 29, 2012, 9:02 AM

Fiddling with user timelines: A wrong turn for Twitter?

As social web services proliferate, I’m finding Twitter, my first love, the only one that’s truly become a natural feature… Read More

Mar 28, 2012, 2:48 PM

Seattle schools to offer digital animation, game courses

Budding digital animators and game programmers will soon have another option for learning those skills — through Seattle Public Schools’… Read More

Mar 28, 2012, 12:34 PM

Seattle ranks in top 5 for broadband download speed

Feeling a bit sluggish, Seattle? Perhaps a move to Austin, San Francisco or Boston will perk you up. Pando Networks,… Read More

Mar 27, 2012, 7:54 AM

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen victim of identity theft

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has become the subject of identity theft, with a an AWOL U.S. soldier in Pittsburgh charged… Read More

Mar 25, 2012, 8:30 AM

Productivity Porn: 7 tricks for beating procrastination

We procrastinate for a variety of reasons. Fear. Intimidation. Laziness. Distractions. All reasonable obstacles. But if you’re prioritized your tasks… Read More

Mar 23, 2012, 7:54 AM

Bill Gates: ‘Cheap energy is like a fantastic vaccine’

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is back in the news, talking about the importance of nuclear power. And while the software… Read More

Mar 22, 2012, 12:20 PM

An advanced guide to using Instagram to build your brand

It’s the pictures, stupid. That’s basically what the people at Facebook will tell you when it comes to the most… Read More

Mar 21, 2012, 3:02 PM

Giant Star Wars TIE fighter for sale on Craigslist

Maybe the Museum of Flight could buy this thing and put it next to that replica Space Shuttle when it… Read More