Tech – Page 309 of 319

Nov 13, 2011, 8:58 AM

Seattle and UW look to light up 500 miles of fiber to help solve broadband woes

Mike McGinn has worked hard to bring high-speed Internet access to parts of Pioneer Square. Now, the Seattle mayor is… Read More

Nov 12, 2011, 5:01 PM

LinkedIn, Zillow among the top IPOs of a tough 2011

It was shaping up to be a solid year for initial public offerings. But then things hit a wall in… Read More

Nov 11, 2011, 2:18 PM

Hooked on the ‘now’: Facebook tries — and fails — to move users beyond recency

Is there no higher relevance than recency? Facebook changed the way its popular NewsFeed works back in September to prioritize… Read More

Nov 8, 2011, 9:52 PM

Video Flashback: ‘We’re not going to arrest anybody for wearing a blue polo shirt’

Those funny people at the organization “Improv Everywhere” are celebrating their 10th anniversary by releasing remastered videos of their all-time… Read More

Nov 8, 2011, 2:50 PM

Irvine resigns as CEO of Blue Nile

Blue Nile CEO Diane Irvine plans to resign as CEO of the Seattle online jewelry retailer effective this Friday. No… Read More

Nov 8, 2011, 9:54 AM

Firefox adds Twitter search, gets Kindle Cloud Reader

Mozilla released Firefox 8 this morning, continuing its pattern of small and rapid version updates. In that spirit, one of… Read More

Nov 8, 2011, 7:42 AM

Intellectual Ventures and LG Electronics reach patent deal

Intellectual Ventures has just added another big company to its stable of patent licensees, announcing a patent agreement with consumer… Read More

Nov 7, 2011, 10:36 AM

Warner Brothers cuts staff at Seattle-area gaming studios

Warner Brothers Games has cut staffing at game studios throughout the Seattle area, according to a report on Joystiq. The… Read More

Nov 5, 2011, 9:18 AM

RIP Andy Rooney: A look back at his classic Bill Gates rant

It was a tradition in my family each Sunday night to order a Coccia House pizza and watch “60 Minutes.”… Read More

Nov 4, 2011, 10:56 AM

Microsoft Bing home page marks UW’s 150th anniversary

Hey, sometimes it works out pretty well to have a search engine in your own backyard. Microsoft Bing today is… Read More

Nov 3, 2011, 9:41 AM

Gates a better role model than Jobs, says Harvard scholar

Following the death of Steve Jobs, much has been written about the Apple co-founder’s impact on the world. But a… Read More

Nov 3, 2011, 8:32 AM

Video: Microsoft ‘Roborazzi’ makes us feel like Lindsay Lohan

Yesterday at the Seattle Interactive Conference downtown, I went down to the basement a few times to check in on… Read More

Nov 2, 2011, 5:09 PM

Why Northeastern University chose Seattle, and what the UW’s Ed Lazowska thinks about it

In the words of Steve Ballmer, it’s all about “developers. developers. developers.” Seattle needs more of them, and the University… Read More

Nov 2, 2011, 4:10 PM

Marchex rings up revenues on call advertising growth

Marchex placed a significant bet two years ago that the phone call wasn’t dead. Now, the Seattle online advertising company… Read More

Nov 2, 2011, 3:46 PM

Amazon’s ‘Flow’ iPhone app: Augmented reality for products

Amazon.com’s A9 search subsidiary surfaced today with a new iPhone app, Flow Powered by Amazon, that lets users hold their… Read More

Nov 2, 2011, 3:40 PM

Clearwire shares jump as it nears 10 million subscribers, cuts loss

Shares of Clearwire have been on a turbulent course in recent weeks. And the company today saw yet another double… Read More

Nov 2, 2011, 11:27 AM

Meet the 8 companies that just sprouted from Portland Seed Fund

The Seattle tech community is gearing up for Thursday’s Demo Day, the high-profile investment pitch session in which 10 companies… Read More

Nov 2, 2011, 10:33 AM

Boston’s Northeastern targets Seattle for new campus, says market underserved for IT

Northeastern University of Boston may soon find a home in the Northwest. The private 113-year-old University is planning to establish… Read More

Nov 1, 2011, 2:48 PM

RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser: New CEO fits consumer strategy

RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser thinks the company has found the right person to lead its business, saying in an interview… Read More

Nov 1, 2011, 1:49 PM

Cray cites supplier challenges, but expects profits in 2011

Citing key supplier parts challenges, supercomputer maker Cray Inc. said that revenues fells during the third quarter to $36.7 million.… Read More

Nov 1, 2011, 1:13 PM

RealNetworks names former Adobe exec as its new CEO

[Updated with comments from Rob Glaser] RealNetworks just named Thomas Nielsen as its new chief executive officer, filling the spot… Read More

Nov 1, 2011, 1:12 PM

Tech Moves: Symform taps Dawson; changes at InfoSpace; etc.

Symform, the Seattle cloud storage startup which scored $1 million in financing in September, has named Margaret Dawson to the… Read More

Nov 1, 2011, 1:05 PM

Gmail cleans itself up in race to catch Yahoo and Microsoft

Google’s Gmail is the No. 3 webmail service in the world, behind Yahoo Mail and Microsoft’s Windows Live Hotmail, but… Read More

Nov 1, 2011, 12:28 PM

As losses continue to mount, MicroVision faces cash crunch

MicroVision, the money-losing maker of visual display technologies and Pico projectors, said today that it has just two months of… Read More

Oct 31, 2011, 5:38 PM

Evening Radar: Steve Jobs’ last words, Gates video, and an error message on Halloween

A collection of noteworthy headlines and links on this Halloween evening … In case you missed it this weekend, be… Read More

Oct 31, 2011, 10:52 AM

F5 Networks hires Cisco veteran to lead charge in security

F5 Networks, fresh off its blockbuster financial announcement last week, continues to strengthen its executive bench. The Seattle company today… Read More

Oct 29, 2011, 9:06 AM

MicroVision gets Nasdaq notice, faces possible delisting

MicroVision, the maker of the miniature PicoP laser projection device, said that it has received notice from the Nasdaq stock market… Read More

Oct 28, 2011, 2:31 PM

Former Clearwire CEO Ben Wolff resigns from company’s board

The turnover in the board room at Kirkland-based Clearwire continues. In a SEC filing this afternoon, the company announced that… Read More

Oct 28, 2011, 9:10 AM

Intellectual Ventures sues Nikon for patent infringement

Intellectual Ventures, the Bellevue-based company led by former Microsoft technology chief Nathan Myhrvold, has filed suit against camera giant Nikon… Read More

Oct 28, 2011, 8:34 AM

Redbox raises DVD rental prices by 20 cents

Redbox is raising prices on DVD rentals from $1 to $1.20 due to higher operating costs associated with debit card… Read More