Articles from 2011 – Page 15 of 107

Facebook’s environmentally-friendly data center features high-tech cooling system

Facebook today announced that its Prineville data center in Oregon has received LEED Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council,… Read More

Amazon on the hunt for more locker locations in Seattle

Amazon.com is searching for more sites for its new Amazon Lockers in Seattle, expanding beyond its initial testing of the… Read More

Research firm estimate: The $199 Kindle Fire costs $201.70 to make

There’s been a lot of speculation that Amazon.com is selling its new Kindle Fire tablet at a loss, hoping to… Read More

Three innovative non-profits from former Microsofties

The Microsoft Alumni Foundation last night named its third annual 2011 Integral Fellows Awards, recognizing three former Microsoft employees who… Read More

U4iA looks to target hardcore social gamers with new studio

Two former Activision employees have started a new studio in Bellevue called U4iA to develop what it dubs “hardcore, browser-based… Read More

Microsoft software would detect, score and report obnoxious workplace habits

Is Microsoft taking inspiration from Dwight Schrute these days? It almost seems that way based on a newly surfaced patent… Read More

Kindle Fire will outsell iPad, Windows Phone will rebound, and six other tech predictions

Facebook will go public in 2012. Apple will lose some of its innovative edge without Steve Jobs. And the majority… Read More

Eleven key things would-be entrepreneurs can do instead of getting an MBA

If you’re young and thinking of starting a company, then you might be tempted to go to business school to… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Paul Allen is the ‘Idea Man’

Paul Allen made headlines in 2011 not as much for what he did, but for what he wrote. The Microsoft… Read More

Amazon smartphone is ‘next logical step,’ analysts say

With the Kindle Fire tablet release under its belt, Amazon.com may be aiming to release its own smartphone next year,… Read More

Jobless rate in Washington state drops to nine percent

Washington state’s unemployment rate fell to nine percent during the month of October as employers added 4,600 jobs in education,… Read More

BreakingNews goes overseas with new UK outpost

BreakingNews, the Seattle-based unit of msnbc.com responsible for BreakingNews.com and the @BreakingNews Twitter feed, made its first international expansion today, announcing… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Bob Crimmins gambles on MoonTango, a new shopping site for women

Bob Crimmins loves poker and golf, and has already started a daily deal site specifically for men. Now, the Seattle… Read More

Seattle suburb getting nation’s fastest home Internet

Highlands Fiber Network, the Internet service for the Issaquah Highlands community east of Seattle, says it will be upgrading its… Read More

Xbox 360 signs with NFL, touts video games for youth fitness

To get a sense for how much things have changed in the world of video games, look no further than… Read More

Bain Capital to buy Physio-Control from Medtronic for $487 million

After 13 years under the umbrella of Medtronic, Redmond-based Physio-Control is getting a new corporate parent. It was announced this… Read More

New Microsoft Surface tabletop computer up for pre-order

The next generation of Microsoft Surface is now available for pre-order from Samsung Electronics, as the companies move closer to… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft vet joins EnergySavvy; InfoSpace names CFO; and more

Charlie Ellis, an 11-year veteran of Microsoft who worked on the Excel and SharePoint teams, has joined three-year-old Seattle startup… Read More

Decide.com’s new iPhone app helps gadget shoppers find a better deal nearby

There’s no shortage of mobile applications that allow shoppers to scan product bar codes and retrieve product information, with eBay’s… Read More

Music on your phone bill: Google teams with T-Mobile

Google will start selling music tracks and albums through its Android Market, moving beyond apps as part an update and… Read More

SC11: How this professor cleaned Watson’s clock

IBM’s Watson supercomputer, or at least a simulation of it, is in Seattle this week for the SC11 supercomputer conference.… Read More

It’s not a dirty word: In defense of the ‘conversation’

When did “conversation” start sounding like a dirty word? Not long ago I was talking with a coworker about what… Read More

TeachStreet takes lesson from Startup Weekend, unveils skunk works project OnTheWay

Perhaps no Seattle startup has devoted as many hours to Startup Weekend as TeachStreet. Business development guru Joseph Sunga and… Read More

Former Windows chief Jim Allchin on life as a blues man

We’ve enjoyed following the musical pursuits of Jim Allchin, the former Microsoft Windows chief, since he left the company a… Read More

Bing regains a little ground in search war with Google

Google still remains the undisputed leader in Internet search, commanding some 65 percent of all search queries in the U.S.… Read More

Tunebox: A new way to listen to music from your Dropbox account

Seattle developer Phil Kast was rock climbing in Eldorado Canyon near Boulder two months ago when he slipped off a… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Scott McFarlane guides Avalara

Avalara is based on Bainbridge Island, and the company’s software helps online merchants manage the mundane tasks of sales tax… Read More

MSN debuts Onpoint, the ‘ultimate women’s app’

Microsoft’s MSN has already targeted the dudes with a “men’s lifestyle” app, debuting “Onit” for Windows Phone, iPad and iPhone earlier this… Read More

Microsoft: Live@edu tops 22M users, claims title as biggest cloud service in education

[Updated with more info from Microsoft and Google.] Microsoft’s Live@edu service has surpassed 22 million users, growing more than 100 percent… Read More

Is Microsoft about to enter the social networking fray with Socl?

Back in July, a Microsoft splash page under the name of Socl.com mysteriously emerged. A short description on the site at… Read More