Articles from 2011 – Page 3 of 107

Windows 8 Picture Password: Serious security or just a toy?

Windows 8’s Picture Password feature — which will let users sign in by drawing a personalized pattern across a photo on… Read More

Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh calls SOPA ‘cancer to the free web,’ threatens to ditch GoDaddy

Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh is threatening to remove the company’s 1,000 domain names off of GoDaddy after the huge Internet… Read More

The two (and only two) ways Microsoft can survive the phone wars

Guest Commentary: The tale of Microsoft killing its Courier tablet project is both riveting and familiar. With Microsoft making two-thirds of… Read More

Terrible Teacher and Mentor, Top 10 Reasons Yoda Was

The Grand Master of the Jedi Order, Yoda, is one of the most beloved movie characters of all time. You will find references to him in… Read More

Google, Microsoft and Yahoo lead list of the top 50 most visited Web properties in the U.S.

Google ranked as the most visited Web site during the month of November, attracting 186 million visitors. That was just… Read More

Geeks Who Give Back: Mike Koss, StartPad.org

Long before it became cool to run a tech incubator, Mike Koss was opening his doors to Seattle-area entrepreneurs at… Read More

Study: People are more likely to lie when texting

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have concluded that text messaging leads people to be more deceitful than other… Read More

7 proven steps for turning your vision into a startup

If you’re like me, you probably see opportunities for new products and businesses all the time. Over the past 10… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Deals4Dreams looks to do well, by doing good

At this time of year, it is important to remember the importance of giving back. So, in the spirit of… Read More

GameHouse expands in Canada, plans to double size of social games studio

GameHouse says it will open a larger office for its games studio in Victoria, B.C., and plans to more than double its… Read More

Smartphone meets tablet: Are you ready to hold this giant phone up to your ear?

OK, so in reality, Hanson Hosein doesn’t use his Samsung Galaxy Note as pictured here. The director of the UW’s… Read More

Rhapsody tops 1M paying subscribers, and its president has the shaved head to prove it

Rhapsody says it has surpassed 1 million paying subscribers — leveraging its MetroPCS partnership, its recent acquisition of Napster and… Read More

Geeks Who Give Back: Kevin Ross, Washington FIRST Robotics

[Editor’s Note: GeekWire has identified more than a dozen “Geeks Who Give Back” — people who work in non-profits, mentor… Read More

From BlackBerry to Qwikster: The 11 big tech debacles of 2011

Tech companies like to celebrate their successes, but where would the industry be without reflecting upon and learning from its… Read More

Ben Huh is keeping mum on Circa, his latest effort to reinvent journalism

Cheezburger Network founder Ben Huh has built an online comedy empire around silly photos of cats and people engaged in… Read More

Nuance combines Swype with Dragon Dictation, looks for a few good ninjas to test it out

You’ve got to give the Nuance folks some credit for creativity. The company today unveiled a new update for Swype… Read More

Geek Humor on Conan: Fake Jeff Bezos offers a few fixes for Kindle Fire

Problems with Amazon.com’s new tablet computer have been well documented, with the Seattle online retailer today announcing a software update… Read More

Geoff Entress, Keith Smith and others bankroll TechStars grad GoChime

GoChime, a recent grad of the TechStars Seattle incubation program, has raised $630,000 in financing from angel investors Geoff Entress, Matt… Read More

Ask Andru: Eight last-minute ideas for cool tech gifts

[Editor’s Note: Andru Edwards of Gear Live and the Ask Andru column joined us on this week’s GeekWire radio show and… Read More

Microsoft vs. Motorola: The 13-year-old patent filing in the middle of a smartphone war

The year was 1998. Bill Clinton was president, the original PlayStation was going head-to-head with the Nintendo 64, and a… Read More

Microsoft says this Consumer Electronics Show will be its last

[Updated below with statement from Consumer Electronics Association.] In a major twist for one of the technology industry’s largest annual events,… Read More

Yahoo targeting Madrona’s Brian McAndrews, Hulu’s Jason Kilar and others for CEO post

Venture capitalist Brian McAndrews, the former CEO of Seattle online advertising powerhouse aQuantive, and Jason Kilar, a former Amazon.com executive… Read More

TripAdvisor takes flight from Expedia as a $4 billion company

After months of preparation, Expedia is finally waving goodbye to TripAdvisor. The companies announced today that they’ve successfully split operations,… Read More

Amazon rolls out Kindle Fire update to fix early problems

With just a few days to spare before Christmas, Amazon.com has released a previously promised Kindle Fire software update (Version… Read More

Whoa, Amazon considered buying BlackBerry maker RIM

I guess Amazon.com really is serious about getting into the mobile phone business. Reuters today reported that the Seattle online… Read More

Video: GameHouse chief almost loses shorts in charity hunger dip

It’s that time of year when members of the tech community give back. But RealNetworks executive Matt Hulett, who runs… Read More

Cool Video: Bringing down the roof at UW’s Husky Stadium

The renovation of Husky Stadium at the University of Washington in Seattle is well under way, and demolition crews today… Read More

Motorola infringes one Microsoft patent, but not six others, ITC judge rules

Motorola has violated elements of one Microsoft patent, but it hasn’t infringed on six other Microsoft patents that were the… Read More

Glassybaby founder Lee Rhodes chosen as Entrepreneur of the Year

Entrepreneur Magazine has chosen Glassybaby founder Lee Rhodes as Entrepreneur of 2011. She’s the first woman to receive the honor,… Read More

Report: Cardeas Pharma raises $5M

Cardeas Pharma, a biotechnology company led by Seattle biotech entrepreneur Bruce Montgomery, has reeled in $5 million in venture financing… Read More