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Articles from 2011

What the budget crunch is doing to computer science, and what to do about it

Guest Commentary: For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, the University of Washington has again taken a massive hit… Read More

Why Jeff Bezos is helping to create a 10,000 Year Clock inside a Texas mountain

Based on his recent comments to shareholders about Amazon.com’s willingness to be misunderstood for many years, we knew Jeff Bezos… Read More

Microsoft: Zune HD apps coming to Windows Phone

Microsoft plans to port its internally developed Zune HD apps to Windows Phone 7 in a move that highlights one… Read More

San Francisco entrepreneur finds a home in Seattle, raises $1 million for Tango Card

As a co-founder of San Francisco telecommunications company FiberTower, David Leeds was responsible for raising hundreds of millions of dollars… Read More

Tech moves: IvyCorp snags Josh Maher; Tier 3; Allyis and more

Here’s a look at some of the new hires and people on the move at technology companies throughout the Pacific… Read More

Decide unveils predictive shopping service to make sure gadget lovers don’t get burned

More than five years ago, Mike Fridgen, Oren Etzioni and others transformed the way people purchased airline tickets on the Web… Read More

Ideas from the XBox Kinect

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on Seattle 2.0, and imported to GeekWire as part of our acquisition of… Read More

Skype fires high-ranking execs as Microsoft deal moves ahead

Skype has reportedly dismissed a series of top executives — including four vice presidents, and the heads of human resources… Read More

A special Father’s Day text: ‘Hi Daddy, I Love You!’

This morning, I received a text message that said: “Hi Daddy, I love You!” It wasn’t from my 18-month-old son,… Read More

Cheezburger tops startup list as fast-climber ClassifiedAds debuts at No. 5

Cheezburger remains the top dog (or should we say cat) on top of the Seattle Startup Index, the monthly ranking… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: How this 15-year-old built and sold a cloud-computing startup

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we get to talk with Daniil Kulchenko, the 15-year-old sophomore from Kenmore’s Inglemoor High… Read More

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation bankroll project to turn ‘fecal sludge’ into biodiesel

An environmental engineering professor at Columbia University has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation… Read More

A creative explosion set for Tuesday: Sir Mix-A-Lot meets Giant Thinkwell

This is going to be fun to watch. The creative forces of Sir Mix-A-Lot and Giant Thinkwell are set to collide… Read More

Startup Spotlight: MeMeTales helps kids catch the reading bug

MeMeTales has a simple mission. Make reading fun for kids. The company’s mobile app for the iPhone allows kids to… Read More

Clearwire appoints former Speakeasy CEO to board

Clearwire’s board continues to morph and change. And here’s the latest development at the Kirkland broadband wireless provider: Former Speakeasy… Read More

Illegal TV, movie streaming could become a felony, and how that may impact one Seattle startup

The U.S. Senate is considering a measure that would make video streaming of copyrighted material a felony, legislation that will… Read More

Should you sell your startup? Four unconventional reasons

How do you know when it is the right time to sell your startup company? I’ve been getting that question… Read More

Comcast shows next-gen Xfinity TV interface, gets help from your Facebook friends

https://youtu.be/KBnLCbzMR9Y The rise of free online alternatives to traditional cable television means the big cable operators will need to roll… Read More

KindleGraph allows authors to autograph digital books

The Kindle has transformed the way people read books. But there’s been at least one casualty of the e-reading revolution:… Read More

Zestimates wildly inaccurate in Kenmore: A $395,000 home valued at $10 million?

Earlier this week, Zillow introduced a new-and-improved Zestimate algorithm which was supposed to assign more accurate values to homes across… Read More

The ‘dark side’ of Kindle: Spam books line the digital shelves

You can find thousands of top-notch books on the Kindle from best-selling authors such as Kathryn Stockett or Erik Larson.… Read More

Kinect on Windows: Results from a 1-day coding marathon

In conjunction with its release of a Kinect software development kit for Windows 7 today, Microsoft held a “Code Camp”… Read More

Fresh off Rockefeller Center win, Optimum Energy lands $5M

Optimum Energy, whose software is used to reduce energy consumption in buildings, has raised $5 million in new financing. Total… Read More

GeekWire Launch Preview: Testing our ‘GeekBall’ court

There’s less than a week to go until the big GeekWire launch event, next Wednesday evening in Seattle — have… Read More

TruckerLink remotely monitors fleets, identifies the biggest ‘fuel hogs’ on the road

With gas prices on the rise, trucking fleets need to watch every penny that flows into the big rigs. Now,… Read More

Q&A: Details on Microsoft’s Kinect release for Windows

Microsoft this morning officially brought its Kinect motion sensor to Windows PCs — releasing a software development kit that will… Read More

Kinect goes legit on Windows as Microsoft releases software development kit

Ready to use your voice and hands to control your PC? How about a virtual orchestra or a flying quadrocopter?… Read More

Microsoft warns computer users of ‘phone scammers’

Hackers and cybercriminals are not only trying to access your data through security holes on the Internet. Now, they are… Read More

SinglePoint raises $1 million, names VC Tom Huseby chairman

Mobile advertising company SinglePoint has raised $1 million in new financing and named veteran venture capitalist Tom Huseby to the… Read More

Smith & Tinker re-emerges with iOS game Marvel Kapow!

Smith & Tinker, the heavily-funded Seattle company founded by gaming veteran Jordan Weisman, has released a new iOS game in… Read More

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