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Report: FTC moving ahead with Google antitrust probe

A report from the Wall Street Journal this morning is the latest indication that U.S. antitrust regulators are gearing up… Read More

Google Chromebooks: The past or future of computing?

Google’s Chromebook computers are making their debut in stores this week to mixed reviews. With instant-on startup, all-day battery life… Read More

Microsoft says Office is still growing fast — cloud or not

Microsoft is marking the first anniversary of the Office 2010 launch today with a series of stats that show the… Read More

Google, Microsoft hold steady in May search engine rankings

There wasn’t much change at the top of the charts in search engine market share. Google remained on top at… Read More

Google’s Les Paul Doodle consumes record 5.3M hours, RescueTime estimates

We knew people were spending a ton of time yesterday strumming away on Google’s Les Paul Doodle, which turned the… Read More

IDC cuts 2011 Windows Phone forecast — still thinks Microsoft will be No. 2 worldwide in 2015

Research firm IDC is out with new projections for the smartphone market, sticking to its prediction that Microsoft’s Windows Phone… Read More

Google unleashes wave of charmingly awful guitar music on the world

PacMan notwithstanding, it might just be the greatest Google Doodle ever — the company’s logo on its home page in… Read More

Google Maps adds live transit updates, and Portland wins out over Seattle, again

Google Maps today added real-time transit information — not just scheduling data — to its mobile and desktop offerings in… Read More

Congratulations, Microsoft: Your sales of HTC Androids are booming

HTC’s revenues more than doubled in May, according to financial results released by the mobile phone maker this morning, to… Read More

Facebook, Amazon staffers are the most stressed: Google, Microsoft are the best paid

Amazon.com may allow dogs in the office and offer bus passes to staffers, but it is still among the most… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Groupon’s IPO, Microsoft’s Windows 8, and Twitter’s place in the world

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we discuss Groupon’s IPO, the unveiling of Microsoft’s next Windows version, and the end… Read More

Future of comic books? Microsoft, Disney release ‘Tron: Legacy’ in HTML5

Comic books made the leap to the online world long ago, but Microsoft and Disney are aiming to take things… Read More

Android users not playing around: Games scarce among most popular apps

The world of Apple’s iTunes App Store is dominated by games. Of the top 10 free apps as currently listed,… Read More

WSJ report: A wave of Silicon Valley giants arrive on Seattle’s shores

Silicon Valley tech giants have been flocking to Seattle in recent for months, with companies such as Facebook, Salesforce.com and… Read More

Windows 8: A radical change for Windows, and a huge gamble for Microsoft

Early versions of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile, developed a decade ago, had the feel of the Windows PC desktop. The theory… Read More

Is Portland the new Peoria? Google Offers arrives at Floyd’s

For years, marketers wondered how their products or services would play in Peoria. Now, is Portland becoming that marketing hotspot… Read More

Google’s Eric Schmidt: Microsoft ‘not driving the consumer revolution’

There were plenty of headline-grabbing comments from Google chairman Eric Schmidt tonight coming out of the D9 conference in California. Many… Read More

Microsoft Bing takes Streetside out of the bubble

Microsoft today rolled out a new version of its Streetside feature for Bing Maps that is getting some credit for… Read More

Nokia, struggling against Android, looks to Windows Phone this year

Nokia this morning dropped a bomb with new sales forecasts “substantially below” its previous expectations for the current quarter. The… Read More

Microsoft cashing in on Android? Amazing, yet not surprising

We’ve known for a while that Microsoft was getting a cut of HTC’s sales of Android devices, under a patent… Read More

Nerd Notes: Sony Vaio goes gold, it’s hip to be geek and an alien scares a kid

Seattle Retro Gaming Expo is going on this weekend at Hotel Deca in the UD. And don’t even think about… Read More

Sparkbuy’s Dan Shapiro on why he sold to Google: It puts ‘turbo chargers’ on the idea

Sparkbuy founder Dan Shapiro doesn’t like talking to people on airplanes. But on a trip between Silicon Valley and Seattle… Read More

Ready to pay with your phone? ‘Google Wallet’ signals NFC wave

Google this morning unveiled plans for a new mobile app, Google Wallet, that will let people use their phones to… Read More

Google buys Sparkbuy, a search engine for consumer electronics

Well, that sure was quick. Sparkbuy, the Seattle upstart led by entrepreneur Dan Shapiro, announced today that it has been… Read More

Microsoft vets (and brothers) sell startup OffiSync to Jive

Business collaboration company Jive Software of Palo Alto is buying OffiSync, a Seattle-based startup known for a plug-in that adds… Read More

Data: Windows Phone trails pack in Q1, waiting for a Nokia bump

More than 3.6 million smartphones running Microsoft’s operating system were sold to end users worldwide in the first quarter, according… Read More

Windows Phone ‘Mango’ update stuffed full of features (List)

Microsoft is packing a ton of stuff into the next Windows Phone version, in areas including business communications, search, games,… Read More

Amazon’s new Appstore gets first crack at PopCap’s new Android games

PopCap Games this morning announced an agreement that gives Amazon.com a limited-time exclusive deal for the new Android versions of… Read More

Full text: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s advice to USC grads

Yesterday we offered a few highlights from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s commencement address Friday at the University of Southern California,… Read More

Microsoft’s next big partnership: China’s Baidu search engine?

A report out of China suggests that Microsoft is in talks with the country’s leading search engine, Baidu, for a… Read More