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Microsoft’s version of ‘Nate Silver’ dishes out data-backed predictions for 2014

You may have heard of Nate Silver, a well-known statistician and editor of the FiveThirtyEight blog who correctly picked the winner from all… Read More

Chromebooks top holiday laptop charts at Amazon, beating PCs and Macs

Looks like Microsoft is going to be ordering more “Scroogled” ads. Amazon revealed this morning that two Chromebooks – the… Read More

What geeks want for the holidays: Wearable tech, Xbox One, drones, and jetpacks

OK, it’s Christmas Eve. Have you found gifts for the geeks on your list? This might help. We brought out… Read More

Dueling Santas: Google and Microsoft square off over St. Nick

It’s Christmas Eve, and that means it’s time to watch the event everyone has been waiting for: the Duel of… Read More

Paul Allen sells 292-acre private island for $8 million

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has sold a 292-acre private island near Anacortes, selling the property for $8 million. That may… Read More

PlayStation 4 outselling Xbox One 2-to-1 on eBay

If eBay resell stats count for anything, Sony has the upper hand over Microsoft in the latest console war. According… Read More

Microsoft plans massive new data center in Quincy, Wash., paying $11M for 200 acres

Microsoft has reached a deal to buy another 200 acres of land in Quincy, Wash. which it plans to use… Read More

Aviary freezes its Windows and Windows Phone photo SDK, citing ‘lack of general platform traction’

Aviary, a photo-editing technology company backed by investors including Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, says it is discontinuing work on its photo-editing… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Amazon at $400, favorite gadgets of 2013, and the new world of airplane tech etiquette

We have a lot to talk about this week on the GeekWire radio show, starting with Amazon’s gravity-defying share price,… Read More

Microsoft appoints Jim DuBois as new CIO

Microsoft this afternoon announced Jim DuBois as the company’s chief information officer. DuBois had served as the interim CIO for… Read More

Ex-Microsoft manager charged with insider trading on Barnes & Noble deal and Microsoft earnings reports

Two Seattle-area men, including a former senior manager in Microsoft’s treasury group, were charged this afternoon with 35 counts of… Read More

Microsoft opens 35 retail stores in past year, now up to 83 in North America

Microsoft gave an end-of-year report on its retail stores this morning, saying that it opened a total of 35 stores… Read More

Xbox original documentary will uncover mystery of legendary Atari video-game burial

It’s fitting that the first documentary slated for Microsoft’s Xbox is about video games. But it sounds like a great… Read More

Microsoft pulls Surface Pro 2 update, after users complain of problems

For Microsoft’s Surface Pro 2, it seems like updates to the device take one step forward, then two steps back.… Read More

Can someone please explain this creep-tastic ad for Nokia’s Windows 8 tablet?

Nokia really wants its new Nokia Lumia 2520 tablet to succeed. There’s a good reason for that: after all, they don’t… Read More

Microsoft CEO won’t be named until 2014, board member says

Microsoft won’t be getting a new CEO under the tree for the holidays. John Thompson, the Microsoft board member leading… Read More

Former Microsoft exec Kurt DelBene tapped to lead HealthCare.gov overhaul

Kurt DelBene, the former Microsoft Office president, was appointed this morning to lead HealthCare.gov — a critical position as the… Read More

Intellectual Ventures reveals list of 33,000 patents, in move toward (partial) transparency

Intellectual Ventures, under increasing pressure to be more transparent about its patent holdings, this morning released a searchable list of… Read More

Google hires key Microsoft architect Blaise Agüera y Arcas

Google has made a big hire from Microsoft, bringing aboard Blaise Agüera y Arcas, the well-known software architect and designer who was… Read More

Microsoft to launch first original series for Xbox One, Xbox 360 early next year

Microsoft will launch its first original series for the Xbox in the first half of 2014, a top executive with… Read More

Raising the CDC 6500 from the dead: Paul Allen’s engineers attempt toughest computer restoration yet

The newest arrival at Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Living Computer Museum in Seattle is a big one — both literally… Read More

Microsoft’s BUILD conference will be back in San Francisco on April 2

Microsoft announced today that its BUILD developer conference will be returning to San Francisco’s Moscone Center from April 2-4 next… Read More

Qualcomm names Mollenkopf its next CEO, taking him out of running for top Microsoft job

Microsoft’s CEO search took another unusual turn this morning as chipmaker Qualcomm named Steve Mollenkopf its next CEO, just hours after… Read More

Report: Qualcomm COO in the running for Steve Ballmer’s old job

Follow-up: Qualcomm names Mollenkopf its next CEO, taking him out of running for top Microsoft job Just when we thought we… Read More

Extra week makes PS4 top-selling U.S. console, but Microsoft says Xbox One is selling faster

Sony has sold more PlayStation 4 consoles in the U.S., but Microsoft says it is selling the Xbox One at… Read More

Report: Ford board to press Mulally for details about future

While members of Ford’s board of directors have been outwardly confident about CEO Alan Mulally’s plans for the future, it… Read More

Microsoft fends off legal challenge from Cisco over Skype acquisition

Microsoft no longer has the threat of yet another European antitrust case hanging over it. According to a report by… Read More

Report: Microsoft may license next versions of Windows RT and Windows Phone for free

Microsoft is considering making the next version of Windows RT and Windows Phone free for computer and device makers interested… Read More

Microsoft: More than 2M Xbox Ones sold since launch

Microsoft has sold more than 2 million Xbox One consoles since the launch of the new machine 18 days ago,… Read More

Microsoft’s new Photosynth takes 3D photo stitching to a new level of realism

Microsoft unveiled a preview of its third-generation Photosynth photo-stitching application today, showing off new levels of smoothness and resolution that… Read More