‘Gates’ bio is back on Kindle, with new take on Jobs vs. Gates More than a decade ago, as I was getting up to speed on the Microsoft beat, one of my new… Read More
Microsoft confirms plan to boost security with two-factor login Microsoft this morning confirmed that it will roll out two-factor login for Microsoft Accounts across its major consumer products and… Read More
Intel CEO: Microsoft’s Windows 8 faces an ‘adoption curve’ What’s going on with Windows 8, anyway? That was the gist of a question posed to Intel CEO Paul Otellini during… Read More
Blake Irving wants GoDaddy to grow up, and keep its edge It’s hard not to notice: New GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving looks a lot like that dude in the company’s logo… Read More
Microsoft strikes patent deal with Foxconn parent company for Android and Chrome China’s Hon Hai, the Taipei-based parent company of contract manufacturing giant Foxconn, will pay patent royalties to Microsoft for the… Read More
Intel profit drops 17% on softening PC sales Last week, IDC issued a sobering report which indicated that PC shipments for the first quarter fell by 13.9 percent,… Read More
Windows Phone exec throws cold water on rumors of Microsoft phone The Microsoft executive who leads the company’s Windows Phone group, this morning came very close to outright denying any plans… Read More
Microsoft’s “88 Acres” broadens the landscape for corporate storytelling This interactive online story, 88 Acres, looks at first glance like it comes from a big independent news site —… Read More
Report: Microsoft update will give Windows 8 users option to boot directly to desktop As concessions from Microsoft go, this one would be pretty significant, even if it is symbolic. The upcoming “Windows Blue”… Read More
Netflix says it’s dumping Microsoft Silverlight and embracing HTML5, someday Netflix says it will stop using Microsoft Silverlight’s technology to stream video on Windows PCs and Macs — just as… Read More
Missing Google Reader? Bing updates News app with RSS support, offline reading Those of you still pissed that Google Reader is going away may like the latest updates to Bing’s News App for… Read More
Xbox Live outage caused by network configuration problem The widespread outage of the Xbox Live system this weekend was not the result of anyone hacking the service, Microsoft… Read More
Hunger Games: Microsoft and Lionsgate push limits of HTML5 with new site Is this a glimpse of the future? Lionsgate this morning released a new website that promotes the next “Hunger Games”… Read More
Report: Microsoft may give smartwatches another try Microsoft is no stranger to the concept of wrist-based computing, having worked with watchmakers to release a line of smartwatches… Read More
Extended outage hits Xbox Live during peak weekend hours Update, 4:10 p.m.: The service is now back, Microsoft says. Here’s the updated message on the Xbox Live status page:… Read More
Search stats: Google slips, Microsoft continues slow growth The monthly U.S. search stats from comScore are out for March and it shows Google slipping just a bit with… Read More
Bing adds ‘Pin It’ Pinterest feature to image search Bing is making “Pinning” to Pinterest easy. Today the Microsoft search engine introduced a “Pin to Pinterest” feature that allows users… Read More
Sonics update: Former Facebook exec joins Sacramento investor group Another California tech titan is joining the group trying to keep an NBA team in Sacramento and away from Seattle.… Read More
Microsoft reportedly building a 7-inch Surface tablet Aiming to compete with the likes of Apple’s iPad, Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD and Google’s Nexus, the Wall Street Journal… Read More
GoDaddy plans engineering outpost in Seattle region, hires key Microsoft vets Internet domain giant GoDaddy is expanding to the Seattle region in search of technical talent, GeekWire has learned — becoming… Read More
Microsoft creative director is reportedly gone after ‘Deal With It’ dustup on Twitter Adam Orth, the Microsoft Studios creative director who told the company’s critics on Twitter to #dealwithit, is no longer working… Read More
Key analysts downgrade Microsoft stock as traditional PC market struggles Two influential analysts downgraded Microsoft’s shares this morning, another blow to the Redmond company as it struggles to gain traction… Read More
Microsoft Office for iOS delayed, set to launch fall 2014 A Microsoft Office app for iOS devices was supposed to come out right about now, but it looks like the… Read More
Report: Next Xbox has eye-detecting Kinect and can connect to your cable box We’ve heard quite a bit about how the next-gen Xbox will feature upgrades to Kinect and an always-connected internet requirement,… Read More
VIDEO: What makes Seattle such an awesome gaming city The list of game development companies in the Seattle area, from Valve to PopCap to 343, is certainly impressive. And… Read More
Microsoft preps two-factor account login: Twitter next? Microsoft is getting ready to launch two-factor authentication for its Microsoft accounts, according to a report by Microsoft news site… Read More
Scroogled: Microsoft attacks Google again, this time about Android privacy issues First it was Google Shopping, then Gmail, and now, Microsoft’s latest attack on Google comes in the form of Android privacy… Read More
Reports: Next-generation Xbox unveiling set for May It’s looking more like we could be seeing (or at least hearing about) the next Xbox sometime next month. Two… Read More
Report: Lumia 920 rises to top of Windows Phone market Nokia’s Lumia 920 is now the most widely used Windows Phone device, reaching 14 percent of usage, and Nokia is by… Read More
With just one year of support left, Windows XP clings to 39% market share Attention, Windows XP users: The clock is ticking. Microsoft will officially end support for Windows XP one year from today,… Read More
