Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 161 of 225

Microsoft selling Mediaroom to Ericsson, exiting IPTV business to focus on Xbox

Microsoft will sell its Mediaroom business to Ericsson, after more than 15 years pursuing the market for Internet Protocol Television,… Read More

Facebook reverses stance after blocking Microsoft and WhitePages from sponsoring Startup Weekend

Teams of developers, designers and entrepreneurs are heads-down at Facebook’s Seattle engineering outpost on this rainy Sunday for Startup Weekend… Read More

Modest beginnings: Bill Gates’ 1974 resume surfaces, seeking a $15k salary

How do you become a billionaire? Start by asking for a $15,000 salary. That, at least, was the path for… Read More

Deal with it? Microsoft apologizes for employee’s ‘always on’ console comment

Microsoft apologized this afternoon for comments made by an employee to critics of the company’s reported plan to require an… Read More

Watch live: $1M on the line at Call of Duty Championships

Geek Madness isn’t the only intense competition going down this weekend. With a $1 million on the line, 32 teams… Read More

Microsoft pokes at Facebook, says new ‘Home’ is like Windows Phone in 2011

Microsoft is a longtime Facebook partner and investor, but that isn’t stopping the Redmond company from making some jabs over… Read More

Reports: Microsoft eyes Outlook release for Windows RT

One of the biggest complaints about Windows RT, the version of Windows 8 for ARM processors, is the built-in Mail… Read More

Study: Those who play Xbox are better in bed than other gamers

Here’s another feather Xbox gamers can add to their caps: Apparently they’re better in bed than those on who play… Read More

Microsoft’s hits and misses: Insights from a prolific maker of Windows 8 apps

The home of Ratio Interactive, in the heart of Seattle’s Pioneer Square, is at first glance pretty much what you’d expect from… Read More

Apple makes gains in U.S. smartphone market, Microsoft in distant 4th place

Apple is gaining market share in the U.S. According to numbers out today from comScore, the Cupertino-based maker of the… Read More

Look out, Microsoft? Tablets to become our primary computers, Gartner predicts

A new report from the Gartner research firm paints a dire picture for the traditional PC market, predicting that tablets… Read More

Bill Gates and Paul Allen reprise classic Microsoft photo, three decades later

The photo above is a Microsoft classic, showing the company’s founders, Paul Allen and Bill Gates, surrounded by personal computers… Read More

Myhrvold to Slashdot: We’re more alike than you think

With a caffeine-free Diet Coke and a cappuccino by his side, Nathan Myhrvold entered the “lion’s den” today — a.k.a. Slashdot —… Read More

Microsoft updates SkyDrive iOS app, adds support for iPhone 5 and iPad Mini

Microsoft today announced some updates to its SkyDrive iOS app, including support for the iPhone 5 and iPad Mini. Users… Read More

Webby Awards get an upgrade, with help from Microsoft’s Internet Explorer

The Webby Awards rolled out a slick new “Winners Gallery + Archive” today, making it easier to peruse the past… Read More

Meet the 10 startups Microsoft just accepted into the TechStars Windows Azure accelerator

Microsoft is back with a new crop of companies for its Windows Azure accelerator program, operated in conjunction with TechStars.… Read More

Google glasses ban; a sonic-powered vibrator; and other top stories of the month

Here’s a look back at the top stories of the month on GeekWire. Thanks for tuning in everyone, and for… Read More

Apps for Autism: Results from a Bing Fund hackathon

Last week we told you about a weekend hackathon, organized by Microsoft’s Bing Fund and community partners, that brought together developers,… Read More

Follow-up: Microsoft gets $25M annually from vendor ‘chargeback’ program

Microsoft has been pulling in about $25 million a year through its unusual practice of charging its vendors for occupying space… Read More

Surface chief hints at broader plans for Microsoft tablet

Panos Panay, the corporate vice president in charge of Microsoft’s Surface tablet business, made a brief appearance this morning at… Read More

Xbox Live adds new entertainment content, SmartGlass support for Game of Thrones

Xbox Live is getting a bunch of new entertainment content, including some cool SmartGlass support for the popular show Game… Read More

Microsoft publishes list of its entire patent portfolio, makes case for transparency

Microsoft this morning published a searchable online list of its patent holdings — more than 40,000 patents held by the… Read More

Steve Ballmer’s island home on outer edge of massive mudslide

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer nearly lost his Whidbey Island vacation home yesterday due to a scary mudslide that forced evacuations and… Read More

Good news, gamers: Windows Phone finally getting uber-popular Temple Run

One of the top mobile games is finally coming to Windows Phone. At this week’s Game Developer’s Conference, Microsoft announced… Read More

Microsoft boosting rent for vendors, setting new terms for its shadow workforce

Microsoft employs tens of thousands of people in the Seattle area, but those teams are supplemented by a large “shadow… Read More

Report: Microsoft in talks to sell MediaRoom IPTV unit to Ericsson

Bloomberg is reporting this morning that Microsoft is in discussions with Ericsson to sell its IPTV service to the wireless… Read More

How Microsoft is battling Apple and Google inside public agencies and schools

Microsoft is meeting with hundreds of public officials in Redmond starting this morning for its U.S. Public Sector CIO Summit,… Read More

Microsoft confirms ‘Blue’ updates, sets next Build developer event for June

Microsoft this morning confirmed plans for an upcoming wave of product updates known inside the company as “Blue,” and announced… Read More

Microsoft amps up Xbox Music app with performance improvements, cloud syncing

The updates are flowing for Microsoft. Just a day after releasing fixes for its Windows 8 Mail, Calendar and People… Read More

Tech Moves: Oracle sales vet joins Microsoft; Zynga changes; SNUPI snags Paulsen from Impinj; etc.

Judson Althoff has been named president of North American sales and marketing at Microsoft, joining the company from Oracle where he… Read More