Hedge fund manager David Einhorn to Apple: You’ve got a ‘cash problem’ (too much of it) Hedge fund manager David Einhorn has taken shots at Microsoft in the past, noting that the software giant should can… Read More
Report: New Xbox to feature Siri-esque voice recognition You wake up in the morning, walk into the living room and say “Xbox on” to activate your gaming console.… Read More
Valve co-founder Gabe Newell: Linux is a “get-out-of-jail free pass for our industry” Valve co-founder Gabe Newell just gave a 30-minute keynote at the DICE 2013 Summit in Las Vegas. He didn’t make any… Read More
Microsoft’s new Scroogled ads: Aren’t we smarter than this? Election season may be over, but we haven’t escaped the attack ads, thanks to Microsoft. The company relaunched its “Scroogled”… Read More
Yahoo and Google strengthen ties as Microsoft looks on Yahoo and Google this afternoon announced an agreement to put ads from Google’s AdSense and AdMob systems on Yahoo sites.… Read More
Protecting the people: Microsoft helps crush Bamital malware that affected thousands Chalk one up for Microsoft. Today, the Redmond software giant teamed up with Symantec to take down a nasty malware… Read More
Microsoft’s U.S. smartphone market share slips below 3% Where’s Windows Phone? Despite a push to get its mobile platform into the hands of more consumers, Microsoft’s share of… Read More
Hands-on with Surface Pro, Microsoft’s three-in-one PC If Microsoft’s goal with Windows 8 is to blend desktop, notebook and tablet, then the device I’m using to type… Read More
Q&A: Why this former Microsoft exec wanted to become a venture capitalist Ted Kummert is a Seattle homer. He attended Roosevelt High School, and still bleeds University of Washington “purple and gold”… Read More
Five new Microsoft retail stores to open by summer In 2012, Microsoft opened 51 new retail stores across the nation. So far this year it has already announced six… Read More
Microsoft’s Xbox Live getting Redbox Instant service Microsoft’s Xbox group and Redbox parent Coinstar are just down the road from one another, so maybe this shouldn’t be… Read More
Into Africa: Microsoft touts new effort to deliver millions of Windows Phones to students, entrepreneurs Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has certainly spent lots of time finding ways to improve life in Africa, and now Microsoft… Read More
Microsoft: $2B Dell loan supports key partner, helps Windows ecosystem Updated below with HP comment criticizing the deal and making a pitch for Dell’s customers, as well as comments from… Read More
Microsoft ‘data chief’ Ted Kummert leaves after 23 years, joins Madrona Venture Group After more than two decades at Microsoft, Ted Kummert is leaving the software giant to join Seattle venture capital firm… Read More
Dell board reportedly set to consider buyout, including big Microsoft investment Bloomberg News is reporting that Dell’s board plans to meet this evening to discuss a potential $24 billion buyout —… Read More
Windows exec: Surface Pro isn’t expensive — you’re just thinking about it wrong Why did Microsoft price the new 64 GB Surface with Windows 8 Pro tablet at $899 without a keyboard? The… Read More
Q&A: Windows business chief calls Windows 8 launch a solid start, but just a start Sitting in a conference room at Microsoft Windows headquarters in Redmond last week, Tami Reller was surrounded by a fleet… Read More
Surface Pro surfaces in stores — but sorry, there’s no Surface RT trade-in program It’s launch week for Surface with Windows 8 Pro — the new Microsoft tablet that uses an Intel Core i5… Read More
Saying farewell to the iPhone; Bill Gates’ reading list; and other top posts of the month It was another big month here at GeekWire. We unveiled our new GeekWire membership program, relaunched the popular GeekWire 200 startup list and… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Podcast: Why this app maker loves Windows 8 We discuss a broad range topics on this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast — such as Blackberry’s chances for… Read More
IDC calls Microsoft Surface reception ‘muted, at best’ — fewer than 1M units shipped A new report from the IDC research firm says that Microsoft’s Surface tablet, with its initially limited distribution, wasn’t able… Read More
Tablets now more than half the size of the PC market Tablet shipments worldwide topped 52.5 million units over the holidays, an increase of 75 percent — the biggest single jump… Read More
Weekend-special: Netflix unlocked for all Xbox Live users Microsoft is giving all Xbox Live users access to the Netflix app — just for this weekend. Normally, the app… Read More
Bill Gates says Steve Jobs was “always cooler than me” Steve Jobs may have been “cooler” than Bill Gates, and that’s OK. The Microsoft co-founder and chairman made his first-ever… Read More
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team wants to make web developers’ lives easier — really Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has not exactly been the web developer’s friend in years past, with quirks aplenty and “standards” all… Read More
The San Francisco 49ers are trouncing the Baltimore Ravens … on Microsoft Bing If the number of Bing searches correlates with winning football games, then 49ers fans have reason to be ecstatic. Bing… Read More
Chart: Amazon skyrockets to almost 90,000 employees At the end of 2008, Amazon reached a notable milestone, topping 20,000 employees worldwide. Turns out the company was getting… Read More
Bitter Suite: Why it’s so hard to squeeze Microsoft Office into my life Foiled by storage space! My, how appropriate. Tuesday I signed up for the free trial of the new Microsoft Office… Read More
Bill Gates’ Annual Letter: How measurement can change the world Bill Gates published his fifth annual letter today and wrote that accurate measurements and clear goals are the keys to improving the… Read More
17-BIT’s new ‘Skulls of the Shogun’ bridges Windows 8, Windows Phone, Xbox 360 More than three years in the making, the new Skulls of the Shogun video game from Seattle-based indie game developer… Read More
