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Xbox makes a play for hoops fans with NBA Game Time

After unveiling expanded sports programming at the E3 video game conference in June, Microsoft Xbox has just announced a new… Read More

Here comes SmartGlass: Xbox ‘second screen’ rollout starts with Windows 8

Microsoft is starting the rollout of Xbox SmartGlass this week with the launch of an app for Windows 8 that… Read More

Mark Zuckerberg, a Microsoft engineer? Could have happened without Facebook

Meet Mark Zuckerberg, an impressive and talented Microsoft engineer. That might have been a truthful sentence had Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO,… Read More

Video: This 3-year-old kid uses Windows 8 like a champ

Meet Julian, a 3-year-old whose family has been running a preview of Windows 8 for the past month on their… Read More

Yes, there will be a Skype app for Windows 8 this week

Microsoft’s Skype Division will debut its new app for Windows 8 on Friday, the same day the new operating system… Read More

These 11 tech giants are paying software engineers on average $100,000 or more

The market for software developers remains red hot. And companies looking to attract the best and brightest minds are paying… Read More

Podcast

Podcast: Getting set for Windows 8 — with special guest Mary Jo Foley

The Windows 8 and Microsoft Surface launches are less than a week away, and on this episode of the GeekWire… Read More

Microsoft sees charitable efforts as key recruiting tool for young talent

While high-tech companies like Google and Facebook have made it tougher for Microsoft to recruit and retain top employees and… Read More

Why Microsoft is building one of North America’s largest tents on its campus

Earlier this week, Microsoft fenced off a large swath of the original ballfields at its Redmond headquarters. Construction crews covered… Read More

Microsoft milestone: Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer mark $1 billion in giving (Photos)

REDMOND, WASH. — Before he began another exciting week running Microsoft, a young Bill Gates sat down at a Sunday evening… Read More

Microsoft misses targets in buildup to Windows 8

Microsoft just reported financial results below Wall Street’s expectations for the September quarter, posting $16.01 billion in revenue and profits… Read More

Poll: Would you buy a Microsoft Surface tablet?

GeekWire’s Todd Bishop just made the leap. Will you? Microsoft is turning on the marketing engines for its new tablet… Read More

Nokia CEO: A Microsoft device could boost Windows Phone ecosystem overall

Microsoft is poised to release its first Surface tablet, so of course, speculation in the tech industry is turning once… Read More

Remembering Bill Hill: The most important operating system is Homo Sapiens 1.0

“I always talk about this to folks at Microsoft, especially to developers. What’s the most important operating system you’ll write… Read More

No pressure, Microsoft, but I just spent my family’s iPad budget on a $599 Surface

The stakes for Microsoft’s Windows 8 and Surface launch just got a lot higher, at least in my house. Here’s… Read More

Skating on Surface, Rapping with Too Short: How Windows execs are blowing off steam

The debut of Windows 8 next week will represent one of the biggest moments in the careers of Microsoft’s Windows… Read More

Surface: Here’s the litmus test for Microsoft’s tablet

OK, so Microsoft now has its own stores, and its own tablet. But will it have its own lines, too?… Read More

Windows 8 gets Start menu back, via Pokki app store

SweetLabs, a startup funded by big names such as Intel Capital and Google Ventures, is aiming to make Microsoft’s Windows… Read More

Microsoft buys cloud storage startup StorSimple

Microsoft is bolstering its cloud storage business, acquiring Santa Clara, California-based appliance maker StorSimple in a deal of undisclosed size. In… Read More

iPad Mini? Apple confirms Oct. 23 media event

Just hours after Microsoft’s price announcement of Windows 8, Apple has just announced a media event for next Tuesday, Oct.… Read More

Microsoft Surface pricing revealed, starting at $499 without keyboard cover

A listing that appeared briefly on the online Microsoft Store this morning revealed the long-awaited prices for the first Surface… Read More

Video: Microsoft’s new Surface tablet gets first ad

Microsoft is less than two weeks away from releasing its first computer, the Surface tablet running Windows 8, and tonight… Read More

Suit aims to block Microsoft vote — part of ‘troubling’ trend in securities litigation

A suit filed by a Microsoft shareholder in King County Superior Court seeks to prevent the company from holding upcoming… Read More

Xbox Music: Windows 8 plays lead as Microsoft debuts new service

It’s called Xbox Music, but make no mistake — the frontman in this band is Windows 8. Microsoft is taking… Read More

First Windows 8 ad touts ‘reimagined’ operating system, focuses on touch

With the release of Windows 8 now less than two weeks away, Microsoft is giving the first glimpse of the… Read More

Microsoft will sue Google directly in Android case

Microsoft and Google have fighting for a while over the Redmond company’s claim that the Android mobile operating system violates… Read More

iPad fans react to a Windows 8 tablet — will they switch?

Will iPad lovers give Windows 8 tablets a chance? That’s the question we asked for this week’s installment of Geek on… Read More

Ready for Windows 8? Here comes Microsoft’s big $1.5 billion marketing push

Microsoft needs Windows 8 to do well, really well. And it’s going to spend a pretty penny to make sure… Read More

Microsoft Surface and iPad Mini on a collision course?

Microsoft is two weeks away from the Oct. 26 debut of Windows 8 and the new Microsoft Surface tablet, but… Read More

Google, Apple and Microsoft top LinkedIn survey of ‘most in-demand employers’

Four of the top five most desirable places to work in LinkedIn’s new survey are in the tech industry. And… Read More