Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 183 of 225

A PC on every wall? Why Microsoft is buying Perceptive Pixel

Microsoft delivered a surprise this morning with an agreement to acquire display technology company Perceptive Pixel for undisclosed terms. The… Read More

Microsoft starts the Bing Fund, a mysterious new ‘angel incubator’

Over the years, Microsoft has steered clear of the corporate venture capital arms found at companies such as Intel and… Read More

Microsoft buying Perceptive Pixel, technology company behind CNN’s Magic Wall

Microsoft is acquiring Perceptive Pixel, a New York-based company known as a pioneer in multitouch technologies for large displays. Founded… Read More

Microsoft: Windows 8 to hit the market at end of October

Windows 8 is on track to be released to computer makers the first week of August, and it will be… Read More

Microsoft’s ‘demoralizing’ stack ranking system; and other comments of the week

The 4th of July brought another beautiful patriotic display over Seattle’s South Lake Union. But those weren’t the only fireworks… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: The future of groceries, phones and cars

We’ve got our eyes on the road ahead this week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast. Our guest in… Read More

Microsoft vets weigh in: Here’s what needs to change

Stephen Toulouse worked at Microsoft for 18 years before leaving earlier this year, so he read Kurt Eichenwald’s Vanity Fair… Read More

Video: Startup makes its pitch at Microsoft, with help from ‘Steve Ballmer’

Your startup has just spent three months inside Microsoft trying to democratize animation using the Kinect sensor, and you’re pitching… Read More

Bill Gates hints at details of his ongoing Microsoft work

Charlie Rose aired a wide-ranging interview with Bill Gates earlier this week, with much of the hour focusing on philanthropy and… Read More

Maybe Google’s Larry Page needs Microsoft Word, after all

We hesitate to bring this up, having made more than our share of grammatical mistakes and typos over the years.… Read More

Windows 8 for $40: Will this convince you to upgrade?

With the release of Windows 8 approaching, Microsoft is making a bid for the attention of existing Windows users by… Read More

Microsoft takes $6.2 billion write-down over aQuantive

Conceding that its giant acquisition of aQuantive Inc. hasn’t worked out as planned, Microsoft says it will write down the… Read More

Windows Phone: Microsoft is pulling out of its tailspin

The latest U.S. smartphone market share numbers are out from comScore Networks this morning, showing Microsoft posting a slight gain… Read More

Microsoft co-founder lands role in male stripper movie ‘Magic Mike’ … in the soundtrack

Paul Allen’s magical life continues. The Microsoft co-founder and guitarist has a new band, Paul Allen and the Natural Born… Read More

Leftist group claims responsibility for attack on Microsoft’s offices in Greece

A report out from Reuters today indicates that a leftist militant group operating under the name of International Revolutionary Front has… Read More

Bing’s ‘Mr. Fun,’ fired by Microsoft, lands at Weather Channel

Eric Hadley, the former Microsoft Bing marketing executive who rubbed shoulders with celebs before being dismissed in an unusually public… Read More

Microsoft: A white knight for BlackBerry, or a vulture?

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion found itself in an even deeper hole this week after delaying the launch of BlackBerry… Read More

Business is booming on Kinect as Microsoft embraces hackers

Walking the floor at Microsoft’s conference center in Redmond yesterday for the conclusion of the three-month Kinect Accelerator startup program,… Read More

‘Slut factories’ and Super PACs: Melinda Gates on ‘Colbert’

Did Stephen Colbert just get away with calling the Gates Foundation a ‘slut factory?’ Last night the cantankerous faux right-winger… Read More

Q&A: TechStars CEO David Cohen sees Microsoft Kinect as a startup engine

After three months of work, putting in long hours to hone their technologies and business plans, eleven startups will be… Read More

Can Google outflank Amazon in the cloud? Here comes Google Compute Engine

Google is taking direct aim at Amazon.com in tablets, with yesterday’s announcement of the Nexus 7. Today, it is a… Read More

Microsoft awaiting police findings on attack in Greece

Microsoft’s headquarters building in Greece was attacked this morning by people carrying pistols and a machine gun who drove a… Read More

Tablet Wars: Google set to join the fray, targeting Amazon

All eyes are on Google this morning as the company gets set for its keynote at the Google I/O developer… Read More

European court upholds $1B antitrust fine vs. Microsoft

Microsoft lost its bid to overturn a 2008 antitrust fine in Europe this morning, as the General Court of the… Read More

Gates: Tablets in the classroom won’t work without keyboard

Will Microsoft’s Surface tablet computer be better for students than the iPad? Bill Gates didn’t say that explicitly, but he… Read More

Microsoft’s Ballmer: Yammer’s ‘viral adoption model’ is key to $1.2 billion deal

Why in the heck would Microsoft pay $1.2 billion to buy a Facebook knockoff for businesses? No one put it… Read More

Confirmed: Microsoft buying Yammer for $1.2 billion

Microsoft just announced an agreement to buy Yammer, the business-oriented social network, for $1.2 billion in cash. The company will… Read More

Microsoft eyes London and Toronto for retail stores in first international expansion

Microsoft is looking to expand its retail presence beyond the United States, planning to open Microsoft Stores in London and… Read More

Report: RIM may break itself apart, with Amazon or Facebook picking up some of the pieces

The on-again, off-again rumors swirling around Research in Motion are back on following a report by The Sunday Times that… Read More