Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 189 of 225

Hail to the Master Chief? Halo 4 launching on election day

Microsoft announced plans this week to launch Halo 4 on Nov. 6, kicking off a new era for the blockbuster… Read More

Microsoft earnings coming up: Modest expectations during buildup to Windows 8

Microsoft will report its quarterly earnings Thursday afternoon, and Wall Street analysts and investors will be listening closely for any… Read More

Ex-aQuantive, AdECN and AOL execs form stealthy SocialForce

A new Seattle area startup company led by several online advertising executives is kicking around a new idea that it… Read More

Conan O’Brien visits Microsoft, tries out for Halo 4 role

Microsoft yesterday announced a Nov. 6 release date for “Halo 4,” the next installment in the blockbuster video-game series for… Read More

TechStars, Microsoft ally on new Windows Azure startup incubator

Microsoft is deepening its relationship with TechStars, announcing today a new startup accelerator program in Seattle designed for those companies… Read More

Microsoft reaches carbon goal, but Greenpeace says its cloud is still too dirty

Reaching a goal it established three years ago, Microsoft says it has reduced its carbon emissions as a proportion of its… Read More

Microsoft plans just 3 editions of Windows 8, radically simplifying lineup

Microsoft this afternoon announced plans to simplify the way it packages and sells Windows, announcing that the next version of… Read More

BlackBerry maker for sale? Why Microsoft shouldn’t buy

A report by Bloomberg News today is stirring new speculation about the future of Research in Motion, saying that the… Read More

Good sign for Windows Phone? Lumia 900 selling out online

If you’re looking to buy a new Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone this week, it might not be as easy… Read More

How former Microsoft tech chief Nathan Myhrvold could have created the iPhone

Nathan Myhrvold is back in the national spotlight again, but in a very different way this time. A cover story… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Facebook, Instagram, Kickstarter and the world of creative funding

Our guest this week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast is Stephen Toulouse, better known as Stepto, who joins… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft tech evangelist named Aditi CTO; Microsoft’s China CEO quits; etc.

Wade Wegner, the former director of technical evangelism at Microsoft, has been named chief technology officer at Bellevue-based Aditi Technologies.… Read More

Microsoft forms new subsidiary for open source, standards

Microsoft is taking the unusual step of forming a new subsidiary that will work with open-source projects, open-standards groups and interoperability initiatives.… Read More

GeekWire Meetup Recap: How design is changing tech

We had a great time catching up with many of you at last night’s GeekWire Meetup. A big thanks to… Read More

Amazon launches new ‘CloudSearch’ for sites and apps

Amazon has tried a variety of different projects in search over the years, with its A9 search engine never becoming… Read More

Live: GeekWire Meetup, with Microsoft design vet Bill Flora

Update: The talk is over — thanks to everyone for tuning in. We’ll have a recap of the highlights later… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Opstera looks to help clients find answers in the cloud

Opstera is just four months old. But the Bellevue upstart is already reeling in customers who are turning to the… Read More

Lumia 900 data glitch: Nokia offers fix and $100 credit for software bug

If you’ve been having a problem with your new Lumia 900, rest assured you aren’t holding it wrong. Nokia tonight… Read More

Farewell, Windows Vista: I’m going to miss you, old friend

Microsoft is ending mainstream support for Windows Vista today, and I’m getting a little choked up just thinking about it.… Read More

Forecast: Microsoft third in tablets through at least 2016

The launch of Windows 8 later this year will give Microsoft a boost in the media tablet market, making Windows-based… Read More

HP takes aim at Amazon.com with new cloud services

Hewlett-Packard is the latest technology giant looking to chip away at Amazon.com’s lead in cloud computing services, with the computer… Read More

A tale of two acquisitions: A few thoughts on the $1 billion bets by Microsoft and Facebook

It’s not everyday that the tech industry sees two of its giants fork over $1 billion, especially for things that… Read More

Here’s the line for the Nokia Lumia 900 … at Microsoft

No, it’s not exactly on the level of an iPhone launch, but hey, it’s a start. Microsoft held a big… Read More

After awkward holiday launch, Nokia and Microsoft look to build Lumia 900 buzz

Did anybody at AT&T, Microsoft or Nokia check the calendar before picking a launch day for the Lumia 900 Windows… Read More

Microsoft buying 800 patents from AOL in $1 billion deal

Microsoft will pay AOL more than $1 billion to buy 800 technology patents and license another 300 from the early Internet… Read More

Video: What if Google’s glasses were made by Microsoft?

Google caused a stir in the tech world last week with the concept video above for its augmented reality glasses,… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Google’s crazy glasses, text-spresso and predicting the price of your next gadget

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we debate the merits of Google’s augmented reality glasses, talk about… Read More

Microsoft uses cash to boost Windows Phone, but some app developers aren’t biting

One of the big challenges Microsoft faces in mobile phones is that developers don’t have the time — or resources… Read More

Microsoft investigated Bing GM’s ties to handbag company

When Microsoft Bing marketing general manager Danielle Tiedt was hired by YouTube in February, Microsoft took the unusual step of… Read More

Yahoo job cuts: Back to startup mode for an aging web icon

Yahoo this morning confirmed that it’s cutting 2,000 jobs, or about 15 percent of its workforce — part of an… Read More