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Microsoft annual meeting: Live notes from the scene

8:10 a.m.: I’m in Bellevue this morning for Microsoft’s annual meeting of shareholders, where CEO Steve Ballmer is currently giving… Read More

Young workers prefer Amazon to Microsoft, but they really want a job at Google

Amazon.com, Microsoft, Google and Facebook constantly compete for talent, wooing employees with lucrative stock grants, big salaries or nifty office… Read More

New WA tech chief comes from Microsoft, with cloud cred

Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire today named a Microsoft veteran, Bharat Shyam, as the state’s new chief information officer. Shyam, who… Read More

What to expect at Microsoft’s annual meeting this week

Microsoft will hold its annual meeting of shareholders Tuesday morning in Bellevue, just down the road from its Redmond headquarters,… Read More

Guest Post: Is Seattle the center of supercomputing?

Supercomputers were once the exclusive province of government spy agencies, research labs and academics. The top computer makers were the… Read More

New survey: Interest in Windows Phone outpaces BlackBerry among app developers

Software developers are becoming more interested in building mobile apps for Windows Phone, particularly in Europe and Asia, where Microsoft’s… Read More

Bezos: Amazon is perfectly happy with its low profit margins

Today’s must-read for anyone interested in Amazon.com is Steven Levy’s interview with CEO Jeff Bezos in Wired magazine. It covers… Read More

Chart: Samsung rides Android past Apple, Nokia and RIM

To appreciate the roller-coaster ride that is the global smartphone market these days, look no further than this chart, created… Read More

Startups are like standing in line for Space Mountain; Google as Death Star… and other quotes of the week

The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “A friend, on the choice to quit… Read More

Xbox 360 extends U.S. streak, global console race still tight

The video-game console business can be extremely fickle (just ask Nintendo) but the Xbox 360 continues to rack up victories… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Nook Tablet vs. Kindle Fire vs. Apple iPad, and Microsoft’s tablet strategy

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we explore the rising competition between Barnes & Noble and Amazon… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft Windows

Windows is a longtime source of financial fuel for Microsoft’s business, and by extension for the Seattle region’s economy —… Read More

Google boosts lead in search, now accounts for 66 percent of queries

Microsoft is still trying to carve off market share from Google in search. But, at least during the month of… Read More

Microsoft’s new documentary about startups is brutally honest about Microsoft

Gotta hand it to Microsoft, they’re taking this documentary stuff seriously. I just finished a full-length sneak preview of the… Read More

Flash, Silverlight and the end of the line for browser plug-ins

Adobe’s news this week that it will no longer develop Flash for mobile browsers is being celebrated as a victory… Read More

Microsoft launches giant public art project in HTML5

Microsoft Hardware, the group that makes mice and keyboards, this morning launched what it’s calling a social experiment — an… Read More

Microsoft plans $250 PCs for low-income students, families

Beginning next year, Microsoft and its hardware partners will offer a new line of computers starting at $250 for low-income… Read More

Memo: Microsoft online vet Mehdi moving to Xbox business

Yusuf Mehdi, the longest-running executive in Microsoft’s Online Services Division, is leaving the division but remaining with the company, shifting… Read More

Microsofties spend morning putting out fire (for real)

Workers at Microsoft have to put out fires on a daily basis, from software bugs to issues with customers. But… Read More

Barnes & Noble’s 29-page slide deck calls B.S. on Microsoft’s Android patent campaign

Is this PowerPoint’s Revenge? A 29-page slide deck — made public this week in Microsoft’s patent lawsuit against Barnes & Noble… Read More

Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo to cooperate on display ads

Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo this afternoon announced a deal to sell display advertising inventory on each other’s sites. The unusual… Read More

Barnes & Noble wants U.S. to stop Microsoft’s Android patent campaign

Updated with Microsoft statement. Barnes & Noble is asking the U.S. Justice Department to examine Microsoft’s effort to use its… Read More

Spotify hits Windows Phone, Microsoft claims critical mass with more than 35,000 apps

Spotify is now available on Windows Phone, letting premium Spotify subscribers access the popular music service on the Microsoft device.… Read More

Microsoft recruits Samsung VP to help supercharge Windows Phone

Microsoft has recruited former Samsung Vice President Gavin Kim as general manager of the Windows Phone unit, a move to… Read More

Google+ opens to businesses, with link to Google search

Google today announced the long-awaited debut of pages for businesses on Google+, looking to boost the functionality of its fledgling… Read More

Gigantic Windows Phone is a piece of performance art

Post updated below with video of the marriage proposal that took place inside the giant phone. Microsoft grabbed some attention… Read More

Analyst bullish on Microsoft’s ‘Ultrabook Touch’ prospects

Veteran financial analyst Rick Sherlund, settling back into his role covering Microsoft, is out this morning with a new report… Read More

Video: Microsoft builds six-story Windows Phone in NYC

Microsoft says it will be “bringing Windows Phone to life in a big, big, way” in New York’s Herald Square later… Read More

Microsoft courts smartphone newbies with $50 Windows Phone

A new Windows Phone that debuts Monday isn’t really an attempt to get existing iPhone or Android users to switch.… Read More

Latest Windows Phone data: Nowhere to go but up … right?

The latest numbers from comScore Networks show Microsoft’s share of U.S. smartphone subscribers slipping again, to 5.6 percent for the… Read More