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GeekWire Radio: Steve Jobs bio, Microsoft Store, TechStars, and Pioneer Square’s tech future

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we look ahead to the upcoming Steve Jobs biography, and go… Read More

Microsoft Store ‘fans’ scalping free passes to Seattle concerts

We knew that most of the people waiting for the Microsoft Store grand opening in Seattle this week weren’t actually… Read More

Jobs: Microsoft ‘mostly irrelevant’ with Ballmer in charge

Say this for Steve Jobs: He didn’t sugarcoat things, even in his final days. But the soon-to-be-released biography of the… Read More

First details from Steve Jobs book critical of Gates, Google

Steve Jobs appears to have made peace with Microsoft’s Bill Gates by the end of the Apple co-founder’s life, with… Read More

Microsoft results show how iPad is cutting into Windows PCs

Microsoft says in its quarterly regulatory filing today that sales of PCs to businesses were actually up 5 percent last… Read More

Microsoft hits profit estimates, lifted by Office and servers

Microsoft’s quarterly profits met Wall Street expectations, riding strong results in its Microsoft Business and Server & Tools groups, even… Read More

BlueStacks raises cash to run Android apps on Windows PCs

BlueStacks wants to make it easier to get your Android apps, in full-screen mind you, on Windows PCs. And the… Read More

On the scene: Microsoft opens its first Seattle store

Microsoft opened a new store at University Village in Seattle this morning — the 12th in its fledgling retail chain… Read More

Microsoft’s Seattle store: Wait, you’re not in line for a PC?

Microsoft’s first store inside the Seattle city limits will open Thursday morning, and as with other Microsoft store openings around… Read More

EMC boss Joe Tucci loves being in the backyard of Amazon and Microsoft

EMC Chief Executive Joe Tucci is in Seattle today, celebrating the grand opening of the company’s new 140,000 square foot… Read More

News flash: Google, Microsoft don’t like each other’s phones

Speaking at the Web 2.0 conference yesterday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer didn’t hold back when asked for his take on… Read More

Microsoft ‘HoloDesk’ project takes us closer to Star Trek

It’s not nearly as big as the Holodeck, but a Microsoft Research project called “HoloDesk” will look very familiar to… Read More

Ballmer says Microsoft is ‘winning, winning, winning’ in rivalry with Google Apps

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says the company is consistently beating Google in online productivity and communications applications, a market where… Read More

Apple’s Cook confident vs. Kindle Fire, sees tablet market eventually bigger than PCs

Apple CEO Tim Cook was just asked on the company’s earnings call to offer his thoughts on Amazon’s upcoming Kindle… Read More

Talk back to Ernie or Elmo? Microsoft partners with Sesame Street on interactive TV

Microsoft today unveiled a new initiative, dubbed playful learning, that will use the Xbox 360 Kinect sensor to increase the… Read More

Microsoft idea: Search the Internet like a celebrity

How would Megan Fox search? Microsoft is seeking a patent on the concept of applying a “persona” to Internet search… Read More

Microsoft: Shareholders should vote annually on exec pay

At Microsoft’s annual meeting next month, the company’s shareholders will hold an advisory vote weighing in on the company’s executive… Read More

Bill Gates slated to testify in Windows 95 antitrust case

They say the wheels of justice turn slowly, but this is getting a little crazy. Microsoft has listed Bill Gates… Read More

Bill Gates among mourners at Steve Jobs memorial

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was among a large group of technology executives, Hollywood stars and political figures who attended the… Read More

Why Microsoft just launched one of the largest advertising campaigns in its history

A Microsoft television ad that debuted Sunday night is the beginning of a new campaign that aims to connect and… Read More

Microsoft touts Kinect at tiny hut in shadow of Apple store

Crowds flocked to the Apple store at University Village in Seattle on Saturday afternoon, enticed by the possibility of picking… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Amazon Lockers, iOS 5, and an inside look at a Facebook ‘casino’

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we talk about the pilot of the Amazon Locker delivery system,… Read More

Video: Mitt Romney on how he tried to hire Steve Ballmer

(Post updated with excerpts from Romney’s remarks on free trade.) I’m over in Redmond this afternoon to hear Mitt Romney,… Read More

Classic rant by Google engineer rips apart Google + and describes Jeff Bezos as a micromanager

I’ve never met Steve Yegge. But after reading the Google engineer’s 4,771-word rant — in which he slashes everything from… Read More

Quincy leases Microsoft water treatment plant in novel deal

The city of Quincy, Wash., will lease a water treatment plant from Microsoft on the site of the company’s data… Read More

Microsoft signs Quanta deal, ninth Android patent pact in 18 months

Microsoft just announced another Android patent licensing deal, this one with Quanta Computer — saying that the agreement “provides broad… Read More

Afternoon Radar: BlackBerry outage, iOS 5, Xbox Live

A roundup of stories making headlines across the tech industry today … BlackBerry users in the U.S. and Canada… Read More

Romney to talk trade at Microsoft

Mitt Romney, currently considered the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, will make an appearance at Microsoft tomorrow afternoon as… Read More

Google holds steady with 65 percent of U.S. search queries

Google continues to hold a dominant lead in the Internet search business, with two reports out this week highlighting the… Read More

Microsoft to offer Hadoop for Windows Server and Azure

In a surprise show of support for a popular open-source technology, Microsoft says it will offer Hadoop-based distributions for Windows… Read More