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Stats: Chrome, Safari gain on Internet Explorer and Firefox

Overall usage of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox fell slightly in July, while Google Chrome and Apple Safari both… Read More

Morning Radar: Steve Lacey memorial, George R.R. Martin at Bungie, 4G Windows Phone

Steve Lacey, the Google engineer and former Microsoftie who was the victim of a car crash July 24 in Kirkland,… Read More

If Microsoft Bing is Muhammad Ali, this is its best punch

An extensive look at Microsoft Bing’s attempt to challenge Google, published by the New York Times today, will get lots… Read More

The Internet Explorer IQ test: Come on, we’re not that dumb

A study released this past week by AptiQuant, a Vancouver, B.C., “psychometric consulting” company, found that Internet Explorer users, on average,… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Tech jobs, Bill Nye, Microsoft vs. Apple, and a GeekGirlCon preview

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we talk about one Seattle woman’s creative attempt to land a… Read More

Patent verdict vs. Microsoft shrinks from $500M to $70M

It turned out to be another big week for patent news. A federal jury in San Diego today found that… Read More

Tributes to Steve Lacey, on Facebook and in Flight Sim

Family, friends and colleagues of Steve Lacey are still grappling with the loss of the respected Google engineer and Microsoft… Read More

ESPN split screen on Xbox: Sports overload, in a good way

Microsoft today confirmed plans to launch an updated version of the ESPN service on Xbox Live on Aug. 25. One… Read More

Bill’s Book Club: Twenty books Bill Gates has been reading

Look out, Oprah: A new Books section of Bill Gates’ website, The Gates Notes, offers a glimpse of some of… Read More

Video: Microsoft’s ‘Gmail Man’ jabs at Google’s email ads

https://youtu.be/OrkAuwaoFGg Microsoft isn’t saying whether this video is really one of its productions, but like ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley (who… Read More

Microsoft spends a mere $75M on acquisitions in fiscal 2011

Microsoft’s 2011 fiscal year, which ended in June, was one of its lightest on record for acquisitions. The company, which… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft ad exec Scott Howe takes CEO post at Acxiom and more

We’ve been tracking some departures, appointments and new hires in the Pacific Northwest tech industry in recent days. Here are… Read More

Fish & chips with your Moby Dick? Microsoft seeks patent on ads inside e-books

A newly surfaced Microsoft patent application proposes to serve ads inside e-books, adjusting their relevance based on the contents of… Read More

Chart: Android commands 39% of U.S. smartphone market

Android devices are landing in the hands of more Americans, according to a new survey by Nielsen. The fast-growing mobile… Read More

Microsoft confirms fall store opening at University Village

We’ve known this was happening for a while, based on my previous digging into city permit filings, but Microsoft today made… Read More

Intellectual Ventures, Mac OS X Lion, and Windows 8 (KUOW)

This American Life’s investigation of Intellectual Ventures offers some important lessons for the tech industry, Mac OS X Lion signals… Read More

Windows Phone ‘Mango’ is ripe, now Microsoft needs to keep it from going bad

Microsoft’s Windows Phone team has completed its well-reviewed “Mango” software update and shipped the code to handset makers and wireless… Read More

Ex-Googlers attract more capital than ex-Microsofties (but report misses a few too)

I’ve often wondered which of the tech giants breed the most entrepreneurs. Now, the social recruiting company TopProspect takes a closer… Read More

Seagull poop and other highlights from Avatar Kinect

The launch of Microsoft’s Avatar Kinect yesterday has provided a new form of creative expression to Xbox 360 users —… Read More

Microsoft selling off Bing? Yeah, not gonna happen

An opinion piece today by Reuters BreakingViews is getting lots of attention for suggesting that Microsoft needs to find a… Read More

Microsoft in hot water over Amy Winehouse tweet, but is backlash really fair?

A tweet by Microsoft UK caused an uproar today by suggesting its followers remember the late singer Amy Winehouse by… Read More

Ignition backs Motif, ex-Microsoftie’s startup for ‘investing in ideas’

Bellevue-based Ignition Partners led a $20 million financing round in Motif Investing, a San Mateo, Calif.- based company founded by former… Read More

Xbox launches Avatar Kinect: A review by my avatar

After a long wait, Microsoft today is releasing Avatar Kinect, the online video chat application for Xbox that uses the… Read More

Microsoft extends SUSE deal, agrees to buy another $100M in Linux support

Linux vendor Novell Inc. is no longer a standalone company, but Microsoft today announced an agreement with its successor, Attachmate’s… Read More

Google engineer Steve Lacey victim of Kirkland car wreck

Google engineer Steve Lacey, 43, a veteran of the Seattle region’s tech community who worked for more than a decade… Read More

Tech jobs: Microsoft growing again; Google growing faster

Microsoft added a net total of more than 1,000 employees worldwide in the quarter ended June 30, bringing its total… Read More

Microsoft’s ‘Tulalip’ dustup ends as company apologizes

So I’m just settling back in after a week (mostly) off the grid, and … wait, Microsoft got into a… Read More

Mac users are vegetarians: PC users eat fries at McDonald’s

Would you rather drive a Harley or a Vespa? Your answer may predict your computer habits. Hunch.com did a user-based survey and… Read More

Microsoft posts strong profits even as Windows revenue slumps

Microsoft built its franchise on Windows. But other areas of the company are fueling some of the growth. The software… Read More

In wake of Tulalip name dust-up, match these Microsoft code-names to the actual product

Is Microsoft’s use of the Tulalip name for a secret, internal social networking effort insensitive to the Native American tribe?… Read More