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Here comes the ‘APU’: New chip from AMD debuts at Seattle-area summit

Chip-maker AMD will make a bid for a larger piece of the computer processor market at a conference in the… Read More

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 rules the U.S. console market, again

In a down month for video games, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 continued to buck the trend in May, according to new… Read More

Your TV is ringing: Comcast to offer Skype video calls in HD

Skype this afternoon announced a partnership with Comcast to bring video calls to more television sets — signaling that it… Read More

Bill Gates big on digital reading, voice recognition, ubiquitous screens

The Daily Mail of London’s Live magazine published an interesting and at times insightful interview with Bill Gates over the weekend. The purpose… Read More

New York Times casts Microsoft as a relic, but is it really the Kodak of PCs?

There’s plenty to criticize Microsoft about these days. The company has fallen behind Apple in mobile phones and tablets. It’s… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Amazon’s strategy, Apple’s iCloud, and Nintendo’s crazy new controller

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we recap a big week in tech news — including Jeff Bezos at the… Read More

Google, Microsoft hold steady in May search engine rankings

There wasn’t much change at the top of the charts in search engine market share. Google remained on top at… Read More

IDC cuts 2011 Windows Phone forecast — still thinks Microsoft will be No. 2 worldwide in 2015

Research firm IDC is out with new projections for the smartphone market, sticking to its prediction that Microsoft’s Windows Phone… Read More

Q&A: i4i chairman adds up a $290M verdict vs. Microsoft

Earlier today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Toronto-based technology company i4i in a patent infringement lawsuit against… Read More

Supreme Court rules against Microsoft in landmark i4i patent case: What it means

The U.S. Supreme Court this morning rejected Microsoft’s appeal in a long-running patent dispute with Canadian technology company i4i, turning… Read More

Fortune: Microsoft should buy Netflix and make Reed Hastings co-CEO with Ballmer

There’s been plenty of chatter in recent weeks about why Steve Ballmer should be replaced as CEO. He missed mobile.… Read More

A Microsoft-branded tablet? Report says company is considering it

Microsoft is thinking about coming out with its own brand of tablet computer to better compete with the iPad, according… Read More

Microsoft buys Prodiance to bring more security to spreadsheets

Venture capitalists expressed hope that Microsoft would pick up the M&A pace following its planned $8.5 billion buy of Skype.… Read More

Congratulations, Microsoft: Your sales of HTC Androids are booming

HTC’s revenues more than doubled in May, according to financial results released by the mobile phone maker this morning, to… Read More

Microsoft HealthVault enables Facebook login, vows not to tell friends about your test results

Microsoft’s HealthVault personal online repository for health data and electronic medical records has enabled Facebook authentication as an optional method… Read More

Microsoft, Facebook support AT&T’s T-Mobile acquisition

[Updated with text of letter below.] Microsoft and Facebook are among eight technology companies that filed a letter tonight in… Read More

Facebook, Amazon staffers are the most stressed: Google, Microsoft are the best paid

Amazon.com may allow dogs in the office and offer bus passes to staffers, but it is still among the most… Read More

IDC cuts PC forecast as iPad, Kindle and friends take toll

The IDC market research firm today reduced its forecast for PC shipments for 2011 to 4.2 percent, from its previous… Read More

Xbox Live plans cloud storage, Facebook friends game matching

Looks like Microsoft’s Xbox Live didn’t have room in the company’s E3 media event this morning for all of its… Read More

Microsoft says Halo 4 signals a new trilogy for Xbox 360

Microsoft this morning confirmed plans to extend the blockbuster Halo franchise for Xbox 360 with a new game, Halo 4,… Read More

Xbox plans Live TV, YouTube, Bing search, hints at DVR

Microsoft this morning confirmed plans to offer a live television service to users of its Xbox Live service, and hinted… Read More

Video: Kinect goes Star Wars

One of the E3 leaks from Microsoft’s website this morning was a new Star Wars game for the Kinect motion-sensor,… Read More

Halo 4 in development, and other E3 leaks from Microsoft’s own site

Halo 4 is “on the way.” That’s the (inadvertently) official word from Microsoft this morning. The company isn’t taking the stage… Read More

Apple, Xbox set to battle for attention of tech world

It’s hard to remember a week with so many big tech companies staging so many potentially big announcements. It kicks… Read More

‘Seattle feels a lot like Bangalore,’ and other comments of the week

Fashion advice for Bill Gates. A new operating system that could rival … Vista. And how Seattle compares to Bangalore,… Read More

‘Pranksters’ or ‘vandals’? Windows logo installed on future Apple store

This video, taken outside an Apple store under construction in Hamburg, Germany, is spreading around the Internet like wildfire this… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Groupon’s IPO, Microsoft’s Windows 8, and Twitter’s place in the world

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we discuss Groupon’s IPO, the unveiling of Microsoft’s next Windows version, and the end… Read More

Microsoft’s Windows 8 demo video is a low-budget hit

Microsoft’s video this week unveiling the new Windows 8 interface was remarkable not just for the content but for the… Read More

Future of comic books? Microsoft, Disney release ‘Tron: Legacy’ in HTML5

Comic books made the leap to the online world long ago, but Microsoft and Disney are aiming to take things… Read More

Platform or not, Microsoft’s Xbox business is booming

Next week is the big E3 video-game convention, and Microsoft’s Xbox team this morning kicked off the competitive jockeying by… Read More