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Chart: Google, Amazon hiring fast; Microsoft takes it slow

Microsoft added a net total of 684 employees worldwide last quarter — the largest increase in its employment since the… Read More

Idea Man? Ex-Microsoft geek reviews Paul Allen’s memoir

Guest Commentary: I want to thank Paul Allen for writing his memoirs. It’s great to hear the story of the… Read More

Redbox getting into video games, like for reals this time

Coming soon to the front stoop of your local 7-Eleven: Master Chief and Mario. Redbox, the movie-rental subsidiary of Bellevue-based… Read More

Microsoft profits climb as Xbox, Office trump PC slump

Microsoft’s Xbox, Office and Windows Server businesses helped the company overcome a down quarter for the Windows PC market. The… Read More

Hulu Plus on Xbox Live … just in time for PlayStation outage

Microsoft plans to launch the long-awaited Hulu Plus service for its Xbox Live network tomorrow, allowing Xbox Live Gold members… Read More

So this is how it ends: Microsoft antitrust pact winding down, quietly

It might be hard to remember just how big Microsoft’s U.S. antitrust case was in its day, in part because… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Paul Allen on technology, his life, Bill Gates and everything else

We’re pleased to present this special mid-week edition of the GeekWire Podcast, featuring audio highlights from my interview Friday evening… Read More

Barnes & Noble: Microsoft wanted ‘shockingly high’ fees for Android in Nook

[Updated with Microsoft’s statement.] Barnes & Noble is rejecting Microsoft’s claims that the use of Android by its Nook e-reader… Read More

Microsoft brings Clippy back … for Office training game

Hi, it looks like you’re playing a game! Would you like some help? OK, so thankfully that’s not what happens… Read More

Study: Microsoft’s Windows Phone losing developer interest at slower rate than BlackBerry

Life is tough when you’re trying to come from behind against Android and iPhone in the mobile market, which means… Read More

Ex-Microsoft and Yahoo research guru Gary Flake starts stealthy Clipboard

Gary Flake, a former technical fellow at Microsoft who up until last fall ran the company’s Live Labs research group,… Read More

Wii sequel in 2012: Can Nintendo top PS3, Xbox 360?

In the process of announcing its latest financial results this morning, Nintendo confirmed that it plans to release the successor… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: iPhone tracking, Kindle lending, and a tech news extravaganza

This week’s GeekWire Podcast is a little different — a technology reporters’ roundtable featuring special guests Tricia Duryee of AllThingsD… Read More

Paul Allen, like you’ve never heard him before

It was a privilege, and a ton of fun, to get to interview Paul Allen on stage about his new… Read More

Windows 7 hits 350 million: Putting the data in perspective

Microsoft this morning announced that Windows 7 has reached 350 million licenses sold in 18 months on the market. It’s… Read More

Microsoft taps Frank Holland to lead global ad sales unit

Microsoft has been undergoing a series of changes in the executive ranks in recent weeks. And that trend continued today… Read More

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Rewind: UW’s Ed Lazowska on the engineering talent crunch

Our guest this past week on the GeekWire Podcast was Ed Lazowska, the longtime computer science professor who holds the… Read More

Ubuntu 11.04: The desktop Linux you’ve been waiting for?

Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu version of Linux, is making a new push for a larger slice of the… Read More

Microsoft, Nokia make it official: Turning point for Windows Phone?

Sealing a deal they announced in February, Microsoft and Nokia have finalized their mobile partnership ahead of schedule, the companies… Read More

Ballmer memo: Microsoft plans unprecedented boost in employee compensation, simpler reviews

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer this morning signaled a broad set of changes in how the company’s employees are evaluated and… Read More

Google or not, Microsoft cloud tools win federal security nod

Microsoft says the federal version of its Business Productivity Online Suite cloud-based communications tools — including Exchange and SharePoint Online… Read More

Apple bucks trend with 28% increase in Mac unit sales

Apple is just out with its quarterly earnings, reporting record revenues of $24.67 billion and profits of nearly $6 billion.… Read More

Yahoo delays Microsoft ad rollout, says adCenter ‘limitations’ hurting revenue

Microsoft’s partnership with Yahoo in Internet search and advertising has hit a bump, with Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz saying on… Read More

Obama to tout Startup America, entrepreneurship at Facebook ‘Town Hall’

President Barack Obama today plans to host a Town Hall event at Facebook’s headquarters in Silicon Valley in a move… Read More

Review: Paul Allen’s new book isn’t mean, it’s just honest

I’ve just finished reading an advance copy of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s memoir, “Idea Man,” due out Tuesday. You know,… Read More

Another Microsoft app for Apple iOS: Photosynth panorama stitching

Microsoft has made plenty of apps for Apple’s iOS in the past, but lately it’s becoming almost prolific. Fresh off… Read More

Microsoft opens Office subscriptions to masses, with app store — er, ‘marketplace’

Microsoft this morning launched the public beta of “Office 365” — a new subscription service that lets small businesses pay… Read More

Microsoft vs. i4i at U.S. Supreme Court: Future of patent law at stake

Microsoft and i4i L.P., a small Canadian tech company, will square off this morning in oral arguments before the U.S.… Read More

Penny Arcade expands empire with new developer event

Interesting news this weekend from the team behind the ever-growing Penny Arcade Expo, better known as PAX: Building on the… Read More

Judge to ex-Microsoft GM: You can’t take that job at Salesforce.com, either

A judge in Seattle today denied a former Microsoft general manager’s new attempt to carve out a role for himself… Read More