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Seattle and UW look to light up 500 miles of fiber to help solve broadband woes

Mike McGinn has worked hard to bring high-speed Internet access to parts of Pioneer Square. Now, the Seattle mayor is… Read More

Amazon says it supports federal bill for online sales tax collection

Amazon.com has been striking deals with states over the collection of sales tax, but the Seattle online retailer’s bigger goal… Read More

Voting by iPad: Oregon picks Apple device for election test

Oregon elections officials are testing iPads to help people with disabilities vote in today’s special election in the state, after… Read More

WA governor hopefuls Inslee and McKenna on tech issues

It wasn’t an official debate, but two of Washington state’s candidates for governor in 2012 got a chance to show… Read More

On the Scene: A Geek’s Guide to the Wall Street Occupation

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71wym2qYQdA&version=3&hl=en_US] Editor’s Note: Seattle lawyer William Carleton spent several days last week in New York’s Zuccotti Park, the nerve… Read More

Congressman lobs bombshell at Amazon’s new Silk browser, claims shades of Orwell’s 1984

There may be a new “big brother” in town, and it might just go by the name of Amazon.com. That’s… 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

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

‘Portal’ in the classroom? Valve joins White House in education technology initiative

“Digital Promise” is a new education technology initiative rolled out by the U.S. Department of Education yesterday, with Congressional support,… Read More

Amazon calls California tax compromise a ‘win-win’

Amazon.com and California legislators have reached a compromise on sales tax collection in the state. As part of the deal,… Read More

Does the patent reform bill really eliminate red tape?

In his speech before Congress Thursday night, President Obama said, “Today you [the Congress] passed reform that will speed up… Read More

Mitt Romney unveils jobs plan ‘in color’ on Kindle

I always get a kick out of politicians who try to look hip by mentioning new technologies. And some recent… Read More

New York Times editorial rips Amazon.com over sales ‘tax dodge’

[Follow-up: Amazon.com reaches truce in California sales tax battle ] Amazon.com is pushing hard (and funneling a lot of money) into… Read More

Lawmaker hopes for ‘teachable moment’ after state data center outage costs $500,000

This is not what the state needed. After much criticism about the construction of the state’s new data center in… Read More

City of Seattle’s site named ‘Best of the Web’ for U.S. cities

The city of Seattle’s overhauled website, seattle.gov, was named the top city government web portal in the country today in… Read More

California politicians look to put brakes on Amazon tax referendum

A bit of legislative maneuvering in California could torpedo Amazon’s efforts to bring the online sales tax collection issue to… Read More

Mayor Mike McGinn touts innovation, says Seattle won’t win ‘race to the bottom’

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn believes that the key to the city’s future is a “high road” in which the region… Read More

Amazon funnels more cash to anti-tax campaign in California

The battle over online sales tax collection in California continues to heat up. Bloomberg News reports that Amazon.com has added… Read More

Soak the rich: One entrepreneur’s take on fixing the debt crisis and saving the economy

Let’s soak the rich. Apparently that’s what most Americans think should happen to reduce the deficit, including Warren Buffett. A recent… Read More

Californians launch boycott of Amazon.com over sales tax

Amazon.com is facing a backlash in California where a group of citizens, supported in part by Democratic politicians, is urging… Read More

Obama to pick ex-Microsoft executive as new CIO

Steven VanRoekel, a former Microsoft executive, is expected to be chosen by President Barack Obama as the country’s next chief… Read More

Morning Radar: Amazon employees told to avoid ‘bad states’ and more

The Wall Street Journal has a fascinating story on Amazon.com’s ongoing sales tax battle, including the uncovering of a document… Read More

Bill Nye tries to convince Fox News that science isn’t politics

On certain cable news channels these days, it seems like every story is a chance to subtly (or not-so-subtly) score… Read More

How smartphones, tablets are killing Wi-Fi on city transit

It seemed like a scene from the future: Step onto a bus, find a good seat, crack open a laptop,… Read More

No joke: Senator Al Franken says AT&T’s proposed buyout of T-Mobile will hurt consumers

AT&T’s proposed buyout of T-Mobile for $39 billion has run into a number of opponents, including Sprint CEO Dan Hesse… Read More

Scholars study global ‘digital activism’ with a new kind of online think tank

Researchers such as the University of Washington’s Phil Howard study revolutions in places such as the Middle East, often by… Read More

Report: Traffic has declined on the 520 bridge despite Microsoft’s employment boom

It is about that time of day when thousands of geeks hop in their cars and make the commute over… Read More

Amazon to support California referendum to repeal sales tax for online retailers

Amazon.com is not backing down from California’s new sales tax collection policy. After canceling its affiliate program in the state… Read More

Recap: Twitter and Obama reinvent the town hall, with a little help from algorithms

Guest Post: Today, President Obama participated in the first White House Town Hall on Twitter. The White House asked people… Read More

Finding the ‘recipe’ for digital democracy in the Middle East

As Americans celebrate their revolutionary anniversary today, other countries, especially in the Middle East, are still in the midst of… Read More