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GeekWire Podcast: Lady Gaga crashes Amazon, iPads in the cockpit, and Ben the PC Guy

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, our guest is Microsoft’s Ben Rudolph, better known as “Ben the PC Guy,” who… Read More

Microsoft board backs Ballmer after hedge fund manager calls for CEO’s resignation

Investor David Einhorn stirred up a hornet’s nest earlier this week when the hedge fund manager reportedly said that Microsoft CEO… Read More

Hedge fund manager calls for Microsoft’s Ballmer to step aside

Multiple reports this afternoon quote influential and controversial hedge fund manager David Einhorn, a longtime Microsoft shareholder, saying that it’s… Read More

Microsoft loosening the lid on Windows 8?

[Updated below with Microsoft’s statement on Ballmer’s comments] Two separate developments today suggest that Microsoft may be gearing up to… Read More

500 new Windows Phone features — will Kinect integration be one?

Microsoft will take the wraps off the next version of Windows Phone, code-named “Mango,” during a special event in New… Read More

Comments of the week: Ballmer at USC, Gates on the BBC, etc.

Microsoft’s top brass took some heat in the GeekWire comment threads this past week, with readers complaining about everything from… Read More

Microsoft CEO Summit: Corporate titans huddle in Redmond, quietly

The top executives of Wal-Mart, Xerox, Procter & Gamble, Geico, Berkshire Hathaway, Costco, JP Morgan Chase, Ford and more than… Read More

Excerpt: BBC host grills Bill Gates on Microsoft’s prospects

Well, on a program called “Hard Talk,” it only makes sense that host Stephen Sackur didn’t accept Bill Gates’ standard… Read More

Bill Gates a ‘strong proponent’ of Microsoft’s Skype deal

There was no boardroom brawl in Redmond over Microsoft’s proposed $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype, at least not between Bill… Read More

Lakeside leads the charge for elite new ‘Global Online Academy’

In her role as the board chair of Lakeside School, Connie Ballmer announced that the Seattle institution is teaming up… Read More

Full text: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s advice to USC grads

Yesterday we offered a few highlights from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s commencement address Friday at the University of Southern California,… Read More

Steve Ballmer’s words of wisdom for USC grads: ‘Skype On!’ … and some other stuff

[Follow-up: Full text: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s advice to USC grads] It’s often the delivery that makes for a good… Read More

Microsoft Bing gets big beachhead on BlackBerry

Most surreal moment of the day so far in the tech world: Steve Ballmer making a surprise appearance at the… Read More

Microsoft’s retail chain growing to 11 stores, but should there be more?

Microsoft today confirmed plans for a new retail store in Century City, Calif. It will be the company’s fourth… Read More

‘Amazon should be the one apologizing,’ and other comments of the week

BigDoor founder Keith Smith touched a nerve after writing a guest post for GeekWire this past week explaining his frustrations… 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

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

Follow-up: What Microsoft and Toyota are actually doing, and how it’s different

The news today that Microsoft and Toyota are working on a cloud computing system for cars — described by the… Read More

How Windows Phone apps could run on Windows 8

A new leak gives the first real glimpse of what to expect in a special Windows 8 interface for tablets,… Read More

Study: Microsoft’s Ballmer sees approval rating decline

Take this with a grain of salt, like a U.S. presidential approval rating based on a limited survey, but the latest… Read More

Ballmer slips to No. 46 on Forbes list; Gates steady at No. 2

Bill Gates’ investments in the Mexican stock market helped to increase his estimated wealth by $3 billion, to $56 billion,… Read More