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Poll: Is Windows chief’s exit good or bad for Microsoft?

Microsoft Windows president Steven Sinofsky’s surprise departure from the company yesterday is generating all sorts of speculation, including a theory… Read More

Sinofsky Shocker: Windows President is Leaving Microsoft

So much for all that talk about Steven Sinofsky being the next CEO of Microsoft. In a surprise move this… Read More

Nokia drops out of top 5 smartphone rankings

It seems like only yesterday when you would hear that Nokia jingle in every coffee shop, but the latest numbers… Read More

Skating on Surface, Rapping with Too Short: How Windows execs are blowing off steam

The debut of Windows 8 next week will represent one of the biggest moments in the careers of Microsoft’s Windows… Read More

Ask Andru: How do I convert cassette tapes to digital format?

With the move to cloud and digital content that’s taken the world by storm, older technologies have fallen by the… Read More

How to break up Microsoft: Maybe it’s not such a crazy idea

What if someone could create three large, nimble and profitable tech companies out of thin air, building each of them… Read More

Microsoft vets weigh in: Here’s what needs to change

Stephen Toulouse worked at Microsoft for 18 years before leaving earlier this year, so he read Kurt Eichenwald’s Vanity Fair… Read More

Q&A: TechStars CEO David Cohen sees Microsoft Kinect as a startup engine

After three months of work, putting in long hours to hone their technologies and business plans, eleven startups will be… Read More

Live: Microsoft unveils new Surface tablet computer

Posting from Hollywood: The technology industry has spent the past few days speculating about Microsoft’s “major” announcement this afternoon. Will… Read More

Solitaire, anyone? Classic PC games fare well vs. social apps, but user base is aging

Grandma is still playing Solitaire on the computer, research confirms. A report from the Nielsen research firm says classic PC… Read More

Kinect for Windows adds seated skeletal tracking

Microsoft released a new software development kit for its Kinect for Windows sensor today, expanding the capabilities of the platform… Read More

Microsoft beats estimates as most divisions see growth

Microsoft just posted revenue of $17.41 billion for the quarter ended March 30, up 6 percent. Earnings per share were… Read More

Microsoft plans just 3 editions of Windows 8, radically simplifying lineup

Microsoft this afternoon announced plans to simplify the way it packages and sells Windows, announcing that the next version of… Read More

Live: GeekWire Meetup, with Microsoft design vet Bill Flora

Update: The talk is over — thanks to everyone for tuning in. We’ll have a recap of the highlights later… Read More

Facebook releases Messenger App for Windows, says Mac version also in the works

Facebook just announced the official release of its Facebook Messenger for Windows application, a desktop program for sending and receiving… Read More

Whole Foods prototype puts Kinect on shopping cart, follows people around store

The quest for a high-tech “shopping cart of the future” is nothing new, but Whole Foods is planning to test… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Summify, Picnik, SOPA, PIPA — and doing good with your old PC

What happens when big tech companies acquire your favorite online services? Increasingly it seems, they shut ’em down. At least,… Read More

Kinect for Windows: What’s actually happening on Feb. 1 — and what isn’t

Posting from Las Vegas: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer generated lots of applause and more than a little confusion with this… Read More

CES: Will your next Windows PC come from TV giant Vizio?

Posting from Las Vegas: The market for Windows PCs promises to get more competitive with the news this weekend that… Read More

Steam on a roll as Valve targets bigger screens for games

The Steam video-game platform for Macs and Windows PCs grew substantially in 2011 — with unit sales of games rising… Read More

Kinect in space? Researcher wants to use Microsoft device to weigh astronauts

With the expansion of Microsoft’s Kinect beyond the Xbox 360 to Windows, computer scientists and researchers are coming up with… Read More

Microsoft charging for consumer tech support with new ‘Answer Desk’ service

How much support should come free with the purchase of a tech product? And when does it become something people… Read More

Parallels names new finance and tech chiefs, prepping for possible IPO and acquisitions

Parallels, known for its software that lets Windows run on Macs, has hired new finance and technology chiefs, aiming to… Read More

Gates spars with lawyer over Windows 95, jurors yawn

It must have pretty exciting for jurors in Salt Lake City to see Bill Gates arrive to testify in Novell’s… Read More

Former Windows chief Jim Allchin on life as a blues man

We’ve enjoyed following the musical pursuits of Jim Allchin, the former Microsoft Windows chief, since he left the company a… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft Windows

Windows is a longtime source of financial fuel for Microsoft’s business, and by extension for the Seattle region’s economy —… Read More

Ten years later, Microsoft celebrates Windows XP by asking everyone to move on

Ten years ago today, on Oct. 25, 2001, Microsoft released Windows XP to the world. A decade later, much of the… Read More

Microsoft results show how iPad is cutting into Windows PCs

Microsoft says in its quarterly regulatory filing today that sales of PCs to businesses were actually up 5 percent last… Read More

Microsoft hits profit estimates, lifted by Office and servers

Microsoft’s quarterly profits met Wall Street expectations, riding strong results in its Microsoft Business and Server & Tools groups, even… Read More

Why Microsoft just launched one of the largest advertising campaigns in its history

A Microsoft television ad that debuted Sunday night is the beginning of a new campaign that aims to connect and… Read More