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Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek ever

Earlier today, GeekWire readers crowned Nikola Tesla as the Geek Madness champion after he trounced Linus Torvalds in the finals.… Read More

Geek Madness: Nikola Tesla named greatest geek ever after trouncing Torvalds

Follow-up: Why Nikola Tesla is the greatest geek ever ———————— Alternating current. X-rays. Robotics. Wireless communication. Particle beam weapons. The radio.… Read More

Twitter gears up to grow, courting data infrastructure engineers for new Seattle office

More than 10 months after opening a temporary engineering office in Seattle, Twitter is still looking for a permanent outpost… Read More

Blab launches software to predict social media conversations

No, Blab’s new platform can’t necessarily predict the future. But what the Seattle-based social analytics company did debut today is… Read More

Top 10 nerdy cities: Seattle ousted by Atlanta, Portland

From the folks who put together the slightly-questionable top-10 city list for gamers, we’ve got a brand new list today… Read More

PC shipments drop 14%; IDC says Windows 8 is hurting traditional computer market

It has been clear for a while Windows 8 hasn’t lifted the PC market, but a new report goes further… Read More

Seattle ranks 2nd for women entrepreneurs but has the worst gender wage gap in America

While Seattle ranks second in the nation for women entrepreneurs, the gender wage gap in the Emerald City is another… Read More

PolyDrop turns paint into conductive coatings, wins $10K at UW environmental challenge

College students are saving the world. Well, maybe not all of them. But the teams that participated in last week’s… Read More

Salaries decrease in Q1, but small companies still thriving

It looks like we’ve slowed down a bit in our economic recession revival. After three consecutive quarters of substantial wage… Read More

Zillow, Microsoft, WhitePages nominated for Webbys

Nominations were released this week for the 17th annual Webby Awards, the Oscars-style bash for Internet innovation, creativity and other wacky… Read More

Going digital: Starbucks ‘Pick of the Week’ card now available through iOS app

Starbucks’ mobile app is becoming a little more robust, as the Seattle-based coffee giant is now incorporating the “Pick of… Read More

Vote for the Geek Madness Final: Linus Torvalds vs. Nikola Tesla

Editor’s Note: Geek Madness is our quest to find the greatest geek of all time UPDATE: Voting has ended. Final tally: Nikola Tesla, 1,828 Linus Torvalds,… Read More

Intrapreneurship: More than a market trend

Every leading corporation was once a startup in some form or another. Scrappy beginnings led to the entities that often… Read More

Vote for the Geek Madness Final Four: Turing vs. Torvalds; Einstein vs. Tesla

Editor’s Note: Geek Madness is our quest to find the greatest geek of all time The Final Four teams of the 2013 NCAA men’s basketball tournament… Read More

Survey: City of Seattle wants to know your tech habits to ‘bridge digital divide’

The City of Seattle is conducting a survey to get a better grip on how the Emerald City uses Internet… Read More

Chart: The top 10 cities for women-owned businesses

Portland and Seattle are among the top ten cities for women-owned businesses, according to a new report released this week.… Read More

Tech Moves: Wiki creator Ward Cunningham joins New Relic; John Doerr named to Zynga board; and more

Ward Cunningham, the Portland software developer who is credited with developing the wiki, has joined New Relic as a staff… Read More

EMP adds late-night hours for ‘Art of Video Games’ exhibit; Tetris tourney tonight

In a Tetris mood tonight? You should probably head to the EMP, then. As its kickass exhibit called The Art of Video… Read More

Shares of F5 Networks hammered as revenue targets missed

Shares of F5 Networks are tumbling in after hours trading after the Seattle maker of networking equipment announced that revenues… Read More

Bettery debuts rechargeable battery swap stations at Whole Foods Markets

Every year, 2.5 billion batteries are thrown away in the U.S. and a Portland-based company may have a better solution… Read More

This 16-year-old is spearheading Seattle’s first biotech hackerspace

Katriona Guthrie-Honea had a great idea. Last year, as a freshman at Ingraham High School in Seattle, she taught herself enough… Read More

This mobile hand-crank phone charger just obliterated its Kickstarter goal

Our smartphones are, for the most part, really nice. They help us find information quickly and stay connected around-the-clock. The… Read More

Interactive reading: Costco magazine to use Digimarc watermarks

Costco’s monthly magazine is getting geeky. The Costco Connection, the largest monthly magazine in the U.S., is now embedding scannable… Read More

Bill Gates invests in energy storage again, this time with battery maker Aquion

In the past few years, Bill Gates has already invested in three energy storage companies — MIT spinout Metal Battery (renamed… Read More

Welcome to Seattle, Bertha: World’s largest tunnel boring machine arrives in Emerald City

(Video above is from our news partner, KING5) Welcome to Seattle, Bertha. Coming all the way from Osaka, Japan, the… Read More

Fast-growing Tableau Software files for $150M IPO

Tableau Software, the Seattle maker of data visualization products, has filed to raise up to $150 million in an initial… Read More

Geek Madness Elite Eight: Gates vs. Turing; Einstein vs. Newton

Editor’s Note: Geek Madness is our quest to find the greatest geek of all time. Voting takes place on our Facebook page. And then… Read More

Barry Diller’s Internet video startup Aereo secures key appeals court victory in ongoing fight with big media

Just two weeks after Seattle startup Ivi lost an important chance to propel its case forward, another startup with deeper… Read More

IPO drought continues with 8 venture-backed deals in Q1

It’s a tough time to take your company public. Just eight venture-backed companies completed IPOs during the first quarter of… Read More

ExtraHop’s Jesse Rothstein: You judge a leader by the team they’ve built

ExtraHop CEO Jesse Rothstein wants to help the folks who “keep the lights on” in your IT department spend more… Read More