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Sprint reduces Clearwire stake, no longer majority owner

Sprint Nextel and Clearwire have been joined at the hip for years, creating what has been at times an uncomfortable… Read More

Report: Venture capital returns beat the public markets in 2011

There’s been a lot of chatter in recent months about the “broken” model for venture capital, highlighted by a blistering… Read More

Analysis: Flame virus created by ‘world-class’ hackers, and Microsoft had means to prevent it

The Flame virus, which hijacked Microsoft’s Windows Update to deliver an online attack disguised as a security update, was an… Read More

Asteroid miners get more than 2,500 investment inquiries

Planetary Resources is a private company run by commercial space veterans and backed deep-pocketed investors including Google’s Larry Page and… Read More

‘On a mission from God:’ Hark inks deal with Universal for classic movie sounds bites

Who doesn’t love a good movie quote? And now thanks to a partnership between Seattle-based Hark and movie studio Universal… Read More

IDC trims Windows Phone forecast, now sees Microsoft as #2 by 2016

A new report from the IDC research firm is getting lot of attention for saying that Google’s Android is reaching… Read More

InfoSpace changes name to Blucora

One of Seattle’s longest-running Internet brands is being swept into the dust bin of history — and some may say… Read More

Microsoft upgrades Azure, and Harry Potter is on board

Microsoft announced a series of improvements for its Windows Azure cloud computing platform today, aiming to level the playing field… Read More

LinkedIn confirms data theft — time to change your password

LinkedIn this afternoon acknowledged that some of its user passwords have been stolen, after reports earlier today that more than… Read More

Judge rejects Microsoft and Motorola motions, clears way for November patent trial

A federal judge, who last month scolded Microsoft and Motorola Mobility for hubris and arrogance in a closely watched patent… Read More

Microsoft and GE launch ‘Caradigm’ heath-care tech company, based in Bellevue

Microsoft and General Electric this morning launched their new health-care joint venture, Caradigm, after receiving the regulatory approval necessary to… Read More

‘KidScore’ launches, putting a kid-friendly number on restaurants and other spots

Judy’s Book today officially launched KidScore, a new service that ranks and quantifies restaurants, shopping centers and other locations based… Read More

The barista of the future? Coinstar and Starbucks unveil the Rubi, an automated coffee drink machine

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to stop by Coinstar’s annual analyst day, checking out some of the… Read More

Google buys Quickoffice, ups ante vs. Microsoft in apps

Looks like Microsoft Office for iPad can’t arrive quickly enough. Google this morning announced its acquisition of Quickoffice, a software… Read More

Contest to award $100,000 to solve ‘big data graph problems’

Can’t get enough of big data? A new contest created by YarcData — a unit of Seattle supercomputer maker Cray… Read More

Concur’s stock soars after landing huge government contract

Shares of Concur Technologies jumped nearly seven percent in heavy trading Monday after the Redmond maker of travel and entertainment… Read More

E3: PlayStation gets a lift from Harry Potter and HTC

Sony surprised the audience at the E3 video-game show tonight with the announcement of Wonderbook, physical books that use augmented… Read More

Twitter opens doors on new Seattle engineering office

We’ve certainly been intrigued with all of the Silicon Valley tech giants that have opened offices in the Seattle area… Read More

E3: Nintendo details Wii U Gamepad, plus new ‘Miiverse’ social network

Nintendo got a head start on the E3 video-game convention this afternoon, releasing a 30-minute video in which the company’s… Read More

Running low on cash, Marina Biotech cuts 90% of staff

Marina Biotech, a Bothell biotechnology company, said today that it has cut about 90 percent of its staff and ceased… Read More

Overachieving students take underwater robot to new depths

Many of the students competing in an international underwater robotics competition in Florida next month are engineering their robots to… Read More

Foursquare check-ins at Starbucks will fight AIDS in (RED) campaign

Starbucks is teaming up with Foursquare and the (RED) organization to fight AIDS with the largest non-profit campaign in the… Read More

Chart: Who is using Twitter?

Do you use Twitter on a daily basis? If so, you are one of eight percent of Americans who do… Read More

Nathan Myhrvold on the hot seat at D10, defends unpopular stance on patent licensing

Intellectual Ventures CEO Nathan Myhrvold has taken plenty of knocks during his long career, but none probably as public as… Read More

HTC says Android phones finally clear U.S. customs in Apple patent dispute

After being delayed for weeks as a result of an Apple patent dispute, shipments of HTC’s One X and Evo… Read More

Next stop, invisibility? Math gurus devise way to hide amplified light, sound waves

An international research group that includes a University of Washington mathematician believes it has figured out how to amplify light, sound and… Read More

Skype nears 250M users, tries to stay independent inside Microsoft

Tony Bates, the Silicon Valley-based president of Microsoft’s Skype division, uses a MacBook Air and made sure that Skype employees… Read More

EnergySavvy to open Boston office

EnergySavvy, a Seattle startup that helps utility and government agencies manage energy efficiency programs, has established a new outpost in… Read More

Yahoo Axis uses Microsoft Bing’s raw data, but only ‘in part’

One question following the launch of Yahoo Axis last night was whether the new “search browser” is building on Yahoo’s… Read More

RealNetworks settles suit for $2.4M over unwanted charges

RealNetworks has settled a suit brought by Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna over unwanted charges that consumers received on… Read More