Update: Valve not behind Half-Life April Fool’s Joke [Update/Correction: As noted by a reader in the comments below, the April Fool’s joke was on a spoofed domain that… Read More
NASCAR tries Google’s self-driving car, Big Fish debuts ‘Mime Something’ … and other great April Fool’s gags Yep, it’s that time of year again, that very special day when the world’s tech companies try to outdo one… Read More
Survey shows changes in tech use at state’s biggest university Enthusiasm for technology runs wide and deep at the University of Washington, which recently took a snapshot of current tech… Read More
Attorney rating service Avvo prevails in libel case, calls it a victory for ‘Web transparency’ and First Amendment Calling it a victory for Web transparency and the First Amendment, Seattle-based Avvo today said that a judge has dismissed… Read More
New datacenter coming to the old Isilon building Digital Fortress plans to open a new 25,000 square foot data center just north of downtown Seattle this July, adding… Read More
City of Seattle ties for first in web, social media savvy study A study from the University of Illinois at Chicago is giving top marks to the City of Seattle for its… Read More
Paul Allen bankrolls Wikidata: Project to help Wikipedia editors more easily enter information It sure has been a busy couple of weeks for Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. From squashing rumors about the sale… Read More
Fiddling with user timelines: A wrong turn for Twitter? As social web services proliferate, I’m finding Twitter, my first love, the only one that’s truly become a natural feature… Read More
Seattle schools to offer digital animation, game courses Budding digital animators and game programmers will soon have another option for learning those skills — through Seattle Public Schools’… Read More
Seattle ranks in top 5 for broadband download speed Feeling a bit sluggish, Seattle? Perhaps a move to Austin, San Francisco or Boston will perk you up. Pando Networks,… Read More
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen victim of identity theft Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has become the subject of identity theft, with a an AWOL U.S. soldier in Pittsburgh charged… Read More
Productivity Porn: 7 tricks for beating procrastination We procrastinate for a variety of reasons. Fear. Intimidation. Laziness. Distractions. All reasonable obstacles. But if you’re prioritized your tasks… Read More
Bill Gates: ‘Cheap energy is like a fantastic vaccine’ Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is back in the news, talking about the importance of nuclear power. And while the software… Read More
An advanced guide to using Instagram to build your brand It’s the pictures, stupid. That’s basically what the people at Facebook will tell you when it comes to the most… Read More
Giant Star Wars TIE fighter for sale on Craigslist Maybe the Museum of Flight could buy this thing and put it next to that replica Space Shuttle when it… Read More
Sneak Peek: The ultimate Microsoft machine is a car Microsoft has been working for months with West Coast Customs, the legendary car remodeling company, to build what might just… Read More
Jobless rate dips to 8.2 percent in Washington state, the lowest level in more than 3 years Politicians have been hesitant to declare a full economic recovery, but here’s more evidence that things are turning around (at… Read More
The new Cheezburger redesign: Faster, funnier and fewer trolls Cheezburger’s rise to the top of the Internet charts has certainly been impressive to watch, leaving some investors kicking themselves… Read More
Social media agency Banyan Branch launches media buying group, hires advertising vets We wondered why the social media agency Banyan Branch raised a $1.7 million round of venture capital financing last fall.… Read More
Meet the geeks who make video games in this documentary film The critically-acclaimed documentary film Indie Game: The Movie — honored at both the Sundance Film Festival and SXSW — will be… Read More
Blue Nile taps retail vet as CEO Harvey Kanter has been hired as the new president and CEO of Seattle online jewelry retailer Blue Nile. In the… Read More
NetZero rolls out low-cost 4G service, turning users into ‘personal hotspots’ Working in conjunction with Clearwire, NetZero is taking aim at giants such as AT&T and Verizon. The dot-com survivor today… Read More
Newspapers take it on the chin as online ad revenue falls into the hands of a few tech giants Americans are spending more time consuming news, using devices such as smartphones and tablets to track events on the go.… Read More
Coming to Seattle: Picnic shelters with solar panels OK, you can insert whatever Seattle rain joke that you’d like on this one. But during a week that the… Read More
Sprint ends partnership with LightSquared, confirming Clearwire’s initial fears Remember last summer when Clearwire’s stock nose dived following the partnership between Sprint and LTE network provider LightSquared? I am… Read More
Corbis CEO Gary Shenk explains why they’re excited about music licensing We were pretty intrigued with the idea of GreenLight Music — the new digital music licensing business from Seattle-based Corbis… Read More
Apptio raises $50M in new funding, led by T. Rowe Price Apptio, moving further down the path toward a possible IPO, today announced a $50 million funding round led by T.… Read More
SXSW buzz by the numbers: Guess which app was tweeted about most? A whopping 24,569 people registered for the South by Southwest Interactive festival this year, up 27 percent from 2011. For five… Read More
Video: Boeing’s Phantom Eye spy plane rolls closer to flight Boeing said today that its hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye aircraft performed well in a medium speed taxi test over the weekend,… Read More
How this design geek’s toilet analogy fell flat in a 2003 pitch to Bill Gates We love hearing old stories about how Bill Gates operated at Microsoft, in part because the software titan has reshaped… Read More
