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This high-resolution imaging technology takes you inside the human body like never before

I spent a good portion of my Wednesday afternoon hanging around the University of Washington’s new startup incubator, a 23,000… Read More

Appature, Zipline and others nominated for WTIA awards

The Washington Technology Industry Association is gearing up for its big Industry Achievement Awards on March 15th, marking the best-of-the-best… Read More

Study: Game microtransactions aren’t so micro in the end

The underlying economics of video-games have been undergoing a radical transformation with the shift toward “free-to-play” titles that offer a… Read More

From 60M users to zero: iLike co-founder laments its demise and Murdoch’s ‘mismanagement’

Following the news that MySpace had shuttered iLike, GeekWire reached out to Hadi Partovi, one of the co-founders of iLike… Read More

Paul McCartney jets from streaming music services; Rhapsody calls it a ‘shock’

Paul McCartney appears to be a “Band on the Run” … at least when it comes to popular music streaming… Read More

Supercomputer maker Cray forms YarcData, a new unit to capitalize on ‘big data’

One of the tech buzzwords du jour right now is “Big Data,” the idea of companies mining ever-increasing data sets… Read More

Seattle outranks San Francisco for title of geekiest (and smartest) people

San Francisco may have better restaurants, weather, shopping and cocktails. But here’s one area where Seattle outshines the city by… Read More

A banner year at Urbanspoon as foodies conduct millions of mobile restaurant searches

We’ve seen a number of high-profile online services get shuffled into the dust-bin of history in recent weeks after their… Read More

Here’s what Jay Inslee wants to do to keep the state’s tech industry humming

There’s no shortage of ideas in Jay Inslee’s economic plan for Washington state. The Democratic candidate for governor released a… Read More

Study: ‘App Economy’ has created 466,000 U.S. jobs — like a 21st Century construction sector

A new study out today documents the impact of apps on the U.S. economy, concluding that 466,000 jobs have been… Read More

Coinstar buys NCR assets for $100M, shares soar on Redbox sales growth in Q4

It has been a very busy day at Coinstar. The Bellevue maker of coin-counting machines already announced a strategic partnership between… Read More

RealNetworks cuts another 22 jobs in effort to focus business

RealNetworks has cut another 22 jobs, shaving its workforce in an ongoing effort to focus its business. The layoffs were… Read More

Micron CEO Steve Appleton, 51, dies in plane crash

Steve Appleton, the CEO and chairman of semiconductor company Micron Technology, died this morning in a small plane crash in… Read More

Concur posts ‘exceptional’ quarter, tops $100 million in revenue

Concur Technologies today exceeded financial expectations for its fiscal first quarter as the Redmond maker of travel and entertainment expense… Read More

Analysis: 96 percent of Washington state residents have access to ‘broadband’

The Washington State Broadband Office today released a comprehensive report about the state of broadband in the state. And here’s… Read More

From film festivals to art museums, Paul Allen’s giving has a distinctive local flair

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s philanthropic efforts don’t get quite as much attention as the sweeping global health efforts of Bill… Read More

EcoSpeed: Driving directions plus fuel-efficient speeds along the way

Lots of online mapping services tell people how to get someplace. A new Google Maps mashup, developed by Seattle-based Clarian… Read More

RealNetworks CEO: Intel deal just the start, everything on the table in quest to revive growth

Newly minted RealNetworks CEO Thomas Nielsen has pragmatic outlook, a sharp sense of humor and a ton of energy, as… Read More

Look out, Spotify? Rhapsody expands to Europe with Napster International deal

The expansion of European music service Spotify to the U.S. last year brought considerable hand-wringing over the potential impact on… Read More

Microsoft’s first quarterly payment to Nokia: $250M

Nokia’s earnings report today sheds new light on its partnership with Microsoft — confirming that the company sold more than… Read More

Intel paying RealNetworks $120M for patents and video codec software

Post updated at 7:45 a.m. Intel will pay RealNetworks $120 million in cash for a portfolio of 190 patents, 170… Read More

Marchex warns of Q4 revenue miss after weakness in legacy business

Marchex today said that it expects revenue in the range of $38.8 million to $39 million for the fourth quarter,… Read More

Facebook, Washington AG to combat social networking scheme

With more than 800 million users, you’d expect a few bad apples. But Facebook and Washington state Attorney General Rob… Read More

Magazine publisher Meredith gobbles up AllRecipes for $175M

AllRecipes.com has been on the auction block for several months, and now it finally has a buyer. Meredith Corp., the… Read More

SOPA is a lobotomy, Google’s cutbacks are heartless … and other fun quotes of the week

The best observations, quotes, comments and zingers we heard this week. “There’s a fundamental difference between people who want to… Read More

Facing pressure from tech giants, politicians postpone PIPA and SOPA votes

Just three days after the blackout of Wikipedia and other sites, U.S. legislators have postponed votes on the Stop Online… Read More

Watch Ben Huh debate an NBC executive over SOPA

It took an email from my mom in Ohio to realize just how big the controversy over the Stop Online… Read More

F5 shares jump after revenues surge 19.9% to $322 million

F5 Networks, whose software and hardware products speed the delivery of applications over the Internet, jumped more than five percent… Read More

Seattle snow storm stops SOPA protest in its tracks

For the past few days, Seattle’s Zachary Cohn has been spending his days and nights planning for a January 18th rally… Read More