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Ex-Microsoftie Charles Simonyi donates millions to support ‘curiosity-driven’ research

Former Microsoft engineer Charles Simonyi and the Simons Foundation are pumping $100 million into The Institute for Advanced Study, a… Read More

Report: Sprint may buy Clearwire outright to solve funding crisis

Sprint, already the majority owner of Kirkland-based wireless broadband company Clearwire, is in talks with other investors that could result… Read More

Mobile voicemail: Why ‘saved’ isn’t really saved, and your messages aren’t really yours

Early last summer, Rob Lohry’s mom Patricia called his cell phone and left a message, asking him to come down… Read More

Rhapsody lands MetroPCS deal, bundling music service with monthly mobile plan

Rhapsody has struck a deal with MetroPCS Communications to make the Rhapsody Unlimited Music service a new feature of the… Read More

Seattle Children’s lands $2.3M Gates Foundation grant for innovative respiratory device

Seattle Children’s Research Institute has secured a $2.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to finish developing… Read More

New outlet for T-Mobile phones: Family Dollar discount stores

Looks like T-Mobile is serious about this whole low-cost wireless provider thing. Two weeks after inking a deal to sell… Read More

F5 names Skype CFO to board, buys IP assets of Crescendo Networks

F5 Networks has appointed Skype Chief Financial Officer Jonathan Chadwick to its board of directors and announced the purchase of… Read More

It’s official: Electronic Arts completes PopCap buyout

One of the largest technology acquisitions in the Seattle area is now in the books. On Friday, Electronic Arts completed… Read More

Chart: Twitter and Facebook chatter mushroomed as stock market tanked

There’s an old adage in the media business that “if it bleeds, it leads.” That also seems to be holding… Read More

Once left for dead, Imperium makes comeback as biodiesel plant roars back to life

Remember the story of Imperium Renewables? The Seattle company once held so much promise for the region’s clean tech industry,… Read More

Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital backs small business lender, but don’t call it a bank

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is tossing his financial support behind a new Texas-based lending institution called Ascentium Capital. The idea… Read More

Allrecipes buys Food Wishes, plots world domination of online food videos

Seattle-based Allrecipes.com has acquired Food Wishes, a channel of popular how-to videos from “Chef John” Mitzewich — saying it “adds… Read More

An ugly day on Wall Street as tech stocks get hammered: A look at the biggest losers

Ok, now that everyone has had a moment to take a breath, let’s look back at the carnage on Wall… Read More

The technology behind the Boeing 787’s new windows

Seeing all the coverage of Boeing’s 787 rollout for All Nippon Airways this weekend, one thing that stood out was just… Read More

Spotify or not, Rhapsody rules U.S. paid music subscriptions, for now

Peter Kafka at AllThingsD has gotten his fingers on some interesting stats from Spotify that show the European music service’s… Read More

Comcast rolls out $9.95 per month Internet service for low income families

Comcast is launching a new program to provide Internet service to low income families in the US. at a discount.… Read More

Google vs. Microsoft: Top 5 Moments in (Recent) History

“When Patents Attack Android.” That was the headline on the Google post this week that attempted to skewer Microsoft and Apple… Read More

Seattle supercomputer maker Cray loses veteran CTO

Steve Scott, who worked for Cray since 1992, most recently serving as senior vice president and chief technology officer, is… Read More

T-Mobile still losing customers — but hey, it’s at a slower rate

AT&T is getting another good look at what it’s buying for $39 billion … and it’s a good thing the… Read More

Seattle biotech star Dendreon cuts outlook, signals layoffs

Dendreon, one of the great hopes of Seattle’s biotech industry, today reduced its financial projections for the year and said… Read More

Clearwire embraces LTE as subscribers top 7.6 million and losses mount

Clearwire made a bold — yet highly-anticipated step today — as the Kirkland broadband wireless company announced plans to build… Read More

Which would you give up first: Sex, coffee, or your phone?

TeleNav, the location-based technology company, is out today with results from a fun survey that demonstrates just how attached many of… Read More

Welcome to Washington: Fastest Internet speeds in the west

Next time you’re cursing your crappy Internet connection, just be thankful that you don’t live in Pocatello. The southeastern Idaho… Read More

Sony takes a big swing, buys game maker Sucker Punch

It probably doesn’t come with a price tag in the billions. But another Seattle area gaming studio has been sold.… Read More

Liberty Dialysis to sell for $1.7B

Liberty Dialysis Holdings, a Mercer Island company that operates 260 dialysis clinics across the country, has entered into an agreement… Read More

With AT&T acquisition pending, T-Mobile USA goes local in bid to revive its business

Eric Schlumpf is surprisingly upbeat for someone in his position. As T-Mobile USA’s newly named vice president and general manager… Read More

After working with Oprah, Tina Kirkpatrick looks to put Gilt City on the map in Seattle

Tina Kirkpatrick spent the past few years in Chicago, including a stint working as a buyer for Oprah’s Harpo Productions.… Read More

Dave Matthews concert? Free Kinects? Ah, the sweet life of a Microsoft intern

OK, so we know that Microsoft interns work really hard, in the process of getting some great experience and contributing… Read More

Bitcoin, Ballmer’s memo and other top stories of the month

It was an unusually busy month of July on the technology beat in Seattle. And here’s my theory why: The… Read More

Ex P-I journalists to shutter online news site Seattle PostGlobe

The Seattle PostGlobe — an online news site started two years ago by reporters who lost their jobs at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer… Read More