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Dude, where’s my TV station? Michael Dell buys Seattle’s KFFV

Michael Dell has emerged as the winning bidder of Seattle-area TV station KFFV TV. The Seattle Times, which first reported… Read More

As funding woes face Clearwire, LightSquared pulls in $265 million

The capital woes of Clearwire have been well documented. But even as the Kirkland broadband wireless company struggles, one of… Read More

Intellectual Ventures floats idea for hiding phone calls — inspired by Tiger Woods?

In a newly surfaced patent application, a group of inventors affiliated with former Microsoft technology chief Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures… Read More

Bungie Aerospace revealed: ‘Rocket fuel’ for indie games

Bungie, the Bellevue-based video-game company known for the blockbuster Halo franchise, is finally going public with details of its “Bungie… Read More

Control-Alt-Facebook? Social network gets dedicated hardware button on HTC ‘Status’

Take that, Google+? A day after the search giant unveiled what amounts to a social network of its own, phone… Read More

John Chapple resigns from the board of F5 Networks after nine months

Seattle area venture capitalist and former wireless executive John Chapple has resigned from the board of F5 Networks, the Seattle… Read More

Why the Supreme Court shot down California’s ban on violent video games

The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a California law that attempted to ban the sale of violent video games… Read More

Getting games from good to great with Bungie’s Rick Lico

It’s an overcast summer’s evening in Seattle’s University District, and in the warehouse-like space in the back of an arts supply… Read More

PopCap Games: By the numbers

Word that PopCap Games is in talks to be acquired — perhaps by Electronics Arts — for more than $1… Read More

Report: Mystery buyer acquiring PopCap for more than $1B

TechCrunch reports this afternoon that Seattle’s PopCap Games, maker of hit casual games including Plants vs. Zombies and Bejeweled, is… Read More

Seattle picnic shelters to double as solar energy facilities

One of the challenges with solar power in Seattle — in addition to the abundance of gray skies — is… Read More

Aerospace software company Dassault Systemes making Seattle a new corporate hub

Software company Dassault Systemes of France, a key Boeing partner, has leased new office space in Seattle and will make… Read More

What the budget crunch is doing to computer science, and what to do about it

Guest Commentary: For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, the University of Washington has again taken a massive hit… Read More

Tech moves: IvyCorp snags Josh Maher; Tier 3; Allyis and more

Here’s a look at some of the new hires and people on the move at technology companies throughout the Pacific… Read More

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation bankroll project to turn ‘fecal sludge’ into biodiesel

An environmental engineering professor at Columbia University has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation… Read More

Clearwire appoints former Speakeasy CEO to board

Clearwire’s board continues to morph and change. And here’s the latest development at the Kirkland broadband wireless provider: Former Speakeasy… Read More

Votocracy looks to shake-up 2012 presidential race, recruits Average Joes to campaign online

Think you’re better equipped to run for president than Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney or Barack Obama? If so, Votocracy wants… Read More

Comcast wins high-speed broadband contract for Seattle’s Pioneer Square

Comcast has won a high-profile contract to provide high-speed Internet access to businesses and residences in Pioneer Square, an important… Read More

Chart: Washington state sheds jobs as tech companies lament tight talent pool in Seattle

It may be too early to call it a “double dip.” But Washington state’s job growth slowed in May, as… Read More

T-Mobile aggregating daily deals with ‘More For Me’ app

T-Mobile this morning jumped into the daily deal business — or at least the daily deal aggregation business — with… Read More

Video: Dan Savage takes aim at Rick Santorum, Tracy Morgan at Webby Awards

Dan Savage’s social media campaign, “It Gets Better,” has sparked thousands of supportive videos in an effort to eradicate bullying… Read More

How it works: AMD’s new Accelerated Processing Unit

Here’s one for the silicon geeks. At a conference in Bellevue this morning, AMD introduced its new Fusion A-Series Accelerated Processing… Read More

InfoSpace introduces Content Experience Platform

We’ve been wondering how InfoSpace plans to pivot, especially after news Monday that the company had entered into a deal… Read More

Thunderbolt vs. Charge: Study compares Verizon LTE rivals

Mobile research company RootMetrics is out with a new study today that will pique the interest of anyone considering a… Read More

InfoSpace sells Mercantila at a loss, e-commerce business no longer ‘fits’

Just 13 months ago, InfoSpace gobbled up the assets of Mercantila for $8 million in cash and the assumption of… Read More

South Lake Union goes ‘green,’ gets 24 EV charging stations

Driving through Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood yesterday, I passed by the Propel biodiesel fueling station. I was struck by… Read More

Stratos Genomics raises $2.2 million for DNA sequencer

Stratos Genomics said today that it has raised an additional $2.1 million from existing shareholders. The money, which follows a… Read More

Nintendo unveils Wii U game console, with touch-screen tablet controller

Nintendo just unveiled its newest home console, dubbed the Wii U, during a presentation at the E3 video game convention… Read More

Concur makes another buy, gobbles up London’s GlobalExpense

Concur’s hunger for acquisitions continues. The Redmond maker of travel and entertainment expense management software today announced that it plans… Read More

Sony’s new PS Vita handheld: $249 WiFi, $299 3G, on AT&T

Sony this evening unveiled the official name for the successor to its PlayStation Portable. Dubbed the PlayStation Vita, the new… Read More