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  • Blogs

    April 23, 2010

    Microsoft Beats Google in Critical WNBA Branding Battle

    Microsoft and the Storm--partners in decision engineering!​Just like in Europe, corporate logos are increasingly common on the jerseys of our pro athletes. Xbox360 Live has been slapped on the chests of the Sounders for several seasons, and now our WNBA franchise is joining the Microsoft famil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    Microsoft's Bing Was Almost Called Bang

    Other rejected Bing names include "Nail," "Screw" and "Shag."​Microsoft's Bing is already facing long odds in its attempt to dethrone Google as the king of search. But how much more of an underdog would it have been had Redmond gone with its initial choice for a new name? From CNet News's in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    Unlike Google, Steve Ballmer Wants to "Help" China

    Software pirates, Falun Gong supporters, free Tibet activists--China's prisons have room for you all!​PR professionals, take note. Here is how you do not want to position your company against a competitor during a tricky news cycle. Google is adding a bit of luster to its halo by threatening ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    Flaw in Internet Explorer Cause of Google's Decision to Uncensor Chinese Searches

    This is how the world sees Google. A pleasant PR scenario for which they can thank rival Microsoft.​A side effect of Google's decision to stop censoring it's search engine in China has been the unwanted spotlight it's cast on Microsoft. A starring role the Redmond giant has handled with all th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    Google Stops Censoring China: Will Microsoft Quit Being Evil Next?

    When it comes to China, the horns and pitchfork no longer fit.​The biggest tech news of the day is that Google has stopped censoring search results on its Chinese web site. After finding a security breach targeting the e-mail addresses of human rights activists, Google announced that they'll t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    New Sex With Strangers Video

    No, that isn't just a blatant attempt to skew our Google search results; Sex With Strangers is a Vancouver, B.C.-based band I've been keeping an eye on for a while. Dance-punk is a genre that's not dying, and I'm really o.k. with that as long as people keep refining it, while also taking it for what ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    Microsoft to Team With Rupert Murdoch in Effort to Block Google?

    Collude with this man at your own risk, Microsoft.​According to a report from the Financial Times, Microsoft is in talks with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. to pay for the exclusive rights to deliver search results for papers like the Wall Street Journal, New York Post and others. Murdoch has be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2009

    New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof Bashes Microsoft Bing

    Don't even ask about the Dalai Lama.​While several nice things have been written about Microsoft's new Bing search engine, including by his NYT colleague David Pogue, op-ed columnist Nicholas Kristof does not agree. In a scathing Friday blog post, Kristof accuses MSFT of tailoring Chinese-lang ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    Another Sign That Ballmer Will Be Around a Lot Longer: Developers Say Google Tops Bing

    ​The man could beat a drum longer than the Energizer Bunny and with more verve than Animal, so it's not like his retirement seems imminent. In fact, Steve Ballmer once said that he won't leave Microsoft until the company is #1 in search, displacing the 900 lb gorilla from Mountain View. To tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    Bada-Powered-by-Bing: Microsoft and Yahoo Finally Make a Deal

    Dude, it's made!​Steve Ballmer probably "loves this company" even more today, as Microsoft finally got its search deal with Yahoo!. (Wouldn't it be cool if, as part of the deal, Microsoft had to add an exclamation point to its name as well?) For at least the next ten years, Microsoft's Bing wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2009

    The Ross Hunter Campaign Goes to Gmail

    Comes now Ross Hunter, former Microsoftie, with a tech-themed ad placed in your Google mail account--provided, of course, that you correspond on e-mail or search the web in such a way as to signal interest in the County Executive race. It's time for King County 2.0, y'all.

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Lawsuit Confirms That Microsoft is Serious About This Bing Business

    If the $100 million advertising campaign wasn't enough to convince you that Microsoft is serious about its new search engine--and the New York Post says Google's convinced--maybe the fact that Microsoft is suing people for click fraud will be. (Click fraud is when you get people or programs to repea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    New York Post: Bing Has Google in a Panic!

    NY Post sets up a face-offIt's not often that the sensation-masters at the New York Post dive into the nerdy world of tech battles, but yesterday they weighed in on the Google/Bing battle (which has yet to be proved a battle, except in Microsoft commercials). Under the headline "FEAR GRIPS GOOGLE", ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2009

    Maybe We Should Just Send a Battleship to Mountain View

    The Puget Sound/Silicon Valley battles are heating up. First, Microsoft is going after Google on the search front, combining a reportedly decent product with an aggressive marketing campaign that suggests that Google's search engine could drive you insane. Now, Google is taking aim at Amazon and its ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Bing's Early Reviews: So Far, Not Bad

    We're 24 hours into the Bing era--i.e. the era of Microsoft's new search engine. (It's called Bing!) And even though the public doesn't have access to the service yet, a lot of tech writers do, and their reviews are in--and excerpted below. Be ready for the product to launch--it'll be available to e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    If You Need to Learn About Something, Just Kumo It

    Not sure how we missed an announcement of this magnitude, but Microsoft's new search engine "Kumo" is likely to be unveiled next week. (It already may be a step behind, says CNN.) The engine is part of the company's strategy of going after its competitors where they're strongest, failing, and then t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2009

    Microsoft Wants to Borrow Your Money

    For the first time in its history, Bloomberg reports, Microsoft will sell bonds to the public. The company wants to raise $3.75 billion to buy back shares of its own stock (which has dropped 34% this year) and finance improvements in data centers so that it can better compete with Google's search en ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2008

    It's My Party and I'll Cry if I Want To

    For the first time in its history, Bloomberg reports, Microsoft will sell bonds to the public. The company wants to raise $3.75 billion to buy back shares of its own stock (which has dropped 34% this year) and finance improvements in data centers so that it can better compete with Google's search en ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2008

    I Thought Nothing Would Make Me Give Up Yahoo! Mail

    For the first time in its history, Bloomberg reports, Microsoft will sell bonds to the public. The company wants to raise $3.75 billion to buy back shares of its own stock (which has dropped 34% this year) and finance improvements in data centers so that it can better compete with Google's search en ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2006

    No LOL for AOL

    For the first time in its history, Bloomberg reports, Microsoft will sell bonds to the public. The company wants to raise $3.75 billion to buy back shares of its own stock (which has dropped 34% this year) and finance improvements in data centers so that it can better compete with Google's search en ... More >>

  • News

    June 2, 2004

    Microsoft's Sacred Cash Cow

    A former Microsoftie says addiction to Windows revenue, mediocre products, and missed opportunities could doom Seattle's most successful company.

  • News

    May 26, 2004

    Found Money

    As Microsoft and Yahoo! prepare take on Google, Seattle and UW continue to be a hotbed of Web-search innovation.

  • Food

    November 12, 2003

    That Special Bottle

    As Microsoft and Yahoo! prepare take on Google, Seattle and UW continue to be a hotbed of Web-search innovation.

  • News

    October 15, 2003

    The School Board Flunks Google 101

    In rounding up superintendent candidates, it seems no one did their homework. And what about the $63,500 head-hunting firm?

  • Arts

    August 27, 2003

    Marlon Brando, Yodeling, and More

    In rounding up superintendent candidates, it seems no one did their homework. And what about the $63,500 head-hunting firm?

  • News

    March 21, 2001

    ChatRoom

    Liad Meidar of i5 Digital talks about thinking long term in a short-term environment and the benefits—yes, there are some—of the bear market.

  • News

    February 7, 2001

    Window undressing

    MSN filters smut. Or it doesn't. Or does it?

  • News

    May 24, 2000

    Hot wheels

    In summer, a young person's fancy turns to thoughts of muscle cars and cruisin' the strip.

  • News

    April 28, 1999

    Stump the butler

    In summer, a young person's fancy turns to thoughts of muscle cars and cruisin' the strip.

  • News

    March 24, 1999

    Gated com.munities

    In summer, a young person's fancy turns to thoughts of muscle cars and cruisin' the strip.

  • News

    April 8, 1998

    Start-ing over

    Microsoft has quietly ditched its new media strategy in favor of a stripped down 'portal' approach.

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