Technology Sector

Len Bosack's Got the Fiber Hookup

The Golden Compass

Data Unbound

New mobile-phone services are roaming for customers.

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New mobile-phone services are roaming for customers.

Low-Cost Digital TV Converters Available Friday

You may recall how, despite the imminent shift to digital TV, many stores aren't carrying low-cost digital TV converters. Well, if you're among those in possession of a government coupon for a converter, Friday's your chance to get hooked up. Local group Reclaim the Media is teaming up with several ... More >>

Paul Allen vs. Google?

Cable, wireless phones, and billions of dollars for the FCC.

The Seattle Oil Tycoon

An update of Paul Allen's world: pipelines, insurance, and maybe some bankruptcy.

Pocket Jukebox

iPod might be the best known, maybe even the best, but it's not the only digital-music option.

Thanks For The Digitally Enhanced Memories

The HP DVD Movie Writer takes home movies into the 21st century.

Ventures: Wipeout

Seattle's remaining tech companies aren't likely to rebound soon, but some are poised to capitalize if new products catch on.

Qwest Mess

But don't panic about your Qwest phone service—yet.

News Clips— Needle Exchange

But don't panic about your Qwest phone service—yet.

Wired but wireless

Without much ado, Starbucks edges toward 'unwiring' its coffee shops.

The Browser

Desperate and dotless

We're only in it for the money

Calling high-tech "libertarians" on their lack of conscience.

How broad is your bandwidth?

Serving up high-speed hope to home Web surfers.

Alexa, DoubleClick: private, shmivate

Serving up high-speed hope to home Web surfers.

High-tech companies discover the Old Economy

Serving up high-speed hope to home Web surfers.

Enlightened exploitation

An Indian's message to the WTO: Hands off free trade!

Patently mine

The US Patent office has opened the door to all kinds of new patent claims. Microsoft and Amazon are in the first test cases.

Where did you go today?

Avenue A tells advertisers what works on the Web.

AD NAUSEAM?

The wide-open spaces of the Internet present advertisers with a peculiar mix of opportunity and peril.

Virtual roller coaster

The wide-open spaces of the Internet present advertisers with a peculiar mix of opportunity and peril.

Don't touch that dial

Seattle should take a closer look before jumping into the cable business.

Dialing for digits

How Microsoft hopes to route your phone calls through NT.

An industry divided

How Microsoft hopes to route your phone calls through NT.

Vive la differFrance

How Microsoft hopes to route your phone calls through NT.

Drag-and-shop

How Microsoft hopes to route your phone calls through NT.

Submerging channels

How Microsoft hopes to route your phone calls through NT.

The Dow of Shrooms

Within four days of shopping at the market, I saw the price of morels and porcinis fluctuate more than Apple stock on a Jobs death watch. The four day high for morels came to $40 per pound on Thursday, though that may have been pay back to me from the vendor who I made cut my porcinis in half on T ... More >>

NYT Lauds Seattle E-Waste Efforts

Americans are scrapping their pre-digital TV sets in astonishing numbers, and Seattle is at the vanguard of the e-waste movement. As The New York Times reports, local companies like tech salvage shop RE-PC and commercial recycling operation Total Reclaim are doing booming business. We reported on th ... More >>

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 >>

This Day in History: Microsoft Bails Out Apple

Uncle Bill got a chilly welcome from Apple's shareholders​It was August 6, 1997, Microsoft was being sued by the federal government, and Apple was struggling. No one had even heard of an iPod. Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced to the company's shareholders that Microsoft was buying $150 million i ... More >>

Newsweek's Massive F U to Ballmer

​Guess who's about to wake up next to a horse's severed head? Newsweek technology writer Daniel Lyons. In a blog post yesterday, which goes into print next week, he offers up some choice words for the Microsoft CEO. Some select quotes: "Instead of being scary, Microsoft has become a bit of a ... More >>

T-Mobile Service Currently Down: Ominous Sign for Mallahan?

Mallahan makes use of more reliable communication technology at the REVERB debate than his cellular company's.​Being a T-Mobile subscriber, and being surrounded by a handful of T-Mobile subscribers here on Western Avenue, I can confirm that, presently, T-Mobile service is on the fritz. And tha ... More >>

Now Tim Eyman's Going to F**k Up Your Computer, Too

Even the man’s software is malicious.

Uh-Oh: Ex-Employee Says Microsoft Today Is Like IBM in 1985

Time for Microsoft to give up the throne?​Don Dodge was the start-up guru for Microsoft until he got laid off in November. Within a week he was hired at Google. (And thus able to play with all the fun new toys he'd been denied in Redmond.) Now, in an interview with Nick Eaton at the Microsoft ... More >>

Reader: Microsoft Would be Smart to Avoid IBM Comparisons

What do a mouse and elephant have to do with Microsoft and IBM? Read on.​Reader lurker responds to Uh-Oh: Ex-Employee Says Microsoft Today Is Like IBM in 1985. It's worth reading just for the quote at the end. "And let's not forget the highly relevant fact that Microsoft got its start by pigg ... More >>

What's the Real Difference Between a Mac and a PC? One is Very Rich

Where's the Zune bump?​Contrary to what your TV will tell you, the difference between a Mac and a PC isn't measured in cool. It's measured in cash. Sure, that dude who dated Drew Barrymore looks hipper than the stodgy Daily Show guy. But did you know, assuming stock options are a part of his ... More >>

Seattle Doesn't Make List of Crappiest Commutes

​Although we really (REALLY) like to bitch about the traffic around here, it turns out things aren't so bad. At least as long as you think globally. IBM punched a bunch of numbers into a computer and out came something called the commuter pain index (graph after the jump) which, if it's at all ... More >>

T-Mobile One of 10 Brands That May Disappear

​Remember when Joe Mallahan ran for mayor on the strength of being T-Mobile's "ideas man"? Well T-Mobile could really use a couple good ideas right about now. Because according to a post on 24/7 Wall Street, the Bellevue-headquartered company is at the top of a list of businesses that may be g ... More >>

Costco Lawsuit Reaches Supreme Court, Ruling Could Affect $58 Billion 'Gray Market'

​Costco's right to hawk cheap, foreign-made goods in U.S. stores reached the ears of the United States Supreme Court on Monday. The case started originally when Swiss luxury watch company Omega sued Costco for buying its "Seamaster" watches from foreign distributors on the cheap, then selling ... More >>

Washington's Ban On Online Gambling May Affect Players Outside Washington

​Washington State's ban on internet gambling may be keeping people who don't live in Washington from playing too.

AT&T To Eat T-Mobile in $39B Monopoly-Flavored Merger

​T-Mobile thinks AT&T is just terrible. Or, at least, it used to. Now that the companies announced plans to merge, it looks like T-Mobile will have to stop pointing out how shitty AT&T's service is in almost every commercial it makes.

Linus Torvalds, Mythic Smith of Linux, Declares Microsoft Dead, Victory for Communism

Comrade Linus Torvalds.​Dealing with Microsoft is "like kicking a puppy," declares Linus Torvalds to Network World on Monday. The Finnish radical and hacker turned Portland software mogul says that Linux-inspired technology has overpowered Microsoft's grip on the market in every category they ... More >>

Nintendo Profits Plummet by 66 Percent, 3DS Touted as Company's Saving Grace

​It's easy to forget sometimes that Microsoft isn't the only major video game maker with a headquarters in Redmond. Little Nintendo (you know, the folks that pioneered video game as we know it) has its American headquarters there and has been toiling away quietly for years. Perhaps the second- ... More >>

WSJ: Seattle Is Becoming the New Silicon Valley

​This may not come as news to the legions of local computer programmers who are already working for satellite hubs of companies like Facebook, Zynga and Salesforce, but Seattle is on a path to eclipse the Bay Area as America's technology hub.

AT&T and T-Mobile Grease Liberal Groups With Cash for Their Support of Merger

​Ever wonder why a bunch of liberal groups like the NAACP, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, and the National Education Association would sing the praises of a gigantic telecommunications-company merger? Might it have something to do with the loads of cash that the groups have be ... More >>

Electronic Arts to Buy Seattle-Based PopCap Games for $1 Billion, Sources Say

​Rumor has it that local video-game maker PopCap Games (Plants vs Zombies, Bejeweled 3) is about to bought for a whopping $1 billion. That's billion. With a B. But until late last night, no one knew who the buyer was.

Novell-Microsoft Lawsuit Ends In Mistrial--Bill Gates Lives to Testify Another Day

​A $1 billion lawsuit that saw Bill Gates dragged in front of federal judge to testify has proved too hazy for jurors to piece together. But the Microsoft-Novell saga still looks to be far from over.