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Todd Bishop

  • Music

    April 18, 2012

    Seven Nights: The Week in Music

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    April 18, 2012

    This Week's Recommended Shows

    Ballard jazz and beyond.

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Amazon Announces 'Kindle Fire' Tablet--Other Captain-Planet-Themed Products May Follow

    ​There are fewer surefire ways to connect with Generation Y'ers than with shameless '90s pop-culture references. So perhaps that's why Amazon has laid the groundwork for a whole new line of products subtlety themed after America's favorite cartoon earth saver.

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Microsoft Asks Court to Toss Apple's "App Store" Trademark Case Because Font Is Too Small

    ​Microsoft is leaving nothing to chance with its attempts to keep Apple from trademarking the term "App Store." In fact, the Redmond company's lawyers just filed a motion with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to have Apple's trademark filing stricken because . . . wait for it . . . the fon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Did Microsoft Bribe Gaming Journalists?

    ​The biggest annual event in the videogame world -- E3, otherwise known as Geek Woodstock -- ends today. Earlier in the week, Microsoft announced a new version of its XBox 360. Writing for True/Slant, Stephen Brewster says the introduction of the slimmed-down machine was "one of the most epic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Seattle Geeks Amazon, Zune, and Rhapsody Gang Up On the iTunes Bully. Could This Smackdown Be Real?

    Probably the first Zunes you've ever seen.​Tech Flash's Todd Bishop has an interesting story up today about Seattle-area businesses--Amazon, Zune, Rhapsody--picking off business from Apple's behemoth, iTunes. Aside from Amazon--which now takes in 8 percent of the nation's mp3 business--the tal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    Mac Users Pounce on Microsoft-Saks Windows 7 Twitter Feed

    So that's why no one on Twitter likes Microsoft.​UPDATE: TechFlash says Microsoft may be censoring the offending Tweets. Details after the jump. To remind holiday shoppers about their new OS Windows 7, Microsoft recently bought a display window in legendary New York department store Saks Fift ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    Mayor-Elect Mike McGinn Prefers Mac, Does it Make a Difference in Election?

    A younger, less bearded Mike McGinn?​Mayor-elect Mike McGinn and his staff recently asked the city's IT department if they could use Macs rather than PCs. Symbolically, it's a pretty big deal to have the highest-elected official in Microsoft's "hometown" reject their products in favor of the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    Windows 7: Is It Worth the Upgrade?

    There's a recession going on, and most of us--especially in the corporate sector--are trying to keep our desktop clunker PCs going by opening the chassis and forcing in as many extra memory cards as will fit in the slots. (Or just sprinkling them in loosely, for luck.) Anything to keep XP running a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2009

    Where Information Goes to Die

    One of the tech world's older sources of knowledge, Microsoft Encarta, dates back to the pre-Internet '80s. And now it's dead. The company itself announced the fate of the now online encyclopedia. The look-up service will end on October 31. Immediately after MSFT's Monday announcement, partisans of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2009

    Zune Will Save Us All

    Over at TechFlash, Todd Bishop says that MSFT is importing some key executives from its Zune division to help the guys in Windows Mobile. The latter application is used on some, but not very many, smartphones. Motorola is one client for the software. But that's a brand in decline. Now we've already ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2009

    Despair You Can Wear

    Awesome finds, Todd! Former P-I business writer Todd Bishop has moved on to TechFlash.com, where he here shows us the thrift-sale remnants from some of Microsoft's old software initiatives. (One example is pictured above.) You know how those wacky, irony-besotted kids love to wear kitschy T-shirts f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2006

    Microsoft's Future

    Awesome finds, Todd! Former P-I business writer Todd Bishop has moved on to TechFlash.com, where he here shows us the thrift-sale remnants from some of Microsoft's old software initiatives. (One example is pictured above.) You know how those wacky, irony-besotted kids love to wear kitschy T-shirts f ... More >>

  • News

    January 11, 2006

    Conflicted Disinterest

    The Seattle Times cuts loose the aggressive veteran freelancer who was covering the paper's dispute with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

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