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Microsoft debuted a new breed of Social phone this week --- dubbed Kin1 and Kin 2 -- the result of a partnership with Verizon...

It's a slate. It's a micro-tablet. It's a "Kindle killer" in sheep's clothing. No, it's the much heralded Apple iPad, the newfangled "talk to"...

Seattle has claimed the dubious distinction of America's riskiest cybercrime city, placing near the top in categories such as cyberattacks and potential infections, online...

The greater Northwest and Cascadia region has been buzzing in the Internet era, brimming with innovative technology and civic engagement services. A number of...

If you had to choose, would you take .3% sales tax increase across the board and .25% increase in B&O or sales tax on...

Like two P's in an iPod, Google has added a Seattle photo-editing company to its family photo album, pairing Picnik with Picasa. Picasa is...

More than 24% of U.S. and U.K. Internet users say they play social games regularly, making for a total of approximately 100 million social...

A new Olympic Games in Vancouver. A rapidly emerging Microsoft multimedia platform in Silverlight. And an entirely new search engine, named Bing. All have...

While Steve Jobs is expected to take most of the media oxygen out of the air this week, (not since Moses has a tablet...

This year’s 15th annual WTIA Industry Achievement Awards will celebrate the vibrant technology community in the state of Washington. Through 8 award categories, covering...

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn is looking to Tacoma for Wi-Max inspiration. McGinn took office at the beginning of this month after winning the election...

In a year that saw mobile Internet access break the broadband barrier, to head-turning, hand-turning 3G and 4G (Sprint) speeds, and the debut of...

In a year that saw mobile Internet access break the broadband barrier, to head-turning, hand-turning 3G and 4G (Sprint) speeds, and the debut of...

Yahoo and Microsoft have finalized their agreement to install Microsoft as the exclusive search provider for Yahoo's network of sites, the companies affirmedlast week. The...

A new city study on computer and Internet use by Seattle residents has been released. The 2009 Information Technology Access and Adoption Report finds...

With holiday season upon us, online retailers are preparing for the busiest online shopping days of the year, The first Monday after Thanksgiving, has...

The topic du jour was all about TV at last week's NewTeeVee Live conference exploring the future of television. That's when Xbox LIVE general...

MSN is rolling out a sleek, modern-looking homepage with a lot of goodies and a lot of white space. Call it "MSN Lite," with...

With a rock climbing wall resembling REI's glass-enclosed monolith in downtown Seattle, (only this geoglyph is studded with brightly colored plastic letters spelling out...

Windows 7 has officially launched in retail and etail stores and inside of home brewed "Launch Parties" across the planet. In the British Isles,...

Seattle has a master of the photo humor meme. His name is Ben Huh. The CEO of the Cheezburger Network of Seattle, is showing his...

According to the Wikipedia definition, the term Webmaster, could be considered, well, a bit sexist. The catch-all handle for Web architects, managers, producers, designers, and...

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has estimated it would cost $5 billion to $10 billion to wire the nation's "anchor institutions" with fiber-optic...

It's been the worst of times, and the best of times (or the best of what could have been worse) as the case for...

"They're late, they're late, but it's for a very important date!" Like Alice's March Hare in Wonderland, Microsoft is commmitted to providing marketers and advertisers...

Seattle-based Methodologie has applied its brand mapping systems expertise and brand visualizer "tech-knowledgy" to create a unified, one look brand identity for Boeing. The result...

Are we happy being No. 16? That was Washington's ranking among U.S. states (and territories) in a report cited by the Seattle PI based on...

Casual Connect, the news channel for the Seattle-based Casual Games Association, has published a compendium of digital game "How-To" Lectures and Articles for public...

enterpriseSeattle’s Washington Interactive Network will convene its 3rd annual Power of Play Economic Update Lunch on September 3rd by welcoming a panel of industry...

"Hello from Seattle" was the special message engaved on the back of the Zune MP3 player in its previous incarnation. Now with the new...

The French advertising group Publicis Groupe SA has agreed to acquire Internet ad agency Razorfish from Microsoft for $530 million in cash and stock. Razorfish...

A few choice words may say it best.Not “B-I-N-G” — “Because It’s Not Google” — but rather “And then there were two!” “Make no...

Amazon announced that it will be acquiring popular Internet clothing and footwear store Zappos.com for approximately $807 million. The closing price of Zappo's stock...

TeachStreet, the Seattle-based online community dedicated to matching teachers and students as well as providing teachers with the online tools to manage a private...

According to the market analysts-slash-publicists of TechCrunch, Google is “dropping the mother of bombs on its chief rival” in Redmond. The Internet giant is...

While fireworks were cancelled this year in downtown Seattle for the Fourth of July, the Seattle Space Needle towered above a minor inferno late...

Microsoft has launched a free online home energy monitoring tool that allows consumers to gauge their usage and reduce consumption. Microsoft Hohm, available as a...

Brand-new software company Xiant today released a public beta version of its first product, Xiant Filer, to help computer users stay on top of...

Microsoft Corp is making early gains on Internet search leaders Google Inc and Yahoo Inc with its Bing search engine that launched a little...

Previewed at the AllThingsD conference just a few short days ago and being christened at the start of this week's Search Marketing Expo (SMX...