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Microsoft Data Center Bets the Farm

In a century-old farming town in central Washington state, Microsoft has built a farm for the Internet age. But don't be on the lookout...

Google Local, Zillow Home Q&A

Google Voice Local Search is Google’s latest bid to make local-business search accessible over the phone. To try the free service, just dial 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411)...

BestBuy Acquires Speakeasy

The nation's largest standalone seller of electronics has paid $97 million to acquire Seattle-based Speakeasy, America's leading indepdenent broadbant Internet service provider and...

Zoodango, Remote Control Mail

The rush to build Web 2.0 technologies reminds some observers of the wild run-up to the Internet bubble during the late 1990s.However, users and...

Use Microsoft Search, Get Free Products

How does Microsoft challenge Google's hegemony in Web search in its unaccustomed role as a challenger brand? The answer is a caculated one. One...

Clearwire’s High Wire Act

Clearwire opened up aggressively in its stock market IPO debut with a price of $27.25, but ended the first day of trading day below...

Seattle Kitchen for Sale on eBay

The best way to a man's heart is through his stomach. The best way to his stomach? An amazing kitchen -- the remodeling of...

Microsoft’s MP3 Woes and Nintendo’s WII

A federal jury's ruling that Microsoft infringed on two MP3 patents and must pay $1.52 billion in damages could turn into a major...

Seattle U, Crosscut and the Vanishing Point

Four days unplugged? LOL ... RU crazy? not for a dozen communications students at Seattle University who recently attempted a 96-hour "media deprivation" experiment. This...

Starbucks Extra Shot: Free Wi-Fi

Starbucks has decided to change Wi-Fi flavors, switching from the pay-as-you-go T-Mobile HotSpot relationship coffee drinkers are using now to a new alliance with...