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Phasers On Stun: Can Technology Stop the Killing?

One of science fiction's nobler virtues is reimagining the purpose and usage of technology. Arthur C. Clarke’s Newspad predated the tablet PC or iPad by...

Project Violet, the TEDx Seattle Finale: Adopt a Drug to Cure...

Capping off the TEDx Seattle symposium at Seattle Center yesterday, Dr. Jim Olson announced the national launch of Project Violet, a large multidisciplinary project at...

Starbucks goes to L.A.

Starbucks will relocate its Entertainment unit to Santa Monica from its current Seattle base and has hired music industry whiz Alan Mintz to head...

Tech Community Rallies to Obliteride Cancer

Fred Hutchinson Annual Bike Ride and New 5K Walk Take Place August 11 Amazon, Microsoft, Seattle Genetics, Juno, Blue Nile and Lyft are just a...

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...

AT&T & T-Mobile – Holy Alliance or Fabric Full...

The sale of T-Mobile by German parent company, Deutsche Telekom, had been rumored for years inside the creative department at T-Mobile's Seattle ad agency,...

New Year’s Resolution: Microsoft Philanthropies Donate $1 Billion in Cloud Computing...

In a new year's resolution for 2016 and beyond, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has announced a new initiative to ensure that Microsoft’s cloud computing resources serve the...

Buying LinkedIn, Microsoft Is Undisputed Leader in Professional Data

Microsoft will acquire the professional social network LinkedIn for $196 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $26.2 billion (including LinkedIn’s net cash). LinkedIn...

The Gates Notes and Tweets

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

Redmond’s Funeral for a Smartphone Frenemy

Funeral for a Mobile Smartphone Frenemy Who was driving the hearse in last week's mock funeral procession on the Microsoft campus? Are we mourning the...