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| 1 | Thousands gather for Emerald City ComiCon | Local News |
| Thousands of people — many dressed in elaborate costumes from the pages of Marvel and DC Comics — buzzed around the Emerald City ComiCon on Saturday, blissfully geeking out. | ||
| 4/5/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 2 | Microsoft Pri0: Coverage note | |
| Microsoft Pri0 by Benjamin J. Romano. This marks my last post on the Microsoft Pri0 blog. I'm moving on from The Seattle Times after the better part of four years. Technology editor Mark Watanabe will make occasional posts here as a replacement is found. | ||
| 4/3/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 3 | Microsoft Pri0: Microsoft news roundup: Ad campaign in works for Microsoft search; Office on iPhone?; Inside | |
| The story says the campaign is expected to begin in June. Microsoft's search team had some April Fool's fun Wednesday, poking at its branding troubles with a post announcing the debut of "MSN Windows Live Search on kumo@microsoft.com. | ||
| 4/2/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 4 | Microsoft applies for fewer H-1B work visas | Business |
| With ongoing layoffs and hiring slowed across the economy, Microsoft this year is applying for "substantially fewer" of the controversial H-1B temporary work visas for specialty occupations and expects other tech employers to do likewise, a top executive said Wednesday. | ||
| 4/2/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 5 | Microsoft Pri0: BBC: Obama gives Queen of England an iPod | |
| "The BBC's Peter Hunt says: President Obama has given the Queen an Ipod during their private meeting at Buckingham Palace. It contains footage of her state visit to the US in May 2007. The Queen has given the president a silver framed photograph of herself and her husband. | ||
| 4/1/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 6 | Microsoft eyes small businesses with entry-level server | Business |
| Microsoft is introducing a new low-price, entry-level server for small businesses with fewer than 15 employees as a way to introduce them to the company's broader server-software line and address falling server-hardware prices. | ||
| 4/1/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 7 | Microsoft Pri0: Vista Capable trial postponed | |
| Microsoft Pri0 by Benjamin J. Romano. U.S. District Court Judge Marsha Pechman decided today to postpone trial of the Vista Capable lawsuit, which was due to begin April 13. | ||
| 3/31/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 8 | Microsoft Pri0: TomTom and Microsoft settle patent suits | |
| Microsoft Pri0 by Benjamin J. Romano. Microsoft sued portable GPS maker TomTom in February for patent infringement, raising the specter of a first Microsoft attempt to file suit over an implementation of the open source Linux operating system, which Microsoft has long claimed violated its patents. | ||
| 3/30/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 9 | Microsoft ad: "I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person" | Business |
| The commercial, tuned to reflect the economy, follows a woman who thought she was participating in a market-research program through the process of shopping for a laptop. | ||
| 3/27/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 10 | Microsoft Pri0: New Microsoft ad swipes at Apple | |
| "Lauren" walks into an Apple store -- she calls it "the Mac store" -- and then walks out and tells the camera, "For $1,000 they only have one computer available and that's a 13-inch screen." She ends up buying an HP for about $700. | ||
| 3/26/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 11 | Microsoft Pri0: Windows 7 Release Candidate due in May? | |
| Microsoft Pri0 by Benjamin J. Romano. Microsoft posted a download page for the next major Windows 7 milestone. The page, since removed, said the Windows 7 Release Candidate would be out in May -- a bit later than previous rumors of an April RC. | ||
| 3/26/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 12 | Microsoft Pri0: Microsoft joins Kitsap telework experiment | |
| Microsoft Pri0 by Benjamin J. Romano. The Kitsap Sun reports that Microsoft is joining an effort to develop a work-at-home program with a group of businesses and other organizations in Kitsap and Jefferson counties. | ||
| 3/26/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 13 | Microsoft Pri0: Renewed Vista Capable class-action effort gets hearing | |
| Microsoft Pri0 by Benjamin J. Romano. After the ongoing Vista Capable lawsuit against Microsoft was decertified as a class-action last month, the plaintiffs sought to certify two new, narrower, classes to allow the case to go forward. | ||
| 3/25/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 14 | Microsoft Pri0: QA: Microsoft chief strategist Craig Mundie on global competition, government IT | |
| Microsoft Pri0 by Benjamin J. Romano. Craig Mundie, Microsoft chief research and strategy officer, said Americans seeking to update their technology skills should look to the nation's community colleges for training. | ||
| 3/25/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 15 | Microsoft Pri0: Nintendo offers Wii owners more storage, new 'Zelda' title at GDC | |
| Microsoft Pri0 by Benjamin J. Romano. Nintendo, the runaway leader in the video game business, is priming the market for its new Internet-connected handheld gaming system and adding storage capabilities to the best-selling Nintendo Wii. | ||
| 3/25/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 16 | Microsoft Pri0: Microsoft adds instant flight status to Internet search | |
| I tested it out just now with a Virgin America flight. Seems to work pretty well. The same search in Google brought back similar information, also provided by www.flightstats. | ||
| 3/24/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 17 | Microsoft Pri0: Microsoft's January layoffs took effect today | |
| Microsoft Pri0 by Benjamin J. Romano. Today, March 23, marks the last day on the payroll for Microsoft employees notified in January that their jobs were being cut. | ||
| 3/23/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 18 | Microsoft Pri0: Nintendo fitness game surpasses 'Halo 3' in total U.S. sales | |
| The blockbuster from Kirkland-based Bungie Studios, exclusive to Microsoft's Xbox 360 console, has sold 5.9 million units in the U.S. since launching in September 2007. Wii Fit just hit 6 million, NPD Group told Kotaku. | ||
| 3/23/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 19 | Xbox finally finds its way to Nome, Alaska | Business |
| The family's quest to get their Xbox 360 console repaired under warranty ended Thursday after a full two months of frustrating calls, e-mails and a letter to the company's top executives. | ||
| 3/21/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 20 | Microsoft Pri0: Repaired Xbox 360 finally reaches Nome | |
| The way it's supposed to work is Microsoft sends an empty box, the customer sends in the broken console and a few weeks later, a functioning box arrives. | ||
| 3/20/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||