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• Barnes & Noble, Microsoft team up on e-books

  April 30, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK — An infusion of money from Microsoft Corp. sent Barnes & Noble Inc.’s stock zooming today, as the software giant established a way to get back into the …

• Microsoft sells AOL patents to Facebook

  April 23, 2012 in Business Microsoft, which just bought patents from AOL for $1 billion, is now turning around and selling most of them to Facebook for $550 million. 1

• Social media sobriety test helped local digital ad agency

  December 27, 2011 in City on Page A1 About a year ago the developers at Spokane digital ad agency 14Four had fun making a “social media sobriety kit” to help stop people from drunkenly posting on Facebook or …

• Gregoire signs budget patch

  December 21, 2011 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – With advice to the Legislature to show up “tan, rested and ready” in January to finish fixing the state’s budget problems, Gov. Chris Gregoire signed the $480 million … 1

• Gates testifies in $1 billion lawsuit against Microsoft

  November 21, 2011 in Business, Nation/World Billionaire Bill Gates envisioned a computer in every home in America, and he wanted to be the one who put them there, the Microsoft Corp. co-founder testified today in a … 13

• Microsoft plans to bring television content to Xbox

  October 9, 2011 in Business on Page E4 NEW YORK — Owners of the Xbox 360 will soon be able to watch a broad breadth of TV shows and other content through their gaming consoles — though most …

• Browser upgrades should boost Web surfing

  April 10, 2011 in Business on Page E4 The three leading browser makers have all released new versions of their software in recent weeks. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Mozilla’s Firefox and Google’s Chrome now offer faster page loading, streamlined … 1

• Microsoft seeking release of manager in Libya

  April 7, 2011 in News, Nation/World A Microsoft manager in charge of the company’s Libya operations is being held in Tripoli. Microsoft said in a statement Wednesday the company is working with international organizations to secure …

• New memoir highlights tension between Allen, Gates

  April 3, 2011 in Business on Page E4 NEW YORK — In a memoir out next month, Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen details tensions in his relationship with Bill Gates, including a scene from 1982, when he overheard …

• IT piracy bills draw criticism

  March 15, 2011 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – Bills aimed at fighting the theft of information technology around the globe were criticized Monday by retailers and some high-tech companies as legislative committees tried to reconcile different … 1

• Senate passes measure targeting software piracy

  March 6, 2011 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – The state Senate took a stand against international piracy last week. Not the kind that involves ships being raided off the coast of Somalia, but the kind that … 2

• Court to review patent judgment against Microsoft

  November 29, 2010 in Business, Nation/World The Supreme Court agreed today to referee a $290 million dispute between Microsoft Corp. and a Canadian technology company over complaints that a tool used in the popular Microsoft Word …

• Microsoft now fueling Yahoo’s search engine

  August 24, 2010 in Business A 34-year-old Lapwai man has been arraigned on charges stemming from a collision between two boats on the Snake River that killed a 15-year-old Lewiston boy earlier this month.

• Microsoft applies to expand at Quincy

  May 22, 2010 in Business on Page A6 One month after Washington state lawmakers gave a sales tax break to data centers, Microsoft has begun seeking an expansion of its giant data storage center in rural Grant County. …

• Geithner stresses trade’s role in recovery in Wash. visit

  May 18, 2010 in City, Region Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner got a Washington state trifecta Tuesday, experiencing three things for which the West Side is best known: Boeing. Microsoft. And rain. Geithner emphasizes trade in ‘soggy’ … 4

• Microsoft profits up on business spending

  April 23, 2010 in Business on Page A8 SEATTLE – An improvement in corporate spending on computers helped Microsoft increase its net income 35 percent in the most recent quarter, but investors wanted even stronger signals of a …

• It isn’t just your regular Joe’s

  April 12, 2010 in City on Page A1 In March 2009, Nova Duft launched a bring Trader Joe’s to Spokane Facebook group. A California transplant, the South Hill mom and her husband, Ward Duft, are using the Facebook … 51

• China attacks exploited flaw in Outlook browser

  January 15, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 SAN FRANCISCO – Security-software maker McAfee Inc. said Thursday that a flaw in Microsoft Corp.’s Internet browser was exploited in recent cyberattacks on Google Inc. and others that have caused …

• Ford ramps up SYNC features

  January 8, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A16 LAS VEGAS – Need a billion-dollar corporate turnaround? There’s an app for that. Hitching a ride with the fast-paced Internet and consumer electronics industry, Ford Motor Co. on Thursday unveiled …

• Microsoft chief unveils HP’s new tablet computer

  January 7, 2010 in Business on Page A8 Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer demonstrated a new touch-screen, tablet-style computer from Hewlett-Packard Co. on Wednesday night, the first of several such devices expected to be unveiled this month. The tablet …

• Law firm will add corporate group

  December 10, 2009 in Business on Page A8 Lee & Hayes PLLC, one of the Northwest’s premier intellectual property law firms, announced Wednesday it will launch a corporate practice group based in Spokane. Heading the new seven-person group …

• Microsoft hopes Office 2010 puts its users on a cloud

  December 6, 2009 in Business on Page E4 SEATTLE – When Microsoft starts selling Office 2010 next year, the company will take its workhorse software suite and move it one step closer to its vision of cloud computing. … 1

• Microsoft co-founder Allen treated for lymphoma

  November 16, 2009 in Business Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

• Microsoft lays off 800 more workers worldwide

  November 4, 2009 in Region Microsoft Corp. says it is cutting 800 more jobs. That’s in addition to the 5,000 layoffs it announced in January. 1

• Zune makes gains but not there yet

    October 25, 2009 in News on Page E1 With the launch last week of Windows 7, Microsoft officials can hold their heads up, having produced an innovative operating system that wipes away the taint of Windows Vista. Over … 2

• Hopes high at Windows 7 debut

  October 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A12 SEATTLE – Microsoft Corp. finally got its chance to reboot its reputation Thursday, launching a new edition of Windows that it hopes will encourage PC buyers to get back into …

• Microsoft hopes for a fresh start with Windows 7

  October 22, 2009 in Business Microsoft Corp. put a new edition of Windows on sale Thursday, hoping for a fresh start after a bad reception for the previous version of the software that runs most …

• Microsoft lavishes interns with job perks

  August 27, 2009 in Business on Page A10 SEATTLE – The same day Microsoft reported some of its worst financial results, a dozen buses left the Redmond campus. During rush hour, they headed toward Highway 520 as a …

• Microsoft keeping data center

  August 7, 2009 in Business on Page A12 Microsoft officials say they will continue using the company’s massive data center in Quincy, Wash., despite a recent decision not to expand its “cloud” computing services to that location. Quincy …

• Microsoft, Yahoo agree to combine online efforts

  July 30, 2009 in Business on Page A10 SAN FRANCISCO – Microsoft finally persuaded Yahoo to surrender control of the Internet’s second most popular search engine and join it in a daunting battle – taking on the overwhelming …

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