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• Microsoft exhibits growing pains, promise

  May 5, 2013 in Business on Page E6 Six months after the launch of Windows 8 and shortly after a quarterly earnings report that surprised some with its solidity, Microsoft watchers are asking: Is the company the slow-yet-steady …

• Don’t write off Microsoft before considering its reach

  April 21, 2013 in Business on Page E2 With all the attention that computer-related companies such as Apple and Facebook are receiving these days, some have forgotten about or have written off Microsoft. It deserves some consideration, though. …

• Microsoft continues to pursue revenue-generating opportunities

  March 24, 2013 in Business on Page E2 Shares of Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) grew by an annual average of 14.3 percent over the past 20 years, but only 4.5 percent over the past decade. Despite the reasons for …

• Ex-bodyguards suing Paul Allen, company

  March 3, 2013 in Region on Page B2 SEATTLE – More than a dozen former members of billionaire Paul Allen’s security detail have sued or settled with the co-founder of Microsoft and investment company Vulcan, with some alleging …

• Vestal: Microsoft PAC backs broad slate

  February 16, 2013 in City on Page B1 The explosion of money – and particularly secret money – in politics has gotten a lot of attention. Much of that attention has focused on groups and donors who tend … 6

• Independent developers hope to create next big app

  September 30, 2012 in Business on Page E1 Three years ago, Spokane Community College student Randall Schleufer developed an iPhone game called Flickitty in his spare time. Within a month after uploading Flickitty to the iTunes Store, the …

• Microsoft reports first loss as public company

  July 19, 2012 in Nation/World REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft says an accounting adjustment to reflect a weak online ad business led to its first quarterly loss as a public company. 21

• Lee & Hayes expands scope of law practice

  June 21, 2012 in Business on Page A9 During its 18 years, Spokane-based law firm Lee & Hayes has developed a global reputation in intellectual property law. On Wednesday the law firm announced it is expanding by adding …

• 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 Nation/World, News 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

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