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Posted Sun, Feb 5, 2 a.m.
By Stephen H. Dunphy
How will the economy do this year? How will the economy impact presidential race? Is Seattle really in an economic growth zone? Here are some answers to your questions about 2012 for the our pocketbooks, the nation, and Seattle.
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Posted Sun, Dec 25, 2 a.m.
By Knute Berger
"Idea Man" is more nuanced than its publicity would have you think, revealing an intense but eclectic thinker who attacks his passions, admits his failures, and hopes to change the future.
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Posted Wed, Dec 14, 2 a.m.
By Skip Ferderber
The Xbox as the center of your home TV entertainment system? Here's our view.
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Posted Wed, Dec 7, 12:35 p.m.
By Skip Ferderber
A new app makes it possible for you to buy ebooks from your local independent book sellers. The owner of the Seattle Mystery Bookshop offers his thoughts.
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Posted Fri, Dec 2, 2 a.m.
By David Brewster
As Massachusetts governor, Romney shocked his supporters by ardently embracing smart growth policies. He doesn't talk that way now, but who knows who's the real Mitt?
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Posted Wed, Nov 30, noon
By Skip Ferderber
The company sets new sales record during cyber weekend. Meanwhile, where's Microsoft's tablet, and is it too late? Also, a great new Google Maps feature, and cable flunks a consistency test.
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Posted Wed, Nov 16, 12:55 p.m.
By Skip Ferderber
Mayor McGinn and the UW promote more broadband coverage; Microsoft holds its annual stockholders confab; and thePlatform explains what the heck it does.
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Posted Wed, Oct 19, 5:30 p.m.
By Skip Ferderber
The Redmond giant completes its $8.5 billion acquisition of the popular company, but how it intends to make money is unclear.
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Posted Wed, Oct 12, 2:49 p.m.
By Skip Ferderber
A round-up of Northwest companies making news -- and money.
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Posted Wed, Oct 5, 1 p.m.
By Skip Ferderber
It takes being more than dropping to 3rd place behind Apple and IBM in market value to keep Microsoft down. Plus news on other Seattle-related tech developments.
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Posted Thu, Aug 18, 2 a.m.
By Stephen H. Dunphy
In a national economy that is barely growing, Seattle may help the U.S. avoid another round of recession. Even here, though, the areas of opportunity are pretty limited.
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Posted Tue, Jul 5, 12:15 p.m.
By Hugo Kugiya
Highly skilled immigrants have helped to create a following for Inchin's Bamboo Garden, a restaurant whose style of cooking relates to what people remember from Chinese restaurants in India.
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Posted Mon, Jun 20, 2 a.m.
By Stephen H. Dunphy
National figures show the economy has hit a slow patch, but is not heading for a double-dip recession. With local large companies like Boeing hiring apace, why is the Washington economy so feeble?
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Posted Fri, May 20, 2 a.m.
By Stephen H. Dunphy
For example, student debt in the U.S. is now greater than credit-card debt. Here are some more possible surprises, and economic signs to keep watching.
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Posted Tue, Apr 26, 2 a.m.
By Knute Berger
'Idea Man' is more nuanced than its publicity would have you think, revealing an intense but eclectic thinker who attacks his passions, admits his failures, and hopes to change the future.
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Posted Thu, Apr 21, 2 a.m.
By Collin Tong
Approximately 40 percent of the city is now minority, and Bellevue has the highest percentage of Asian residents of any city in Washington state.
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Posted Mon, Mar 28, 2 a.m.
By Knute Berger
There are challenges to creating the 'next' Silicon Valley, but also to keeping the current one vital. In the Bay Area, one ray of hope is offered by a former Naval Air Station (think Magnuson Park on steroids), and a proposed Expo could bring all the pieces together.
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Posted Mon, Jan 10, 11:30 a.m.
By Skip Ferderber
The annual consumer electronics show in Las Vegas produced a few surprises, but nothing that shook the trees.
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Posted Tue, Oct 26, 2 a.m.
By Knute Berger
Well, don't let the door hit you on the way out. Washington state is about more than taxes, profits, and coddling a monied "creative class."
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Posted Fri, Aug 27, 2 a.m.
By David Brewster
The region needs a jolt, which comes from daring strategic thinking to take us past the recession and to transcend our political impasses. A suggestion: tap the game-changers in our midst.
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Microsoft Blog posts
Posted Sat, Jul 9, 2 a.m.
2011
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Skip Ferderber
Facebook phoning, and Magic Jack, get a little attention, as does a popular sports video camera developed here in Seattle.
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Posted Sun, Jul 3, midnight
2011
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Skip Ferderber
What July 4 weekend would be complete without "Yankee Doodle Dandy," or news from Microsoft?
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Posted Sun, May 29, 2 a.m.
2011
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Skip Ferderber
A close-up and personal look at tablets, good and bad, and some thoughts on whether it's time to get one. With rumors about Microsoft and Amazon entering the market, Apple or Android may not be the only question.
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Posted Sun, May 15, 2 a.m.
2011
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Skip Ferderber
Google might be changing the computing world. And maybe even cooler: The Library of Congress has a new online "oldies" jukebox.
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Posted Sun, May 1, 3 a.m.
2011
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Skip Ferderber
HBO has joined the ranks of media giants who are making their shows available on mobile devices. But where is Showtime?
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Posted Sun, Mar 20, 2 a.m.
2011
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Skip Ferderber
The New York publication becomes the latest, and biggest, paper to charge for online reading. And it may make Apple even richer in the process.
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Posted Thu, Aug 12, 2 a.m.
2010
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Skip Ferderber
A prototype from Microsoft puts a full keyboard on the back of a tablet. Uh-oh.
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Posted Wed, Jun 9, 10:06 p.m.
2010
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David Brewster
The Silicon warriors are surging in California, but there are only a few stirrings in Washington state. So far.
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Posted Tue, Apr 20, noon
2010
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Ronald Holden
A new WindowsLive ad campaign, created by an agency based on Capitol Hill, has some cute slogans but does little to show how the technology helps us.
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Posted Sat, Feb 27, 3:34 a.m.
2010
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David Brewster
He dispenses some unhelpful advice on how Steve Ballmer ought to be informing his employees. Uh, Mike??
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