Daily Digest from John & Todd for 05/12/2011
Clearwire's stock tanks after Intel dumps 10 million shares
May 12, 2011 10:19 am | John Cook Shares of Clearwire fell more than 12 percent today after Intel said that it plans to sell 10 million shares of the Kirkland broadband wireless company. Clearwire’s stock is now trading at $4.12, near an all-time low. Intel said it sold the shares, about 10 percent of its stake in the company, in order to... Read More...
Apple pitching bigger tent in Microsoft's backyard with new Bellevue retail store
May 12, 2011 09:49 am | John Cook We’ve been closely watching the construction of Microsoft’s new retail store at Seattle’s University Village — which happens to be located directly in the line of sight of Apple’s store at the outdoor mall. Now, in what’s shaping up to be a fierce retail rivalry, Apple plans to double the size of its Bellevue Square... Read More...
Microsoft security report shows abrupt decline in spam
May 12, 2011 09:08 am | Todd Bishop Microsoft this morning released its latest Security Intelligence Report, summarizing the data gleaned by the company about online attacks, viruses and other random unpleasantness across the Internet, targeting products from Microsoft and others. The report, covering the second half of 2010, shows some positive trends for the industry, including a continued decline in vulnerability disclosures,... Read More...
Computer science grads entertain juicy offers as tech hiring heats up (Video)
May 12, 2011 08:46 am | John Cook King 5 takes a look at the tech hiring boom in Seattle, focusing on Google’s growth plans and talking to University of Washington computer science students who are entertaining offers of more than $90,000 right out of school. The report also mentions Western Washington University’s proposal to eliminate its computer science department, which continues to... Read More...
Google's Brin to Windows users: Stop torturing yourselves
May 12, 2011 07:40 am | Todd Bishop One of Google’s big selling points for its new Chromebooks is the promise of a seamless updating mechanism that keeps the system up-to-date without any work on the part of the user. Google co-founder Sergey Brin is making headlines this morning for contrasting that approach with the traditional Windows updating process. Speaking during a press... Read More...
Nerd Notes: Angry Birds hits the web, an octopus ballet and ice cream Androids
May 11, 2011 09:01 pm | Sarah Stackhouse In case you didn't already know it, Star Wars changed the world and now there's an info graph to prove it. In related news, people are STILL talking about Star Wars. Now here's a ballet you don't want to miss! The octopus ballet was filmed 200 miles off the Oregon coast by a team of UW... Read More...
How Big Fish knocked Angry Birds off its iPad perch (at least on Mother's Day)
May 11, 2011 05:14 pm | John Cook Call it the Mother’s Day mobile blitz. Big Fish Games made a serious push this past weekend with its mobile strategy, claiming 15 of the top 25 paid apps on the iPad. It also secured the No. 1 slot with its Drawn game, knocking Angry Birds off its perch at least for parts of the... Read More...
Data: Bing, Yahoo gain as Google declines in U.S. search market
May 11, 2011 03:24 pm | Todd Bishop Google is still the undisputed king of the U.S. search market, but the latest numbers from comScore Networks show the combination of Microsoft and Yahoo closing the gap by 0.7 percentage points last month. Bing and Yahoo each rose 0.2 percent, to 14.1 percent and 15.9 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, Google slipped 0.3 percent, to 65.4... Read More...
Western Washington Provost: Computer science department needs to step up to the future
May 11, 2011 01:04 pm | John Cook Western Washington University Provost Catherine Riordan says she hasn’t made a final decision about the fate of the university’s computer science department. But Riordan says everything is on the table as the university deals with budget cuts, telling GeekWire today that Western is “leaving the door open for any kind of outcome.” In an interview,... Read More...
Google Chromebook: Is this your next mobile machine?
May 11, 2011 01:02 pm | Todd Bishop Google today unveiled the first wave of “Chromebooks” — notebook computers running the company’s Chrome OS, to be available starting June 15. The initial machines from Samsung and Acer, will sell for $349-$499, depending on the manufacturer, specs and optional mobile broadband. They’ll also be sold on a subscription basis for schools ($20/user per month)... Read More...
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