Storm inks Microsoft Bing deal
By Todd Bishop on Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 12:11pm PDT
Does this mean we have to call Sue Bird a "decision" guard? Bing, the search engine that Microsoft insists on calling a "decision engine," announced today that it has signed a "multiyear marquee partnership" with the Seattle Storm. Among other things, the sponsorship will put the Bing logo on the WNBA team's jerseys -- giving Microsoft a presence on uniforms worn by of three of Seattle's remaining four remaining major professional sports teams. | | SPONSORED POST | Powerful Connections breakfast, April 30th
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By Todd Bishop on Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 11:38am PDT
Belkin International, known for its computer peripherals, said today that it's moving into the energy conservation field with the acquisition of company founded by University of Washington professor Shwetak Patel. The company, Zensi, specializes in technology for monitoring home-energy usage by plugging a sensor into an outlet. It was developed at the UW and Georgia Tech, where Patel was previously a graduate student. The idea is to dramatically simplify a process that can otherwise require working with an electrician, accessing a breaker panel, or other complicated approaches, explained Patel, 27, an assistant professor in the UW Department of Computer Science & Engineering. After it's plugged into the wall, the device infers energy consumption by sensing a variety of signals that appliances, electronics and other machines inadvertently send over power lines in the home. | | SPONSORED POST | Seattle University Software Engineering
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By John Cook on Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 5:14am PDT
Brazil's National Institute for Space Research has awarded a contract valued at more than $20 million to Seattle-based Cray Inc. The deal is for Cray's XT6 supercomputer, with the Brazilian space agency to use the system for weather forecasting and climate research. It marks Cray's first XT customer in Brazil, and it follows a $45 million deal that the company announced earlier this month with the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration. Shares of Cray have risen 50 percent in the past year. | Partovi brothers leave MySpace
By John Cook on Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 7:24pm PDT
Ali and Hadi Partovi, the twin brothers who sold Seattle-based iLike to MySpace just nine months ago, are leaving the social networking company, according to a report by Kara Swisher at All Things Digital. Swisher had previously reported on the future of the Partovi brothers at MySpace, speculation which heated up after MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta resigned just two months ago. Van Natta was instrumental in the purchase of the Seattle online music site iLike, bringing on the Partovi brothers as key executives as part of the acquisition. Last October, Ali and Hadi Partovi were promoted within MySpace. Ali was named vice president of business development, while Hadi was tapped as senior vice president of technology. [Post updated with comment from MySpace] | Apple: Mac sales weren't hurt by big buildup to the iPad's release
By Todd Bishop on Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 3:01pm PDT
Apple fans and other tech consumers may have been saving up in the first few months of the year to buy the iPad when it debuted earlier this month. Even so, Apple's quarterly results this afternoon suggest that its traditional computer business didn't suffer much, as a result, in the buildup to the release of the new device. "Although we announced the iPad in January, there was nothing obvious in the iPod numbers or the Mac numbers to suggest cannibalization," said Tim Cook, Apple's chief operating officer, in a conference call today. "There's an obvious difference between announcing, when people know it's coming, and starting to sell. And so that part of the equation, we don't know yet. We will find out. We are thrilled with how the iPad is selling, and the enormous response we've received." | |
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