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- In 1996 AOL considered buying Apple. http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2011/08/ted-leonsis-aol-considered-apple-buy.html 2 comments
- How Microsoft keeps taxes down by using tax havens http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2011/07/microsofts-tax-haven.html 3 comments
- What we can learn from Amazon's cloud failure http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2011/04/Amazon-server-failure-highlights-problem.html 3 comments
- How to launch a startup for $42.15, and get 250,000 users http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2011/03/how-to-launch-a-startup-for-4215.html 2 comments
- Report: Amazon plans to expand grocery delivery service http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2011/01/amazon-plans-to-expand-grocery.html 2 comments
- LinkedIn shuts down Cubeduel, the viral co-worker rating service http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2011/01/linkedin-shut-downs-cubeduel-co-worker.html 27 comments
- Windows 8 to introduce ARM; First Public Demonstration Expected This Week http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2011/01/windows-on-arm-more-details.html 67 comments
- Texas sends Amazon a $269M uncollected sales tax bill http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/10/texas-slaps-amazoncom-with-269m-bill.html 49 comments
- Ballmer gives another $325k to campaign to defeat WA tax http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/10/ballmer-gives-another-325k-to-campaign.html 2 comments
- Microsoft closing down Massive, in-game advertising company http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/10/microsoft_takes_a_massive_hit.html 5 comments
- Steve Ballmer, Jeff Bezos fund effort to defeat state income tax http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/09/ballmer_bezos_fund_effort_to_defeat_state_income_tax.html 61 comments
- Arne Duncan, U.S. Education Secretary on Xbox: "Not a fan. No, absolutely not." http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/09/will_obamas_schools_chief_buy_his_kids_an_xbox_360_absolutely_not.html 24 comments
- Nathan Myhrvold unveils massive cookbook for science geeks http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/08/former_microsoft_cto_nathan_myhrvold_unveils_massive_cookbook.html 39 comments
- Bing keeps rising, now 11.5% http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/03/bing_keeps_rising_now_115.html 13 comments
- Ben Huh: "The worst candidates focus on money the most" http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/02/are_you_what_you_earn.html 2 comments
- Former Amazon Exec on iPad: "Amazon doubling down, can't afford to lose" http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/01/5_reasons_the_ipad_is_not_a_kindle_killer.html 19 comments
- Microsoft's ruthless executives against Google's cold engineers http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/11/business_vs_engineering_auletta_on_microsoft_and_google.html 8 comments
- A laser-powered space elevator? Seattle team leads NASA contest http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/11/seattle_team_leads_nasa_power-beaming_space_elevator_contest.html?ana=from_rss 4 comments
- Microsoft says it had Sidekick data backup, but it was hit, too http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/10/microsoft_says_had_sidekick_data_backup_but_it_was_hit_too.html?ana=from_rss 13 comments
- Nathan Myhrvold's cookbook on the science of cooking http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/10/nathan_myhrvolds_cookbook.html?ana=from_rss 2 comments
- Jeff Bezos supposedly invested $250k in Google in '98, worth $1.6 billion today http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/10/jeff_bezos_google_investment.html 9 comments
- LOLcats founder is perplexed by company success http://www.techflash.com/LOLcats_continue_to_gain_national_media_exposure_53341932.html 17 comments
- Do Seattle VCs Suck? http://www.techflash.com/Do_Seattle_VCs_suck_51271647.html 4 comments
- Need a beer at Safeco Field? Tweet and you shall receive http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2011/04/need-a-beer-at-safeco-field.html 10 comments baseball
- Microsoft: Apple can't claim exclusive rights to 'App Store'. This is the same company that tried to do the same exact thing for the word 'Windows'. http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2011/01/microsoft-escalates-fight-vs-apples.html 4 comments reddit.com
- Texas slaps Amazon with $269M bill for uncollected sales taxes http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/10/texas-slaps-amazoncom-with-269m-bill.html 116 comments business
- Classmates.com to pay up to $9.5m to settle suit over phantom friends http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/03/classmates_paying_up_to_95m_in_settlement_president_resigns.html 37 comments technology
- Amazon.com's 1-Click patent confirmed following re-exam http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/03/amazons_1-click_patent_confirmed_following_re-exam.html?ana=from_rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+techflash+%28techflash+-+seattle%27s+technology+news+source%29 3 comments technology
- Microsoft patent filing: Control a computer by flexing a muscle http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/12/microsoft_patent_filing_flex_muscles_to_control_computer.html 6 comments technology
- Paul Allen (Microsoft Co-Founder) diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/11/paul_allen_diagnosed_with_non-hodgkins_lymphoma.html 3 comments business
- Former Microsoft employee Keith Curtis: Linux is the future, even after Windows 7 release http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/10/guest_post_windows_7_doesnt_change_the_fact_that_linux_is_the_future.html 12 comments opensource
- "Having seen lots of codebases inside and outside Microsoft, I conclude that one of the best things the Macintosh and Linux have going for them is that Microsoft has so much baggage that it could be an airline." http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/10/guest_post_windows_7_doesnt_change_the_fact_that_linux_is_the_future.html 75 comments linux
- Rule No. 1: Hide the iPhone from Ballmer at the Microsoft meeting http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/09/ballmer_spots_microsoft_employee_with_iphone_at_company_meeting.html 6 comments windows
- Opera on Browser Ballot Screen "We're not sure about the use of logos." http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/Opera_Microsoft_differ_over_browser_icons_in_Windows_ballot_proposal_51792607.html 3 comments microsoft
- Bill Gates files for patents for a method that controls hurricanes by using large fleets of ships to mix colder water with warmer surface water. Classic evil genius doomsday device? http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/one_force_of_nature_vs_another_bill_gates_wants_to_stop_hurricanes_50385622.html 122 comments technology
- Microsoft sues TomTom over Linux and other patent claims http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/microsoft_sues_tomtom_over_patents_in_case_with_linux_subplot_40305732.html 39 comments technology
- Laid-off Microsofties offered free office space, Linux servers http://www.techflash.com/venture/seattle_software_incubator_wants_laid_off_microsofties_to_join_them38158639.html 3 comments technology
- Obama's Mac-savvy team lands in Microsoft hell at White House http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/obamas_mac-savvy_team_finds_itself_in_microsoft_hell38124339.html 19 comments apple
- Obama's Mac-savvy team lands in Microsoft hell at White House http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/obamas_mac-savvy_team_finds_itself_in_microsoft_hell38124339.html 5 comments politics
- Reddit: Solve this Microsoft puzzle http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/another_microsoft_puzzle_to_solve34173284.html 29 comments technology