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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2009
Autodesk CEO takes Yahoo's reins
SAN FRANCISCO -- In tapping Carol Bartz as Yahoo's new chief executive Tuesday, the company's board has selected a seasoned manager and tough-minded technology executive who established Autodesk, the maker of design software, as a market leader and successfully steered it through a boom and bust cycle

TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2009
Microsoft joins project to assess learning skills
Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday it would team up with tech giants Intel and Cisco to support work designed to modernize ways to assess learning skills worldwide.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 2009
Windows 7 offer sparks server overload
Microsoft's servers were overloaded Friday as thousands tried to download the beta version of Microsoft's highly anticipated forthcoming operating system, Windows 7.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 2009
Microsoft's Bach talks about Zune
A conversation with Robbie Bach, head of Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2009
Microsoft's Songsmith makes music using PC
Sing a song into your PC and Microsoft will help you make music. That's the premise behind Songsmith, song-writing software Microsoft is releasing at the Consumer Electronics Show.

Microsoft partners up
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced a string of high-profile partnerships at the Consumer Electronics Show. Unifying the news, he said, was Microsoft's desire to connect the three screens that make up the average consumer's daily life.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2009
Microsoft forgoes South Lake Union lease
Microsoft has put on hold any interest in further expanding its operations in Seattle because of the deteriorating economy, a spokesman said Tuesday.

MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 2009
Trade show scales down -- a bit
The International Consumer Electronics Show, the largest trade show in the U.S., opens this week in Las Vegas with a full slate of giant TVs and inventive gadgets, despite the pall of a recession hanging over the industry.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 2009
Business Briefing
Internet Explorer loses more share of browser market ... Investors team up to buy failed lender IndyMac ... Program funds to subsidize TV converters nearly gone ... Verizon set to become largest wireless carrier ... also, shipping news.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 2009
Most Zunes are again playing the tunes
Many of the Microsoft Corp. Zune media players that froze up on the last day of 2008 because of a glitch involving their internal clock were functioning properly Thursday as the new year was ushered in, according to the company. However, a few people were still complaining of problems operating the devices.

Windows Mobile could get plug
What to watch for from Microsoft at next week's Consumer Electronics Show.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 2009
Microsoft blames Zune outage on leap year
For thousands of Zune owners, Dec. 31 was the day their music player died.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2008
Local notables give to Obama's inaugural bash
From artist Dale Chihuly to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, some of the Seattle area's highest profile residents are doling out thousands of dollars to fund President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural bash.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2008
The Insider: Servers are kids' play in Microsoft's new book
The P-I business staff's weekly compendium of quips, quotes, observations, asides, tidbits, weird facts and gossip.

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