The Verge

MAY 18, 2020

Microsoft has admitted it was wrong about open source, after the company battled it and Linux for years at the height of its desktop domination. Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer famously branded Linux “a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches” back in 2001.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 11, 2020

Halo Infinite will be delayed until 2021, Microsoft-owned developer 343 Industries announced today, citing development challenges including COVID-related impacts. ” Halo Infinite Development Update pic.twitter.com/TFZvXhRN9f. ” Halo Infinite Development Update pic.twitter.com/TFZvXhRN9f.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Microsoft created a secret Windows XP theme that made the operating system look more like a Mac. A recent Windows XP source code leak has revealed Microsoft’s early work on the operating system and some unreleased themes the company created during its early XP development back in 2000. Windows XP aqua buttons.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 17, 2024

The company has been on a continuous journey to adapt its internal and external processes to new business needs and opportunities since 2001.” To carry out all these projects, Ipsos works with leading cloud computing technologies Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and AWS for its infrastructure, storage, analysis, and AI needs.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

[ Editor’s Note: Microsoft @ 50 is a year-long GeekWire project exploring the tech giant’s past, present and future, recognizing its 50th anniversary in 2025. It was a “major, major moment in this whole AI journey,” said Peter Lee, the Microsoft Research president. At Microsoft, it was a moment decades in the making.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 6, 2024

( Halo Infinite screenshot) In a surprise reveal, Microsoft announced a new direction for the Halo series, which includes switching out its engine and changing the name of its main development studio. In a short prerecorded video titled “A New Dawn,” several of Halo ’s lead developers discussed the new direction they plan to take.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 6, 2022

Many companies encourage employees to set aside blocks of time each day for “deep work,” and some even automate that process using tools such as Microsoft Outlook’s focus time feature, part of Viva Insights. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Focus: That will be the new work week for SAP in Germany beginning May 20, 2022.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Microsoft kicked off its virtual Ignite conference today with a look back at how Microsoft Flight Simulator has changed since its introduction in 1982. The nearly 40-year history shows just how much PC gaming has changed, to the point where Microsoft Flight Simulator can now accurately ( most of the time! ) Image: Microsoft.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 11, 2022

Many developers faced difficulties porting applications developed for a particular computing environment decades ago. Containerization originated in 2001 as a project that allowed several general-purpose Linux servers to run on a single box with autonomy and security. How we got here. Advantages. In conclusion.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Ed Fries, one of the original team members at Microsoft that co-created the Xbox, shared a bevy of behind-the-scenes stories from his time at the tech giant as part of a celebration of the Xbox project’s 20th anniversary. This was a present from the team when I retired from running Microsoft Game Studios in 2004.

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GeekWire

MAY 31, 2023

Maximal Learning Photos) Two decades after selling their startup to Microsoft, Eran Megiddo and Liviu Asnash are going back to their entrepreneurial roots. The longtime Microsoft leaders are the co-founders of Maximal Learning , a new Seattle startup that just raised a $5.7 Asnash led groups that developed education analytics software.

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GeekWire

MAY 2, 2023

Initially announced at Microsoft’s all-virtual E3 show in 2021 , Redfall is a first-person shooter for 1 to 4 players that puts you up against the vampires who’ve taken over a small town in Massachusetts. Arkane is a satellite studio of video game publisher Bethesda Softworks, which Microsoft acquired in 2020.

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GeekWire

MAY 14, 2020

The onetime Microsoft executive, who was a co-founder of Xbox and a force in the video game industry before leaving the tech giant after 19 years, is joining Intellivision Entertainment as global managing director. The 2001 release of the Xbox ushered Microsoft into the video game console space and now Allard will try again with Amico.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 24, 2022

Established by the UK Parliament in 2001 to settle complaints about financial-services companies, the Financial Ombudsman’s Service (FOS) has served an increasing number of consumers, recently dealing with more than a million people a year. Going ‘cloud preferred’ with Microsoft and Workday.

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GeekWire

MARCH 13, 2025

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at the 2021 groundbreaking for the Intuit Dome, the new home of the L.A. Clippers / Intuit Dome Photo) [Editors Note: Microsoft@50 is a year-long GeekWire project exploring the tech giants past, present, and future, recognizing its 50th anniversary in 2025. He was at Microsoft for almost 34 years.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 10, 2021

This includes better planning on release dates for major Destiny 2 expansions such as Shadowkeep and Beyond Light, to allow developers to work at a reasonable pace without having to put in mandatory overtime; reforming the internal Bungie Diversity Committee; and hiring more women and people from underrepresented communities.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer speaks at this year’s Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle. Photo courtesy of Dabe Alan / Penny Arcade) This year’s Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle opened last week with a keynote presentation by Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, which focused on five video games that had influenced him and his career.

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The Verge

MAY 21, 2020

We’re aware of these reports and are investigating,” a Microsoft spokesperson said in a statement to The Verge. Microsoft developed the first Xbox with x86 hardware in mind, but the Xbox kernel was based on a custom and stripped down version of Windows 2000 with DirectX 8 support. Original Xbox Dashboard. As Windows 3.5

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 4, 2022

Two years later, the Microsoft shop migrated to Office 365. Our strategy in taking a hybrid approach has provided the agility we need to do advanced services in the cloud as we go through our digital transformation,” says Gabriel, who joined the company in 2001 and was promoted to executive vice president and CIO of Clean Harbors in 2018.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The highly-anticipated game will debut next fall, Microsoft-owned developer 343 Industries announced Tuesday. Halo Infinite was originally scheduled to release last month alongside the debut of Microsoft’s new console, the Xbox Series X. Microsoft showed off the game in July month as part of a preview.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Microsoft launched its first version of Windows on November 20th, 1985, to succeed MS-DOS. Microsoft’s first version of Windows might not have been well received, but it kick-started a battle between Apple, IBM, and Microsoft to provide computing to the masses. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates with a boxed copy of Windows.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

After completing a degree in computer science, Horton went on to work for Microsoft for 13 years, later moving on to Cisco, where she has now been for five years. Lauderdale’s McKay says she didn’t have her sights on a CIO role when she started working for a local government agency in 2001; she simply wanted to “do a good job.”

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Enterprise application development and deployment company OutSystems hired three new executives based in the Seattle region, all of whom previously had long tenures at Microsoft. . Eileen Fisher , who spent 20 years in partner management and product marketing at Microsoft, joined OutSystems as technical alliance director.

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GeekWire

JULY 31, 2024

based game developer Bungie announced Wednesday that it is laying off approximately 17% of its workforce, or 220 roles. In addition, Bungie will integrate approximately 155 (12%) of its current roles into its parent company Sony Interactive Entertainment, and will cease internal development on one of its next unannounced projects.

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GeekWire

JULY 24, 2020

’ (Microsoft Xbox / 343 Industries Image). Microsoft’s 343 Industries revealed more information Friday about its next game in the Halo franchise, the forthcoming Halo Infinite. Microsoft is banking on Halo Infinite as a “killer app” for the new Xbox Series X, debuting later this year.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The independent video game developer confirmed on Monday afternoon that it plans to sublease two floors in Seattle’s 2+U tower, with room for about 300 employees. Microsoft acquired Bungie in 2000, which led to the studio’s next title, 2001’s Halo: Combat Evolved, shipping as an exclusive for the original Xbox.

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CTOvision

MARCH 31, 2015

SharePoint, Microsoft’s web application framework and platform, was unveiled back in 2001 and now numbers 125 million global users, utilizing the tool to integrate intranet, content and document management. Circumnavigate being locked into to custom workflow development by using an add-on product. CTO Microsoft SharePoint'

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MAY 3, 2021

On the legal team for Epic Games is Christine Varney , the lawyer who represented Netscape in its antitrust suit against Microsoft in 2001. The Microsoft case ended with an initial judgment to break up the Redmond-based software giant, a decision which later was walked back under a 2002 settlement agreement.

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GeekWire

MAY 3, 2021

Prior to Ad Lightning, Moore was CEO of Cheezburger, a network of humor sites, and a media executive at Microsoft, Yahoo, MSNBC and Slate. Founded in 2001, the philanthropy provides funding and guidance for creative, novel projects that tackle challenges affecting low-income families. Marc Patrick. Amazon Photo).

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GeekWire

AUGUST 24, 2020

Audio technology company Sonos named Microsoft Chief Product Officer Panos Panay to its board of directors. DocuSign announced 20-year Microsoft veteran Kamal Hathi as its new chief technology officer. Hathi departed Microsoft in 2018; at the time he was general manager for Power BI. million in May. Read the story. Dave Marver.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The Showtime network is still attached to produce Halo , alongside Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment and Halo developer 343 Industries, but will no longer air it. Halo has been a tentpole franchise for the Xbox line of consoles for almost 20 years, dating back to the original game, Combat Evolved, in 2001.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 22, 2022

From hardware and software upgrades to ongoing security patches, to application development and the rollout of software itself, project managers keep your teams on task and productive. The exam covers topics including Scrum, Kanban, Lean, extreme programming (XP), and test-driven development (TDD). Certified Project Management (CPM).

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GeekWire

JANUARY 6, 2023

Microsoft is banking on it to be the next big “killer app” for the Xbox platform. It’s also in an interesting position where it’s both an important release for Microsoft and a potential participant in a major setback for the company. Starfield is the company’s first internally-developed original IP in more than 25 years.

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GeekWire

MAY 19, 2023

GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) The gist: A Harvard graduate in computer science and astrophysics, Ana-Maria Constantin was a software engineer at Microsoft for more than five years before starting Cascade Health. GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) The gist: The Seattle startup is developing all electric powerboats for the retail market.

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GeekWire

JULY 15, 2021

Founded in 2001, Slalom currently has more than 9,500 employees globally. However, the startup, which was developing technologies to help self-driving cars navigate in poor weather conditions, lost momentum last year. Hoge spent 16 years at Microsoft, most recently as group program manager for the Windows 11 user experience.

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GeekWire

APRIL 7, 2023

Bungie’s initial success was tied to Microsoft. based game development shop, once part of the tech giant, drove the success of the original Xbox in 2001 with Halo: Combat Evolved. Bungie is now an independent Sony Interactive Entertainment subsidiary. The Bellevue-Wash.-based

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Vox

JANUARY 18, 2024

This did not escape the notice of the record companies, and in 2001, a federal court ruled that Napster was liable for copyright infringement. But that was 2001 — before the iPhone, before YouTube , and before generative AI. The content producers fought back against the technology platform and won. So which is it?

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