GeekWire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella unveils Copilot + PCs, a linchpin of the companys plan to reinvent Windows, during a special event in Redmond in May 2024. GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Editors Note: Microsoft @ 50 is a year-long GeekWire project exploring the tech giants past, present, and future, recognizing its 50th anniversary in 2025.

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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. Whistler was the codename for Windows XP.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The evolution of agile development The agile manifesto was released in 2001 and, since then, the development philosophy has steadily gained over the previous waterfall style of software development. Microsoft cant make a custom version just for me. Its just not economically feasible to build large systems for small use cases.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The Japanese video game company Sega announced Monday that it plans to “explore a strategic alliance” with Microsoft, which will see Sega build new games and overhaul its development process via Microsoft’s Azure platform. Whatever that ends up being, its development process will be powered by Microsoft Azure.

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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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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

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Microsoft Image. Editor’s Note: Christopher Budd worked previously in Microsoft’s Security Response Center for 10 years.]. Pluton is the new chip initiative that Microsoft announced with AMD, Intel and Qualcomm. This mobilization of industry giants is reminiscent of Microsoft at the height of its power.

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Windows XP was a major step forward for Microsoft, merging the stability of its Windows NT line with the consumer-friendly interface of Windows 98, making it suitable.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Today, Microsoft dukes it out with the FAANG stocks for top place in the tech stock market. But 20 years ago, Microsoft let out a big sigh of relief when it dodged a bullet. Microsoft, had ruled in 2000 that Microsoft was a monopoly that should be broken up into two companies.

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The Verge

JULY 14, 2021

Microsoft is threatening to bring back its annoying loveable Clippy character. The software giant claims it will replace the paperclip emoji in Microsoft Office with Clippy if the tweet below gets 20,000 likes. Born in Office 97, Clippy originally appeared as an assistant to offer help and tips for using Microsoft Office.

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Microsoft launched the original Xbox on November 15, 2001. While we're still one month away from the 20th anniversary, Seamus Blackley is using the occasion to apologize for a situation that was out of his control.

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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. Halo is considered a tentpole franchise for Microsoft’s gaming arm.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Clark pointed out that Lent joined Amazon via an acquisition and worked there for a couple of years in the 1998-2001 timeframe, but has a much broader range of experience.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Early Monday morning, Microsoft and 343 Industries released a new six-minute trailer to show off the story of Halo Infinite, its forthcoming first-person shooter set to debut in December. Infinite, by comparison, is closer in spirit to the original 2001 Halo: Combat Evolved. This is meant by Microsoft to be a “new era of Halo.”

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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 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

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

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 million seed round.

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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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The Verge

JANUARY 6, 2021

Microsoft’s Xbox consoles are considered a pillar of the industry, part of a trifecta that makes up modern gaming. The first Xbox launched in 2001; the Xbox Series X and S arrived just last year. As part of an effort to lock in exclusive games, Microsoft tried to acquire companies like Electronic Arts, Midway Games, and Square.

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GeekWire

JULY 14, 2023

(GeekWire File Photo) Larry Hryb, better known to the Xbox player community by his gamer tag “Major Nelson,” announced Friday that he’s “taking a step back” from his job at Microsoft. Hryb, a director of programming at Xbox Live, has worked at Microsoft since 2001 and on the Xbox project since 2003.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 9, 2022

In his 2001 best-seller, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t , author Jim Collins reminds us that “Great vision without great people is irrelevant.” Every year, lack of critical IT skills is blamed for failure to deliver the full promise of IT investments. Talent matters — but is ‘war’ the right metaphor?

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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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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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GeekWire

JUNE 13, 2021

It’s the world’s most powerful running joke: Microsoft’s Xbox Series X-themed mini fridge will be available for sale later this year. Now, Microsoft has leaned into that with its latest gaming accessory. Now Microsoft is following through. Maybe they’ll follow up with the Series S-themed beer cozy.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 5, 2023

. — Teresa Carlson , a longtime tech executive who was most recently a corporate vice president at Microsoft, joined Flexport as its new president and chief commercial officer. Carlson spent the past eight months at Microsoft as a CVP and executive-in-residence; she previously was a vice president at the company from 2001 to 2010.

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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. Microsoft showed off the game last month in a preview. Halo fans will have to wait until next year to play the latest installment in the storied franchise.

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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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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 11, 2022

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. This technology has since been improved by Red Hat, IBM, and Docker. In conclusion.

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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. We asked Microsoft to comment on the Windows NT 3.5

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The latest ugly holiday sweater from Microsoft features the Windows XP “Bliss” desktop image. Microsoft Photo) The hills are alive on this year’s ugly holiday sweater from Microsoft. Microsoft will contribute $100,000 of sweater proceeds to the group.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

“Bliss,” the Microsoft Windows XP desktop wallpaper image, as seen in a YouTube video tutorial. Twenty years after a rolling green hill and blue sky showed up as the default desktop wallpaper image for Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system, the search for “Bliss” is still an intriguing one.

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DECEMBER 18, 2010

Microsoft is known for failing prey to the magic triangle, often compromising all three. Longhorn (eventually shipped as Windows Vista): Announced in 2001 to distract from the lack of anything dramatically new in Windows XP. While it is often considered the greatest game ever, itâ??s s ship date was delayed for a couple months.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Slalom provides tech-related services in various industries to clients across the globe including Alaska Airlines, Allstate, eBay, Hyatt, Microsoft, REI, and others. It employed more than 13,000 people before the latest cuts. Slalom recently made Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For list for the eighth consecutive year.

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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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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

JULY 23, 2020

Microsoft’s Xbox team took to Twitch on Thursday morning to announce a cavalcade of new games and console exclusives for the Xbox Series X, as part of a new Xbox Games Showcase. This includes several independent productions and an assortment of titles from Microsoft-owned partner studios.

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