| Business/Tech Microsoft, Seattle Chamber ask for viral Office 2010 videos
Want a chance to win $10,000 for your small Seattle business or start-up? The Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Microsoft have partnered up in a contest for making videos about Office 2010. Et tu, Economist?
The Economist Thursday joined the chorus of European outrage about the U.S. Air Force's aerial refueling tanker request, following Northrop Grumman's decision this week to pull out of the competition. President taps Boeing's McNerney to lead export council
President Barack Obama Thursday named Boeing Chairman, President and Chief Executive Jim McNerney as chairman of the President's Export Council. New forcast halves airlines' predicted 2010 loss
When is a forecast loss of $2.8 billion good news? Boeing gives former exec Carson $1.5 m consulting fee
Boeing will pay Scott Carson, who retired last year as head of the company's Commercial Airplanes division, a $1.5 million retainer fee to serve as a consultant, the company said in a regulatory filing Thursday. Arnold on Microsoft-Calif. program: 'Jahbs, jahbs, jahbs'
Microsoft is giving California 166,500 vouchers for certification exams and e-learning classes as part of its Elevate America initiative. Motorola chooses Bing for Android devices in China
Motorola has decided that a search provider on its Google Android phones in China will be ... Microsoft Bing? Boeing 747-8 Freighter achieves initial airworthiness
Boeing has completed initial airworthiness testing on the 747-8 Freighter, clearing the way for engineers to accompany pilots on flights and for the remaining two flight-test 747-8 Freighters to start flying, the company announced Thursday. Plane first flew in Seattle 100 years ago
Charles Hamilton piloted the first airplane in Washington 100 years ago Thursday, a day after William Boeing bought the shipyard that would become his first airplane factory. Hardest part of free-fall from 120,000 feet is sitting
The hardest part about riding a balloon up to 120,000 feet, jumping out and free-falling faster than sound before parachuting to Earth is likely to be sitting around in the pressure suit, Austrian pilot Felix Baumgartner said Wednesday. Move over, Bill! Gates no longer world's richest
In Forbes' annual list of the world's richest people, the top billionaires often shuffle around. In 2006 and 2007, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was No. 1. In 2008, he dropped to third place behind investor Warren Buffett and Mexican telecommunications mogul Carlos Slim Helu. Last year, Gates was back to pole position. 
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