We won't make you guess which is which, but we will tell you two true news stories, and one that turned out to be fake. more ›

We're still waiting for the verdict: Zune, the "next gen iPod killer," or Zune::Microsoft as albatross::Ancient Mariner. more ›

We're not sure what size the Seattle Dixie Chicks fanbase is, but this seemed worth a note: today MSN Video is webcasting their sold-out concert appearance at Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London, the place where Natalie Maines made her feelings about Dubya known three years ago. If you're into that whole twangy, free-thinking women thing, this is as good as it gets until they show up in Tacoma November 11. more ›

The Bill Gates Show in Vegas is wrapping up but if you want to catch up on all the hot Gates action there's the Gates keynote, the Gates/O'Reilly interview and the Gates blogger lunch. At what point does Gates become a bigger brand than Microsoft itself? more ›

The eyes of the internet were on Seattle for three days over the weekend as the "unconference" Seattle’s tech elite cooked up raged on the waterfront. At Technorati the current number one search is for "Gnomedex." That in itself is a noteworthy event and we’ll be slightly saddened when "Tom Cruise" returns to the top slot sometime soon. Flickr has over 2000 images tagged with “gnomedex” and that number will probably get a lot larger as the slow and lazy get their pictures loaded and tagged (ours aren't up yet). more ›

Passionate technology enthusiast, reporter, consultant, personality and entrepreneur Chris Pirillo recently moved himself and his Gnomedex conference to Seattle. Seattlest checked in on him to make sure he's settling in, altough we haven't had a chance to stop by with a box of cookies yet. more ›

Thanks to Mister Snitch for alerting us that Bill Gates is legally changing his name to 'The Gates', after buying all rights to the name from the artist Christo for $30 million. more ›

Something has been brought to Seattlest's attention that we think deserves some pointing and laughing. The n00bs over at Redmond.com have published a handy little primer for parents wishing to communicate better with their kids. more ›

Our boys in Redmond chose the right venue yesterday--the RSA Conference--to finally admit that they won't be able to withhold Internet Explorer 7 until the 2006 release of the Longhorn operating system as they had planned. Bill Gates also announced a new Microsoft Anti-Spyware software package coming soon, saying "We've made the decision that all of our Windows licensees should have that capability." The implication is, of course, that non-licensed Windows computers will be shut out of patches and security updates in the future; a controversial decision. more ›