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Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer recently proclaimed "the tide has really turned back" against Apple computers. The straitened economy would seem to be a strong argument for PCs, which overall cost less than Macs for essentially the same hardware. But is the Mac — the darling of artists, designers and the generally stylish — really starting to lose its appeal? Will self-expression through brand affinity yield to raw economics?
Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer is still signaling an interest in a deal to buy part of Yahoo Inc.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's mobile phone strategy: sell a lot of devices.
Here are excerpts from the memo that Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer sent to employees Thursday as he announced the company's first mass layoffs.
LAS VEGAS - Bill Gates isn’t at the International Consumer Electronics Show.
Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer scrambled for cover from an egg-hurling protester during a talk at a Hungarian university Monday.
There was plenty of blame to go around on the msnbc.com board discussing Microsoft’s dropping its bid to acquire Yahoo. A lot of it was aimed at Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and his Yahoo counterpart Jerry Yang. Here’s a sampling of some:
As Yahoo continued to resist Microsoft's $42 billion takeover offer, a key question was just how far Microsoft's excitable CEO, Steve Ballmer, was willing to go in hopes of defeating online advertising and search leader Google.
Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer compared the company's search technology to a precocious toddler — one who would eventually grow up to rival nemesis Google Inc.
Two years after conceding his company erred in failing to develop its own search engine, Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer boasted Thursday of progress in fighting industry leaders Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.
Ballmer Talks Natal, Says Blu-Ray Add-On for Xbox ComingWhen I asked Ballmer about adding Blu-ray to the Xbox, he said: Well I don't know if we need to put Blu-ray in there—you'll be able to get Blu-ray drives as accessories. See What Else Is New Today At Gamevine!
Obama Plans To Increase Taxes and Cut Jobs"The unemployment rate has hit a 25 year high, now standing at 9.4 percent and since President Obama has taken office the U.S. has lost 2.2 million jobs.
Are Yahoo Investors Now Tuning Ballmer Out?Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer said again this week that he was interested in some sort of search partnership with Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO).
Ballmer says he still wants to hook up with YahooFrom Bloomberg's report on Steve Ballmer's presentation in New York today: "I do think there is a fairly compelling set of economics that underpin the idea of a search partnership, and, unless I'm fooling myself, over time, I think there...
Windows Mobile 7 On Tap For 2010By Rick Whiting, ChannelWeb 3:37 PM EST Wed. Feb. 25, 2009
Yang to Ballmer: Baby come back | ITworldYahoo CEO Jerry Yang has a message for his Microsoft counterpart Steve Ballmer: Microsoft should buy Yahoo, and Ballmer only has to say the word and Yang will be sitting at the negotiating table.
Microsoft chief urges growth through investment in tough timesSEOUL (AFP) -- Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer said Monday that growth through investment is the key for companies struggling to ride out an economic slowdown.
Microsoft's Ballmer on the iPhone: "It has no chance."There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance. It's a $500 subsidized item. They may make a lot of money.
The Difference Between Jobs and BallmerApple and Microsoft, as ever, offer a study in contrasts. Take, for example, two recent company-wide memos from CEOs Steve Jobs and Steve Ballmer. Jobs's, leaked last week, regarded the botched launch of MobileMe.
MS, Ballmer, and Open SourceBallmer's address to the MS troops reveals much about the strategy behind MS's recent overture to open source.
Ballmer eggs on Hungarian studentFew things have made Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer duck for cover. Not the European Union, not the US Department of Justice, and not open source software. He's stood up to all three. Eggs are a different matter.
The troops are coming home, the cannons are packing up, and the flags are being lowered as Microsoft's Chairman, Steve Ballmer, today withdrew Microsoft's bid to merge with (a fancy word for "buy") Yahoo! Inc.
Hey! Ho! Time for Ballmer to Go? | Epicenter from Wired.comI vehemently disagree. Steve Ballmer was installed as CEO of Microsoft based on his qualifications, great leadership, and shrewd business tactics. He has proven himself worthy of such a position with a technology giant like Microsoft.
Desperate Microsoft to count Windows XP sales as Vista sales"InfoWorld confirms that Dell will sell and support Windows XP to consumers beyond the June 30 Microsoft sales cutoff date that Microsoft reaffirmed today, after comments from CEO Steve Ballmer yesterday seemingly indicated it might reconsider that decision," Ephraim Schwartz rep …
What laptop does Steve Ballmer use for his presentations? A Mac.Even monkey-man himself uses a Mac apparently.
Microsoft Profit Drops; Forecast May Miss EstimatesOoops. Seems that Monkey Boy and and his group of hunched over munchkins in Redmond didn't beat the street this go round. Personally, I'd like to see Microsoft win and take over Yahoo. They're really a match made in heaven if you ask me.
Ballmer Says Microsoft May Go It AloneSteve Ballmer says Microsoft Corp. is willing to go it alone rather than buy Yahoo Inc. And he has a reason besides opposition from the Internet company: skepticism among his own employees.
Ballmer: Vista a 'work in progress'Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer called Windows Vista "a work in progress" on Thursday, but he stopped short of committing to extend the life of its predecessor, Windows XP.
More Ballmermonkey YouTube Mashups on the way!We've all seen the mashup of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer acting as if he were in an iPod commercial, the infamous Mentos-and-Coke video, the treadmill dance, and the puppy versus robot — now in this "just in time for the weekend goof off" you can Make Your Own Video Mash …
Yahoo! and the uncertainty principleIt's David and Goliath, Spartans versus Persians at Thermopylae or, even more inspiringly, New York's football Giants against the New England Patriots. Microsoft Corp.'s boardroom duel with Yahoo Inc. is of DeMillean proportions.
Mandriva bigwig (nearly) accuses Ballmer of b-wordMandriva CEO François Bancilhon has asked Steve Ballmer what it feels like to look at himself in the mirror.
Mother's ire puts Ballmer on defense over VistaFor a few minutes during Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer's appearance at the Gartner Inc. Symposium ITxpo conference here, emotionless management-speak gave way to a mother's frustration with the Vista operating system.
Microsoft CEO SpeaksSpeaking to a London Business School audience on Monday 1 October, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said software can do magical things when coupled with the almost free intelligence available from computer hardware.
McCain wants Ballmer as Ambassador to ChinaIrascible chair-flinging corporate tyrant Steve Ballmer could be in the running for a top government job, it was revealed last week.
McCain comes out against Net Neutrality; Says would hire Microsoft CEO Steve BallmerRepublican presidential hopeful John McCain yesterday attended a technology conference and came out against Net Neutrality.
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