Has the Mac lost its cachet?

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?

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Microsoft not ruling out Windows XP extension

Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer offered a glimmer of hope on Thursday to fans of the company's Windows XP operating system, saying the company may reconsider its decision to stop selling it soon.

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Ballmer Says Yahoo Takeover Makes Sense

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said Monday it was the right time for the company to put out a bid for Yahoo Inc.

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Microsoft CEO Sees Software Prices Falling

Software prices could fall as companies develop subscription sales and distribute increasingly complex programs that run in Web browsers, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said Thursday.

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During an interview yesterday, Steve Ballmer was asked about Blu-Ray and the Xbox 360. I wanted to clear something up. Steve was referring to Blu-Ray accessories for the PC. As we have said in the past, we have no plans to introduce a Blu-Ray drive for the Xbox 360.

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"It takes an incredibly powerful company to threaten the U.S. government in hopes of impacting a significant decision, but that's precisely what Microsoft is doing.

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Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steven Ballmer said the world's largest software company would move some employees offshore if Congress enacts President Barack Obama's plans to impose higher taxes on U.S. companies' foreign profits.

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As was widely expected, at last night's CES keynote speech, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave Windows 7 the full dog and pony show, formally announcing the availability of the upcoming operating system as a public beta.

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In an interview, Steve Ballmer and technologist Qi Lu discuss their plan for making Microsoft more competitive online.

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SEOUL (AFP) -- Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer said Monday that growth through investment is the key for companies struggling to ride out an economic slowdown.

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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.

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On the face of it, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Gordon Brown don't have much in common.

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Yesterday, Microsoft CEO Steve "Developers" Ballmer revealed that Windows is working on a cloud-based operating system while Amazon is now offering Windows as an available server environment through it's EC2 service.

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Microsoft will launch an operating system for the 'cloud' in four weeks, chief executive Steve Ballmer told delegates at a Microsoft-sponsored developer conference in London on Wednesday.

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The chief executive of Microsoft has admitted that his firm's slowness to grasp the potential of internet search had hit the business. Steve Ballmer told the BBC that Microsoft had become a "David" in search alongside the "Goliath" of its arch-rival Google.

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Microsoft's latest "I'm a PC" advertising campaign kicked off pretty well, but someone, somewhere, thought it was missing something.

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The future lies in the cloud, or so proclaims Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

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"airball: The corporate version of a cat hairball.

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Steve Ballmer has been CEO at Microsoft Corp for eight years, but he will finally get to move into the corner office vacated by Bill Gates, the college friend who brought him to the company nearly three decades ago.

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The message to top Microsoft Corp. executives wasn't that different from many others -- written by an aggravated Windows user who simply wanted to install a piece of the company's software on his computer. Except that it was Bill Gates venting his frustrations.

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As Bill Gates gradually reduced and then ended his role at Microsoft over the past several years, Steve Ballmer has become the public face of Microsoft.

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In an animated discussion with Washington Post editors and reporters yesterday, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer offered his far-ranging views of upcoming changes in technology and the media.

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For every one opening at Harvard's undergraduate college, there were 14 hopeful high school applicants. Despite the daunting odds, there's good reason to try to win one of those coveted acceptance letters.

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Earlier in the evening, I had an opportunity to talk with Gates about his fondest memories at Microsoft.

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Coverage from All Things Digital of Gates/Ballmer unveiling "snippets" of Windows 7. Includes video with demo of new "mouse-less" interface.

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Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the American software giant's new research and development center in Herzliya, Ballmer said that the proportion of Microsoft employees per capita in Israel is almost similar to that in the United States.

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"CEO Steve Ballmer was forced to take cover behind a lectern Monday during an address at Corvinus University of Budapest after a student began shouting and tossing eggs. Ballmer was not hit, but the attack was caught on video by one attendee.

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Steve Ballmer finally gets to join his buddy Bill Gates in the "food target club" after a visit to the Hungarian University of Economy.

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Steve Ballmer finally gets to join his buddy Bill Gates in the "food target club" after a visit to the Hungarian University of Economy.

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