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| STORIES ABOUT: Steve Ballmer |
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| Microsoft and Yahoo: Dog Eat Dog |  | It's simply a dog eat dog world wide web, and Microsoft and Yahoo are two players caught in what by now seems a perpetual takeover ballet. The figures to emerge in the latest act of this Internet search and advertising acquisition saga are Roy Bostock, Chairman of Yahoo, investor Carl Icahn, and Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer. While Microsoft representatives did indicate that they are no longer interested in a deal wi ... [read more >>] | | 15 July 2008, 06:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft to Increasingly Open up on Office 14 and Windows 7 |  | There is a time for translucency, and there is also a time for transparency. The under promise and overachieve policy set in place at Microsoft for the Windows and Office projects by Steven Sinofsky, Senior Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group has impacted both Windows 7 and Office 14. Microsoft is essentially ensuring that by promising nothing at all, Windows 7 will not be a repeat of Longhorn-Vista, but wh ... [read more >>] | | 11 July 2008, 10:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| It's Game Time for Microsoft Virtualization |  | It's game time for Microsoft in virtualization, revealed Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer at the company's Worldwide Partner Conference 2008 in Houston, Texas on June 10, 2008. The CEO's focus is intimately connected with the release to manufacturing of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and the start of the hypervisor's distribution as automatic updates for the latest Windows Server platform.
Microsoft has ... [read more >>] | | 11 July 2008, 07:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft: Never Open Source |  | Users that are holding their breath waiting for an open source Windows 7, Windows 8 or Office 14 are advised to exhale. Going against a hugely popular saying, Microsoft is firm in saying "never" to open source. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer had a single answer to a question presented at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2008 regarding the possibility that the company's flagship products will veer away from i ... [read more >>] | | 11 July 2008, 06:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft to Surf the Cool Wave Just as Google and Apple |  | Surf's up for Microsoft, as the software giant needs to at least replicate the performance of rivals Google and Apple in terms of navigating the "coolness" wave. However, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer revealed that it is not actually a case of what company is cooler at the Worldwide Partner Conference 2008 in Houston, Texas, on July 9, 2008. Ballmer's perspective is that Microsoft will not ba ... [read more >>] | | 10 July 2008, 10:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Ladies and Gentlemen, Bill Gates Has Left the Building |  | Yesterday, June 27, 2008 was a day that made it into history simply because it marked the transition of Bill Gates out of his day-to-day role at Microsoft, a company founded together with Paul Allen in 1975. As of June 28, Microsoft is officially sans Bill Gates, now 52 years old and committed to focusing almost exclusively on philanthropic work via the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. But at the same time June 28 is synonymous with Micr ... [read more >>] | | 28 June 2008, 07:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Bill Gates: I Have Achieved the Ideal of What I Wanted Microsoft to Become |  | On June 27, 2008 Bill Gates will be moving ahead and wrap up the transition out of his day to day role with the software giant he co-founded. This proves to be the ripe context for the Microsoft Chairman to deliver a retrospective view over his life. In the video embedded at the bottom of this article, Bill Gates looks back at the decisive moments in his life related to Microsoft. It is the end of an era for Gates, one which coincides with ... [read more >>] | | 24 June 2008, 09:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Bill Gates: The Day Is Coming |  | Microsoft Co-founder and Chairman Bill Gates announced in mid-2007 that June 27, 2008 would be his last day at Microsoft and that he would enter a two year transition period out of his day-to-day responsibilities. Well, the two years are up and the Day is approaching at fast pace, now just a week away. Gates has already given up his title of Chief Executive Officer in favor of Steve Ballmer and only had to pass the role of Chief Software A ... [read more >>] | | 23 June 2008, 13:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Showcases Steve Ballmer Egg-Proof Robot |  | Say what you will about Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer, but the truth is that the CEO managed to provide historical performances on stage along his 28 years with Microsoft. The continuous object of ridicule and mockery, some of those performances are undoubtedly part of popular culture, and at Microsoft Tech Ed 2008, Chairman Bill Gates and Microsoft's leader of the robotics group, Tandy Trower, offered yet another Ba ... [read more >>] | | 04 June 2008, 07:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows 7 - the End of 2009 |  | As much as Microsoft is trying to make the availability date for the next iteration of the Windows client ambiguous, officially pointing to a development process scoped for 2010, Windows 7 is actually dropping at the end of 2009, were we to believe Chief Executive ... [read more >>] | | 28 May 2008, 12:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, 28 Years Later |  | Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer made an on stage appearance together at the D6 - All things Digital Conference in their 28th year together at Microsoft. The interview touched a variety of subjects from the early days of the company, to Google, Yahoo, Windows Vista, Windows ... [read more >>] | | 28 May 2008, 10:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft to Give a Taste of Windows 7 this Week |  | Despite speculation and forecasts that Microsoft was going to adopt a new strategy for Windows development as far as future releases go, with a strong focus placed on modularization, the company promised that Windows Vista would not be the last of its kind. ... [read more >>] | | 26 May 2008, 03:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Looking to Buy Yahoo Search |  | The Microsoft and Yahoo acquisition saga continues after the Redmond company revealed that it was exploring alternatives designed to help it solidify and increase its shares of the online search and advertising markets. On May 18, Microsoft made public its intentions to acqui ... [read more >>] | | 20 May 2008, 11:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Steve Ballmer Finds Raw Egg Omelette Hard to Swallow |  | Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer had nothing but high hopes ahead of his visits in Central and Eastern Europe that were scheduled to debut in Budapest, Hungary on May 19, 2008. But a less traditional reception awaited the CEO of Microsoft in the final stage of his Hungary visit. Ballmer participated at the Windows Server 2008 executive launch event, then attended a press conference for the launch of Hungarian Emplo ... [read more >>] | | 20 May 2008, 06:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Steve Ballmer Visits Microsoft's Fastest-Growing Market |  | Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer is right on track to visiting the company's fastest-growing market worldwide from May 19 to May 23. According to the Redmond giant, Central and Eastern Europe outperforms even China in terms of growth, and in this context, Ballmer will head for five countries in the region. Starting this week, Ballmer will visit Hungary, then Ukraine on the 20th, Slovakia on the 21th, the Czech ... [read more >>] | | 19 May 2008, 12:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft's Steve Ballmer to Put the Spotlight on Central and Eastern Europe |  | Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer is scheduled to undertake an extended tour of Central and Eastern Europe between 19 and 24 May, 2008. The series of visits in the region will be a first for Microsoft's CEO, and according to Vahé Torossian, regional vice president of Microsoft Central and Eastern Europe and vice president, Microsoft International, Ballmer's presence is designed to emphasize the global impo ... [read more >>] | | 08 May 2008, 05:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Unhealthy Jobs-Ballmer Comparison |  | "Unhealthy" because anyone who's ready to switch to the Mac and reads Rob Enderle's "A Tale of Two Steves" is most likely going to end up very confused, not to mention negatively influenced. Rob Enderle runs The Enderle Group. In Mr Enderle's opinion, "Jo ... [read more >>] | | 07 May 2008, 05:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Switches Yahoo Strategy for Organic Pipe-Dream |  | From the start of February and until the debut of May, Microsoft's new strategy on the search engine and online advertising markets seemed focused on the acquisition and integration of Yahoo as a key component. Microsoft insisted all along that the Sunnyvale Internet giant was just an aspect of its evolution, and not the sole solution to throw against Google, and that it had additional aces up its sleeve. With Chief Executiv ... [read more >>] | | 07 May 2008, 05:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Steve Ballmer: 5 Reasons Why a Yahoo and Google Marriage Is Bad |  | Yahoo never said no to an unsolicited marriage proposal from Microsoft dating back to February 1, 2008, instead it just wanted a bigger dowry. After initially asking for over $40 per share, namely in excess of $60 billion, Yahoo would have joined up with Microsoft for as "little" as $37 per share or "just" $55 billion. Microsoft agreed to pay just $34 per share, and not a dime over $50 billion according to Chi ... [read more >>] | | 05 May 2008, 10:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Yahoo Wanted $55 Billion, Microsoft Offered Only $50 Billion |  | What's $5 billion among friends? Well, nothing more than a deal breaker. $5 billion were more than enough for Microsoft to walk away from Yahoo. Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer revealed the Redmond company's decision this past weekend following the final round of failed negotiations with the Sunnyvale-based Internet giant. The acquisition ballet debuted at the start of February 1, 2008, ended on May 3 wi ... [read more >>] | | 05 May 2008, 03:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft: No Extra Cash for Yahoo Just Because We Can Afford It |  | Chris Liddell, Microsoft's chief financial officer revealed that the Redmond company would not offer anything on top of the initial $44.6 takeover bid for Yahoo simply because it can afford to do so. In this manner, Liddell crushed speculations that Microsoft was going to sweeten the deal it had offered Yahoo at the beginning of February 2008. However, there are additional avenues of approach for the Redmond company in its attempt to ... [read more >>] | | 25 April 2008, 13:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Could Keep XP SP3 Available after June 30, 2008 |  | The third service pack for Windows XP, and also the last major update that the operating system will get in its lifetime, was released to manufacturing on April 21, 2008. The service pack indicates that there is still life left into the aging platform, now over ... [read more >>] | | 24 April 2008, 10:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Inks New Partnerships Designed to Fuel Technology Adoption |  | Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer is on a tour of Europe and Africa that will see him visit five different countries at the rate of one per day. Ballmer's visits come together with the inking of new partnerships between Microsoft and governments and local NGOs, designed to fuel technology adoption with a strong focus on Africa. The second annual African Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Best Practices Foru ... [read more >>] | | 22 April 2008, 06:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Vista (SP1) a Work in Progress, So Are XP SP3 and Windows 7 |  | Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer called the latest Windows client, Windows Vista, "a work in progress," at the Microsoft 2008 Most Valuable Professional Global Summit in Seattle, on April 17, 2008. But even if the statement has different connotations, and can be interpreted in more ways than one, the truth of the matter is that indeed Microsoft is still hammering away at Windows Vista. Yes, Vista was released to manufacturin ... [read more >>] | | 18 April 2008, 06:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Menage à Trois: Microsoft, Yahoo, Google |  | With the February 2008 $44.6 billion marriage proposal, Microsoft showed Yahoo some tough love, at the end of almost two years of failed private takeover negotiations. The Sunnyvale Internet giant, seen as the only way for the Redmond company to grow its online search and advertising business in the Google near-monopoly, rejected Microsoft's initial bid, calling it unsolicited and revealing that it considers not to reflect a ... [read more >>] | | 10 April 2008, 03:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Yahoo to Microsoft: “Very Truly Yours” |  | Yahoo, through the voices of Roy Bostock, Chairman of the Board, and Jerry Yang, Chief Executive Officer, responded to a letter from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer threatening a proxy battle and direct contact with the Sunnyvale Internet giant's sh ... [read more >>] | | 07 April 2008, 08:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| $44.6 Billion Bid Not Enough, Microsoft Presents Yahoo with Ultimatum |  | Microsoft is gearing up for the decisive move against Yahoo. The Redmond company has given the Sunnyvale Internet giant a heads-up the past weekend, courtesy of a new letter sent to the Yahoo Board of Directors and signed by Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer. The original $44.6 billion unsolicited acquisition proposal in February 2008 has failed so far to budge Yahoo in Microsoft's way, but the Redmond company ... [read more >>] | | 07 April 2008, 03:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google: Microsoft + Yahoo Bad for the Internet |  | With a market that has the potential to explode to no less than $80 billion at stake by 2010, neither Microsoft nor Google are backing down as far as Yahoo is concerned. In the first day of February 2008, Microsoft has made a $44.6 billion acquisition proposal for Yahoo. On the heels of the bid, Google came out and criticized the move as detrimental for the world wide web due to the past monopolistic practices of the Redmond comp ... [read more >>] | | 17 March 2008, 14:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Steve Ballmer Says Microsoft Is on the Leading Edge of “Green” |  | Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer revealed that Microsoft is nothing short of on the leading edge of "green" when it comes down to the strategy implemented to address environmental and sustainability problems. In the Q&A round of his keynote at Convergence 2008, on March 12, Ballmer stated that he considered Microsoft to be at the forefront of driving environmental initiatives, from introducing solar-powered fac ... [read more >>] | | 13 March 2008, 11:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| If You Think SP1 Fixed Windows Vista, Think Again |  | If you think that the first service pack for Windows Vista has managed to fix what was broken with the latest Windows client, think again. The same problems that were initially associated with the gold version of Vista have survived and moved on as the legacy of SP1. At the end of its first year of availability on the market, Vista had passed the 100 million sold license milestone, and according to ... [read more >>] | | 13 March 2008, 08:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Watch Steve Ballmer Mock Apple's MacBook Air |  | Apple and Microsoft are generally perceived as situated at opposite poles of the technology spectrum. And for a range of products this is by all means entirely true. From the iPod and Zune face-off to the inherent comparison between Windows and Mac OS X, the Cupertino and Redmond companies are clearly going head to head against one another. For the sake of contrast, when it comes to the Mac computers vs. PCs, Apple has the ironical Get a M ... [read more >>] | | 10 March 2008, 11:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Steve Ballmer Goes Monkey Boy: Web Developers! Web Developers! Web Developers! |  | If you think that you have already seen the last of the on-stage public shenanigans of Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer, then you are sadly mistaken. And while I am sure that you are all but too familiar with the "developers, developers, developers" chant and dance, I have included the video at the bottom of this article. It is the first embedded item, one that you have probably already come across. But t ... [read more >>] | | 07 March 2008, 10:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CeBIT 2008: Microsoft Places Focus on the Environment and on the Enterprise |  | Microsoft is just one of the presences over at CeBIT 2008, Europe's largest technology fair, and the company is focusing entirely on environmental and enterprise solutions. Microsoft's Chief Executive Office Steve Ballmer offered examples of the work being poured into the evolution of information technology, but also in providing added protection for the environment. On top of this, Ballmer also discussed the company's devel ... [read more >>] | | 04 March 2008, 09:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Still Wooing Yahoo |  | Microsoft is still wooing Yahoo with the $44.6 billion offer still on the table. From the get-go, as it went live with its unsolicited acquisition bid of $31 per share for Yahoo on February 1, 2008, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said that a negative answer from the Sunnyvale Internet giant will not cause the Redmond company to step down. After almost two years of failed private negotiations between the two compa ... [read more >>] | | 03 March 2008, 12:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft: We Want to Democratize Virtualization |  | Microsoft is aiming high with its goals related to virtualization. The Redmond company is by no means the leader of the virtualization market, but has come up with a strategy that could very well take it to the top. Concomitantly with the latest Windows Server operating system, Microsoft is also making available a virtualization solution. Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V is currently in Beta stage, being scheduled to be released to manufacturin ... [read more >>] | | 28 February 2008, 08:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows Server 2008 – Heroes Happen(ed) Here |  | The Heroes Happen Here official launch event for Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008, represents the kick start of Microsoft's vision for what the company's Chief Executive Officer, Steve Ballmer, referred to as a dramatic step forward in terms of a new level of security, in virtualization, reducing complexity, in business intelligence and in user interface and experiences. The release event in L ... [read more >>] | | 28 February 2008, 01:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Promises Vista SP1 and Windows 7 Will Be as Transparent as Aero |  | Windows Vista is among a collection of high-volume Microsoft products, also including .NET Framework), Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, Office 2007, Exchange Server 2007, and Office SharePoint Server 2007, all impacted by the company's latest strategic move designed to expand interoperability across its technology and business practices. Microsoft is effectively envisioning a new tactic related to the information about its produc ... [read more >>] | | 21 February 2008, 13:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft: Zune + Windows Mobile = Zune on Phones? The Zune Phone? |  | Well, believe it or not, but Microsoft is working to converge Zune with Windows Mobile. With the advent of the iPhone, Microsoft, through the voice of Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer, revealed that the company would not diverge from its current path of focusing on delivering only the Windows Mobile platform, and go for a hardware plus software solution designed as an Apple phone killer. The Redmond company consistently denied [ADMARK ... [read more >>] | | 18 February 2008, 04:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Reshuffles Top Executives - Who’s in? Who’s out? |  | While keeping relatively mum on the top executives leaving the company, Microsoft highlighted the promotions of no less than 14 of its leaders that continue along with the company. The new and expanded roles for key executives have resulted in a total of seven new senior vice presidents and seven new corporate vice presidents. The list of Microsoft executives that are out with the spring cleaning has to start with Online Services Business ... [read more >>] | | 15 February 2008, 03:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The $44.6 Billion for Yahoo Not Microsoft's Biggest Obstacle |  | When it came out with a $44.6 billion in cash and stock acquisition proposal for Yahoo, Microsoft called it a full and fair bid. The deal would end up paying $31 per share, delivering no less than a 62% premium to the trading price for Yahoo, on February 1, 2008. The Redmond company faced criticism from every direction starting with Google, whose Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer, David Drummond, characte ... [read more >>] | | 14 February 2008, 04:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Yahoo Has No Love for Microsoft - Rejects the $44.6 Marriage Proposal |  | Well, it seems that the ball is now in Microsoft's court as Yahoo has just officially rejected the Redmond company's $44.6 billion marriage proposal. On February 1, 2008, Microsoft went public with an unsolicited acquisition proposal aimed at Yahoo. The Yahoo Board of Directors revealed that it would closely analyze the bid and then come up with an answer. But the fact of the matter is that Yahoo and Microsoft had been involved i ... [read more >>] | | 11 February 2008, 11:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Says NO(!) to an Open-Source Windows |  | Regarded as the anti-Linux poster child, Microsoft's business model is at the opposite end of the spectrum, when compared to open source solutions. And nowhere is this more relevant than when it comes to the company's proprietary platform. The Windows client is not only one of Microsoft's flagship products together with the Office System, but also the main cash cow. And the reason behind the Windows Client Division profitabi ... [read more >>] | | 11 February 2008, 10:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft: The Yahoo Brand Will Live! But Will It Windows Live? |  | Microsoft Chief Executive Officer, Steve Ballmer, has confirmed that the Yahoo brand will live. The Redmond company came out into the open with a $44.6 billion unsolicited acquisition proposal for Yahoo after almost two years of failed private negotiations. On the same day when Microsoft went public with the big, one of the questions faced by Kevin Johnson, President, Platform & Services Division, was about the future of the Yahoo bran ... [read more >>] | | 08 February 2008, 03:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows 7 Is Microsoft's Focal Point for the Future |  | With Microsoft having come out in the open with a $44.6 billion unsolicited bid for Yahoo, the destination of the company's financial resources is pretty clear at this point. But at the same time, Microsoft remains committed to investing in additional areas. And traditionally, the Redmond company is associated with its two flagship products, the Windows platform and the Office System. February 4 was synonymous with Microsoft meeting w ... [read more >>] | | 04 February 2008, 11:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows 7 to Swim in Windows Live + Yahoo? Where Will Vista SP1 and XP SP3 Fit? |  | Traditionally, Microsoft's core business has been focused on the Windows platform and the Office suite. Windows and Office, by all means, continue to be the heart of Microsoft. The latest versions of the flagship products, Windows Vista and the Office 2007 System, made available to the public at the end of January 2007, have fueled the vast majority of the company's most recent fiscal second quarter record financial results of $1 ... [read more >>] | | 02 February 2008, 07:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows Vista Turns One Today! That's It, No More Talk of Windows 7 |  | Today, January 30, 2008, Microsoft's Windows Vista turns one! This day is without a doubt the largest anniversary celebration of the latest Windows client. The largest of three. Just because Vista has already passed its first year since it was released to manufacturing on November 8, 2006, and the first 12 months since it was introduced to business users on November 30 of the same year. In this context, January 30, 2008, simply marks ... [read more >>] | | 30 January 2008, 10:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The President of the Microsoft Business Division Is Out |  | On the heels of the official confirmation that Bruce Jaffe, Corporate Vice President, Corporate Development, will be leaving the company, Microsoft has publicly announced the retirement and transition plan for Jeff Raikes, President o ... [read more >>] | | 11 January 2008, 04:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: Bill Gate's Last Day at Microsoft - Hilarious Video |  | Right, before you ask... the sick-looking Wolverine in the adjacent image is in fact Bill Gates... Well, it was bound to happen, and the fact of the matter is that it will happen in 2008. More precisely after June 2008, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates will completely retire from his day-to-day role with the Redmond company. Gates has been in a two-year transition period, since June 2006 , as he passed his responsibilities over to Chief Resea ... [read more >>] | | 07 January 2008, 10:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Pop the Champagne! Vista Is One Year Old Today! |  | I know you've been keeping a bottle of champagne on ice for a special occasion... Well, it's time to pop it for the celebration of Windows Vista's one year anniversary; the business SKU of the latest Windows client, anyway. One year ago today, Microsoft was making available Windows Vista, the Office 2007 System and Exchange Server 2007 to its corporate clients. The company's main cash cows and Exchange were delivered to ... [read more >>] | | 30 November 2007, 07:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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