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Windows 7 has nothing short of hit the ground running in terms of sales, Microsoft has already noted on multiple occasions. Most recently, Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer speaking to participants at Microsoft’s Annual Shareholder Meeting today, underlined the strength in Windows sales following the genera... |
20 November 2009
09:00 GMT |
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A strategic alliance inked by Microsoft and Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd. (CHT) is designed to enable the latter to deliver services that span across the PC, mobile devices, and TV, both to businesses and to end users in Taiwan. According to the Redmond company, Simon Leung, corporate vice president, chairman and CEO of ... |
10 November 2009
04:48 GMT |
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Ahead of the general availability of its latest Windows client, Microsoft was shy of making public anything but reserved expectations for the operating system. The tactic was synonymous with the company doing a 180 on how it had managed the forecasts around the commercial success of Windows Vista back in late 2006, e... |
5 November 2009
11:26 GMT |
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As of November 4th, 2009, Microsoft started sending out notifications to 800 of its employees whose positions have been cut. With the latest round of layoffs, the Redmond company noted that it achieved the goals of its job reduction plan announced at the start of this year (via TechFlash). On January 22nd, no less th... |
5 November 2009
06:27 GMT |
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It's all beginning to feel a lot like deja vu. A few days ago, Steve Ballmer, the Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, had an exclusive interview with Gizmodo, in which he touched on the subject of the Xbox 360 gaming console and the company's future plans for it. The Microsoft boss seemed to say that the ... |
26 October 2009
14:31 GMT |
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Unless you live under a rock, you already know that Microsoft officially released Windows 7 for the general public on October 22nd, 2009. The main launch event was in New York, featuring among others Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer. I was telling you yesterday that the Windows 7 General Availability keynote man... |
23 October 2009
03:44 GMT |
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I have just finished watching the official worldwide launch event for Windows 7 streamed live over the web, featuring none other than Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer, and let me tell you, Microsoft’s latest iteration of the Windows client stole the show by far. Undoubtedly the Redmond company will make av... |
22 October 2009
12:14 GMT |
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One of the advantages that the PlayStation 3 has publicized since the beginning of the console battle of this generation has been the presence of an integrated Blu-ray drive, which allows for bigger capacity disks to be used and for the game console to play high-quality movies. The Xbox 360 has tried to counter by b... |
22 October 2009
02:25 GMT |
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SharePoint Server 2010 is not only the biggest release of the product to date, but also the most important version since introduction, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer opined at the company’s SharePoint Conference 2009 in Las Vegas. Microsoft announced that the general public would be able to get... |
20 October 2009
06:49 GMT |
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Exactly three months to the day after the release to manufacturing milestone, Windows 7 will become generally available to customers on October 22nd, 2009. Users looking to get their hands on the latest iteration of the Windows client from Microsoft have just another three days to wait. Microsoft Chief Executive Offi... |
19 October 2009
07:58 GMT |
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Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer will keynote the conference focused on what the company has repeatedly praised as its fastest-growing server product. The SharePoint Conference 2009 is scheduled to debut today, October 19th, and will end on the same day that Windows 7 launches worldwide, October 22nd. ... |
19 October 2009
07:00 GMT |
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Redmond-based software giant Microsoft has already started the work on the development of another flavor of its mobile operating system, Windows Mobile 7. The company has just released into the wild a new version of the platform, namely Windows Mobile 6.5, and showed a greater focus on the development of its client f... |
18 October 2009
08:14 GMT |
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A roster of new mobile phones powered by Windows Mobile 6.5 has become available worldwide starting with October 6th, 2009, with Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer promising at a Paris event that this is nothing more than the beginning. Concomitantly with the introduction of the new Windows Mobile 6.5 de... |
6 October 2009
10:55 GMT |
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Today, October 5th, 2009, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer starts his five-country visit to Europe. By the end of this week, Ballmer is scheduled to tour the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Netherlands. According to Microsoft, the CEO’s tour debuts today, October 5th and will last until October 9t... |
5 October 2009
06:17 GMT |
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Microsoft is offering a free copy of Windows 7 RTM Ultimate with every package designed to spark the geek get-togethers planned around its latest Windows client, scheduled for worldwide availability on October 22nd, 2009. Not only this, but the Redmond company is delivering a very special Windows 7 Ultimate offering.... |
5 October 2009
05:02 GMT |
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Windows Mobile 6.5 is the next flavor of a mobile platform the Redmond-based Microsoft Corp. is set to push to the market on October 6. Compared to the earlier versions of the Operating system, the new one should deliver a wide range of improvements, especially on the user interface side, though much bigger changes a... |
26 September 2009
06:27 GMT |
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Redmond-based software giant Microsoft has been recently rumored to plan on launching on the market a series of mobile phones based on its Windows Mobile operating system, yet the company seems determined to not make such a move. Rumors on a possible Microsoft handset have a long history of emerging in the wild from ... |
26 September 2009
04:10 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Board of Directors will be down to just nine members after James I. Cash Jr. steps down this year. The Redmond-based company announced that Cash had made the decision not to seek reelection in his current position come the annual shareholder’s meeting in 2009. James I. Cash Jr., Ph.D., emeritu... |
14 September 2009
03:58 GMT |
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Microsoft already confirmed October 22nd as the official launch for Windows 7, but no details are available related to just what the company has in mind for the retail availability of its latest Windows client. However, it appears that Microsoft’s Chief Executive Officer will be the one to introduce Windows 7 o... |
27 August 2009
12:46 GMT |
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On July 22nd, 2009, Microsoft released to manufacturing both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. In precisely three months since the RTM, Windows 7 will become generally available to consumers worldwide. The software giant has been quiet on the development process of the next iteration of the Windows client as the ... |
23 July 2009
12:58 GMT |
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An integral part of the evolution from the Microsoft Partner Program to the Microsoft Partner Network was to deliver additional opportunities for companies working with Microsoft technologies. In this regard, the Redmond company detailed the pricing model for Windows Azure as well as the extended opportunities associ... |
15 July 2009
10:08 GMT |
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Microsoft's Chief Executive Officer was recognized as the Media Person of the Year at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. Steve Ballmer keynoted the event in Cannes, France, June 21-27, explaining Microsoft's own strong commitment to creative advertising communications. Of course, the compa... |
26 June 2009
06:56 GMT |
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Steve Ballmer might be the acting head of Microsoft, overseeing all the big projects that the company is developing, but the sheer size of the operations might have become a bit too much for him. He cheerfully announced to the public that the software giant was set to release a new gaming console during 2010, causing... |
24 June 2009
03:58 GMT |
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The Xbox 360 is a very popular console that is selling quite a lot of units thanks to its low asking price and the fact that it has a pretty big library of games that appeal to many types of players out there. Microsoft, the company behind it, hopes to achieve even bigger sales when it will introduce its motion-sens... |
19 June 2009
03:25 GMT |
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Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer indicated that innovation and education were critical aspects of success for US companies and for the economy as a whole. Ballmer spoke at the National Summit in Detroit, Michigan, and emphasized the need for long-term strategies rather than a focus on pulling a short-t... |
18 June 2009
09:44 GMT |
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Microsoft remained committed to diversity despite the adversities of the global economic crisis, revealed Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. In fact, the Redmond company's CEO stressed that the challenging economic climate was the perfect opportunity... |
5 June 2009
09:29 GMT |
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Microsoft is committed to the evolution of Natural User Interfaces, until they become pervasive across all computing products. There are examples today of the efforts from the software giant that are already producing results. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. NUIs are in their infancy, and Microsoft Chief Exe... |
4 June 2009
10:42 GMT |
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Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has never been shy of sharing his love for Ford with the world and, as of May 26, 2009, he has yet another reason to do so. This because Ballmer is the proud recipient of a Ford Fusion Hybrid. Ballmer is of course one of the wealthiest people worldwide, among the world's t... |
27 May 2009
10:24 GMT |
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Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer considers Microsoft the equivalent of a startup on the search engine market compared to Google. While at the Stanford University on May 6, 2009, Ballmer indicated that both Microsoft and Yahoo are dwarfed by Google in search. And fact is that the Redmond-based company's CEO ... |
7 May 2009
13:02 GMT |
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There will be quite a few Microsoft employees that won't be celebrating the public availability of Windows 7 Release Candidate Build 7100. This, because the Redmond company is moving forward with its plan to cut no less than 5,000 jobs announced in January 2009. Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer be... |
5 May 2009
11:01 GMT |
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Labeling Russia as a market of strategic importance to Microsoft, the company's Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer revealed an investment plan worth no less than 10 billion rubles for the country. The $300 million pledged to the Russian economy by Microsoft will be made available throughout the next three yea... |
22 April 2009
04:47 GMT |
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Microsoft has entered a new chapter with its “Windows – Life Without Walls” campaign dedicated to reinvigorating the Windows brand, across PCs, mobile devices and the Cloud. With the latest iteration of the marketing push, the Redmond company is attempting to emphasize the price advantages of Window... |
27 March 2009
11:17 GMT |
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Microsoft, through the voice of Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer, has underlined the necessity for company-wide efforts designed to reduce its impact on the environment. Rob Bernard, Microsoft chief environmental strategist, applauded Ballmer for encouraging all the Redmond company’s employees to join in o... |
12 March 2009
06:56 GMT |
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Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer introduced the My Phone service at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February 2009. The new offering, debuted into Beta stage just a couple of weeks ago, is designed to ensure that users of mobile phones will be able to synchronize data between their devices and the... |
3 March 2009
10:28 GMT |
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It appears that two of the world's largest companies in the IT sector are preparing for a head-to-head battle for a dominant position in the netbook market. Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft and the Mountain View, California-based search giant, Google are expected to provide two new operating systems designed ... |
25 February 2009
10:46 GMT |
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Microsoft held yesterday a call conference in which Steve Ballmer talked, among other things, about the company's future plans regarding Windows Mobile. According to the Redmond giant's CEO, we'll be able to see the next version of the operating system, namely Windows Mobile 7, launched to the market a... |
25 February 2009
06:34 GMT |
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The next version of the Office System has been pushed to next year. Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer revealed in his “Strategic Update” briefing with Wall Street analysts today, February 24, 2009 that Office 14 would not be made available in 2009. “Office 14 will not be this year,&rdq... |
24 February 2009
10:59 GMT |
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Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer, along with mobile partners HTC, LG and Orange, unveiled today at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona the newest version of Microsoft's operating system, Windows Mobile 6.5. Handsets that will be based on the new platform will be able to deliver new user-friendly software and... |
16 February 2009
10:39 GMT |
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While emphasizing that he means in no way to pass for an economist, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's Chief Executive Officer, pointed out that, in the context of the global financial crisis, the economy has to be rebooted with a focus on innovation. Microsoft itself has been left suffering by the economic downturn, mi... |
9 February 2009
11:02 GMT |
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Microsoft has recently announced that it will be present at the mobile World Congress in Barcelona on February 16-18. The software giant's CEO, Steve Ballmer, is expected to give a speech on the opening day and also hold a press conference at the show. “Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will highlight the compan... |
30 January 2009
11:14 GMT |
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Windows 7 will need to be nothing short of magic in order to save Microsoft. It is in the context of the global economic crisis that the Redmond company will have to milk its main cash cow for all that it’s got, down to the very last drop. In light of modest revenue growth for the second fiscal quarter of... |
22 January 2009
13:14 GMT |
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Microsoft announced at the Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas last week that the Windows Mobile platform had a great presence on the market during the last year. It seems that about 20 million mobile devices featuring the software giant's operating system have been sold during 2008, at least this is wha... |
12 January 2009
12:25 GMT |
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In a move designed to bring closer together the approximately 500 million Windows Live users and 150 million Facebook members, the two companies announced a new stage in their alliance at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2009) in Las Vegas. The marriage between Windows Live and Facebook is yet to be finalized,... |
8 January 2009
08:02 GMT |
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In the debut keynote address at the Consumers Electronics Show 2009 (CES 2009) in Las Vegas, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer revealed that the Redmond company had partnered with Verizon in a move focused on Live Search, an alliance that was announced in advance by Verizon Chief Executive Ivan Seidenbe... |
8 January 2009
06:04 GMT |
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Bob Muglia is no longer just Senior Vice President of the Microsoft Server and Tools Business. As of January 5, 2009, he has been promoted to the role of President of the Server and Tools Business. In this manner, the head of Microsoft Server and Tools since the end of October 2005 is joining the two others Microsoft... |
6 January 2009
06:44 GMT |
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With the Yahoo acquisition down the drain, Microsoft has to settle only for crumbs from the Sunnyvale-based Internet giant feast. However, crumbs that the Redmond giant is more than ready to swallow, especially when they are synonymous with Yahoo's top talent. It is the case of Dr. Qi Lu, former executive vice p... |
5 December 2008
06:54 GMT |
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Companies such as Microsoft, Google and Apple have built not only great products, but also great brands. In this regard, competition in terms of certain products, services, for the same audience or on certain markets has inevitably lead to brand-measuring contests. While on his visit in the UK at the beginning of the... |
28 November 2008
09:40 GMT |
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Earlier this month Microsoft China was the stage for a reshuffling of top executives, and now it's Microsoft Russia's turn. Nikolay Pryanishnikov is the fresh blood that will take over the company's affairs in the birth-place of communism. Pryanishnikov, who will report to Vahé Torossian, presid... |
21 November 2008
07:48 GMT |
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The Windows Azure Cloud operating system, as well as the Azure Services Platform are nothing short of vital for the future of Microsoft, revealed the company's Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer. During the 2008 Annual Shareholder Meeting at Bellevue, Washington, held on November 19, 2008, Microsoft's CE... |
20 November 2008
07:22 GMT |
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Microsoft has come to believe that it is not enough just to develop software and decided to try its luck distributing their own creations. In order to accomplish this, the Redmond giant thinks it's best to borrow the concept of App Stores and, of course, as a respectable company, adjust it in ways it s... |
11 November 2008
04:42 GMT |
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