California politician blasts Ballmer over NBA deal, seeks details on Microsoft’s state contracts Nasty, angry, threatening — these are words that describe a letter sent on Tuesday from a California politician intending to… Read More
Done deal: The NBA is returning to Seattle Seattle basketball fans have reason to celebrate this morning: The NBA is coming back to the Emerald City. We’ve been… Read More
NBA returning to Seattle thanks to Steve Ballmer We heard two weeks ago that the NBA might be back in Seattle. Now we have some confirmation and assurance.… Read More
Report: NBA returning to Seattle with help from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Watch the video above. This is what Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer — and frankly, the rest of the Seattle sports… Read More
POLL: Do you like Steve Ballmer’s new haircut? Breaking news: Steve Ballmer is bald. Just kidding about the breaking news part, unless you’re obsessed with keeping track of… Read More
Video: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer crashes CES keynote For the first time in many years, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer didn’t deliver the preshow keynote address at the Consumer… Read More
New Windows chief: ‘Not a whole lot’ changes with new Windows leadership What will change about Microsoft’s Windows leadership following the departure of Steven Sinofsky as Windows president? “Not a whole lot,”… Read More
Facebook is the best place to work; Steve Ballmer, Amazon enjoy better approval ratings The employees have spoken: Facebook is the best place to work. Glassdoor.com released its fifth annual “Employees’ Choice Awards” that… Read More
Ballmer, Sinofsky and the struggle for the soul of Microsoft This was the rap on former Microsoft Windows president Steven Sinofsky following his sudden exit last month: He was unwilling… Read More
Ballmer: Sometimes Microsoft will just have to make its own hardware The headlines coming out of Microsoft’s annual shareholders meeting this morning focused on Steve Ballmer’s comment that Microsoft and its… Read More
Ballmer says Windows 8 users ‘get it, and like it’ Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is addressing the company’s annual shareholders meeting right now in Bellevue, Wash. He started by talking… Read More
Microsoft’s data proves it: We’re obsessed with iPhone Tim Cook might want to send a thank you card to Steve Ballmer this morning. It should read like this:… Read More
Across the pond: Microsoft may open stores in Europe Big Ben, The Eiffel Tower, and now, Microsoft Stores. Sources familiar with Microsoft told the Financial Times that the company… Read More
More management changes at Microsoft: Andy Lees to head corporate development This certainly isn’t as shocking as the Steven Sinofsky announcement on Monday. But here’s more evidence that Microsoft is shaking… Read More
Poll: Is Windows chief’s exit good or bad for Microsoft? Microsoft Windows president Steven Sinofsky’s surprise departure from the company yesterday is generating all sorts of speculation, including a theory… Read More
Ballmer’s memo on Windows chief’s surprise departure Here’s the full text of the memo that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent to employees a short time ago, breaking… Read More
Sinofsky Shocker: Windows President is Leaving Microsoft So much for all that talk about Steven Sinofsky being the next CEO of Microsoft. In a surprise move this… Read More
Modest start? Parsing Ballmer’s Surface comment In the absence of actual sales figures from Microsoft for its new Surface RT tablet, a bunch of stories are… Read More
VIDEO: Ballmer amps up developer crowd with Microsoft Surface giveaway No, he didn’t yell “developers, developers, developers” — maybe that’s too old-school at this point — but Microsoft CEO Steve… Read More
Ballmer on Apple: ‘We’ll give them a run for their money’ During an interview with Mashable today, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was asked for his thoughts on Apple CEO Tim Cook’s… Read More
Microsoft milestone: Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer mark $1 billion in giving (Photos) REDMOND, WASH. — Before he began another exciting week running Microsoft, a young Bill Gates sat down at a Sunday evening… Read More
Ballmer makes it official: Microsoft is a ‘devices and services’ company Microsoft became one of the largest technology companies in the world by focusing almost exclusively on software, but the company… Read More
Microsoft board trims Ballmer’s bonus, citing EU browser screwup Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has been dinged by the company’s board for Microsoft’s failure to comply with a European antitrust… Read More
Steve Ballmer’s Oprah moment and other top stories of the month Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took a page out of Oprah’s playbook at the company’s big company meeting in Seattle on… Read More
Live: Microsoft unveils new ‘YouthSpark’ initiative I’m at an event in Redmond this morning where Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and general counsel Brad Smith (pictured speaking… Read More
Ballmer: There’s no doubt Windows 8 will be a success Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is convinced that Windows 8 will be a winner, he doesn’t seem too impressed with Amazon’s… Read More
Microsoft expects 15,500 in Seattle today for big meeting Microsoft is holding its big employee meeting in Seattle this morning, bringing an estimated 15,500 people to KeyArena for annual… Read More
Bezos, Ballmer make top 10 in Vanity Fair’s lists of movers and shakers Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has held onto his No. 3 spot on the New Establishment side of Vanity Fair’s annual… Read More
Microsoft PR chief defends Ballmer, touts ‘blistering pace’ Microsoft’s PR chief took to the blogosphere and the airwaves today to tout what he described as the company’s “blistering… Read More
After the writedown: How Microsoft squandered its $6.3B buy of ad giant aQuantive It was supposed to change everything for Microsoft, creating a viable rival to Google and establishing the Redmond company as a… Read More
