Neowin News Feed for: Ballmer

Ballmer praises Sinofsky, still no reason for exit

Andrew Stevenson — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 09:57:39 +0000

While it might be some time before the reasons behind Steve Sinofsky's departure are made clear, Steve Ballmer hasn't hesitated in heaping praise on the former Windows chief. Read more...

Ballmer: Windows Phone 8 sales will ramp up quickly

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:51:48 +0000

At a conference in Israel, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said he believes sales of Windows Phone 8 devices will ramp up quickly. The unprecedented marketing campaign Microsoft is doing will surely help. Read more...

Microsoft is not releasing Windows 8 / Surface sales numbers yet

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:55:01 +0000

Microsoft has been launching products left and right in the last weeks and all to some pretty good reviews. However we have yet to see sales numbers and Ballmer says it will stay like that for now. Read more...

Ballmer shoots down $199.99 Surface rumor

Christopher White — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 16:08:29 +0100

While everyone waits patiently for the release of Microsoft Surface, it was revealed in an interview with Steve Ballmer that the product will not be cheap but will be part of Microsoft's epic year. Read more...

Ballmer's memo to employees is passionate, optimistic

Brad Sams — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:24:49 +0100

Steve Ballmer, the head of Microsoft, sent out an internal memo to rally the troops and promote how far the company has come in such a short time and how proud he is of all the employees. Read more...

Hedge fund manager who called for Ballmer to step down buys more shares in Microsoft

Brad Sams — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:40:21 +0100

After publicly calling out Steve Ballmer's for poor stock performance while he has been CEO, hedge fund manager David Einhorn has purchased more stock in Microsoft. Read more...

Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference: Ballmer Keynote

Tzvi Friedman — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:04:27 +0100

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage today to deliver the keynote address at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference. Before he took the stage, a presentation was shown that displayed the efforts being taken by... Read more...

Ballmer: Google has taken a failed approach so far to tablets

Brad Sams — Thu, 26 May 2011 17:31:26 +0100

Steve Ballmer has never been shy to take a swipe at the competition. Besides, isn't that what the CEO of a billion dollar corporation is supposed to do? When it comes to tablets, Ballmer is... Read more...

Microsoft steps back from Ballmer's Windows 8 comments

Brad Sams — Wed, 25 May 2011 00:05:41 +0100

It was only yesterday that Microsoft's CEO stated that "as we progress through the year, you ought to expect to hear a lot about Windows 8. Windows 8 slates, tablets, PCs, a variety of different... Read more...

Microsoft employees rate Steve Ballmer as worst CEO

Brandon Boyce — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:52:50 +0100

A company rating and review website, Glassdoor.com, regularly quizzes employees of tech companies how they feel about their current CEO asking: "Do you approve of the way your CEO is leading the company?" Unfortunately for... Read more...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confirms no Zune HD for Europe

Tom Warren — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:33:08 +0100

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed on Monday that the software giant has no plans to release the Zune HD in Europe. Speaking at Microsoft's UK Tech Days event, Ballmer denied there were any plans to release... Read more...

Ballmer comments on the cloud, iPad, Google and Silverlight for iPhone

Tom Warren — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:29:53 +0100

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spoke at the All Things Digital D8 conference today where two days ago Apple CEO Steve Jobs had donned the stage. A large amount of the interview was focused on the future... Read more...

Microsoft shakes up consumer business with the departure of Bach and Allard

Tom Warren — Wed, 26 May 2010 09:35:44 +0100

Microsoft announced a major shake up of its Entertainment & Devices Division on Tuesday. Both Robbie Bach and J Allard, the men behind Xbox and Zune, are departing the company. The departures signal a massive reorganization... Read more...

Steve Ballmer "We tried too big a task" with Vista

Brad Sams — Thu, 20 May 2010 16:13:38 +0100

It’s not every day that you hear the CEO of a major corporation admit that they wasted time on a product. But Steve Ballmer did just that when talking about Windows Vista. Ballmer stated... Read more...

Ballmer says Microsoft will beat Google "someday"

Benjamin Rubenstein — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:51:45 +0000

According to an article on InfoWorld, Steve Ballmer seems pretty optimistic about catching Google in the search market. When asked if Microsoft will ever be number one in search, Ballmer responded: "There's no good answer... Read more...

WSJ states the obvious, Windows Phone 7 announcements next week

Tom Warren — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:07:01 +0000

The Wall Street Journal is running a story "confirming" that Microsoft will announce the next generation of Windows Mobile next week, named Windows Phone 7. Despite the fact there has been a buzz in the blogging... Read more...

Mark your calendar: Live blog - Microsoft @ Mobile World Congress 2010

Tom Warren — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:47:33 +0000

Mobile World Congress 2010 kicks off on Monday February 15 and what better way to mark its beginning than covering the Microsoft Press Conference? Microsoft will hold a Press Conference at 3pm CET on February 15... Read more...

Ballmer makes a scene over an iPhone during private meeting

Sean Bradford — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:14:41 +0100

Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, is known for pulling some pretty interesting stunts and making direct comments putting down competitors of Microsoft. For example his comment back in July stating that Apple's Mac growth is a... Read more...

Worldwide Partner Conference 09 - Ballmer Keynote

Tom Warren — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:32:44 +0100

Microsoft's annual Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) day 2 kicks off today at 8:30am CDT (see all time zones). Allison L. Watson, head of the Worldwide Partner Group at Microsoft will feature again at WPC,... Read more...

Steve Ballmer demonstrates Zune HD for Engadget

Tom Warren — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:10:11 +0100

Our friends over at Engadget got a sneak peak of the new Zune HD when Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer showed the gadget off to them during the D7 conference. Ballmer showed of the new OLED... Read more...