Speaking at a press conference in Shanghai, Steve Ballmer confirmed that the company is hiring "several thousand" new workers in China, to support its Windows Phone and Windows Azure efforts. More...
A deal involving Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to bring the Sacramento Kings to Seattle was effectively killed by NBA owners in a vote Wednesday that wouldn't allow the team to relocate. More...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is scheduled to speak today at the company's annual CEO Summit, where over 130 business leaders gather to discuss various topics but without press coverage. More...
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer have reportedly joined as supporters of FWD.us, a new political action group formed by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to push for immigration reform. More...
The chief executive of ValueAct Capital has said the investment firm won't do any public campaigning to impact Microsoft's strategy after taking a $2 billion stake in the tech giant today. More...
ValueAct Capital is reportedly planning to announce a $2 billion stake in Microsoft, and speculation has centered on a possible move by the hedge fund to remove Steve Ballmer as CEO. More...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has failed to make it into the 50 Highest-Rated CEOs for 2013. While a number of his tech CEO friends received high approval ratings, Ballmer's is only 47% More...
In an interview given to MIT's Technology Review, Microsoft's CEO, Steve Ballmer talks about his company and their plans with the Surface Pro Tablet and the vision with Windows 8. More...
In a new interview, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates admits that the company didn't get a leadership role in the smartphone industry, conceding that it was "clearly a mistake." More...
In a new interview, Microsoft CEO calls the cloud-based file service Dropbox a "fine little startup" but also won't comment on any plans Microsoft might have to bring Office to the iPad. More...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer wrote a post on the company's blog today hyping the launch of Office 365 Home Premium, while also saying small and medium businesses can get the new Office 365 on Feb 27. More...
Microsoft has responded to a California state senator's letter that made thinly veiled threats against the company by saying it isn't involved in the potential move of the Sacramento Kings to Seattle. More...
During its quarterly conference call with analysts today, Microsoft CFO Peter Klein did not provide any official information on sales of its Windows RT version of the company's Surface tablet. More...
A California state senator has written a letter chastising Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for his involvement in the Sacramento Kings relocation to Seattle, saying Ballmer shouldn't be part of the move. More...
A former Microsoft executive has written a tell-all book about his experiences at the company and is highly critical of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, claiming he forces out anyone who challenges him. More...
Microsoft employees have more favorable opinions of both Steve Ballmer and the company they work for, according to new data. Both Ballmer and Microsoft's ratings from employees increased in 2012. More...
A new report claims that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer may be part of a group of investors that will pay $500 million to bring the Sacramento Kings NBA team to Seattle. More...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made a surprise appearance at CES 2013 on Monday, saying, among other things, that Windows Phone devices sold five times their 2011 numbers for Christmas 2012. More...
CNBC thinks that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was the second worst CEO in 2012. However, we think that not only is CNBC way off base but also offer a bunch of alternatives for that slot. More...
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer are among the 71 people that Forbes has picked to be a part of its "Most Powerful People" in the world list for 2012. More...
The recent admission by Steve Ballmer that Microsoft should have come out with its own tablet much sooner than it did with the Surface could be a sign that things are really changing at the company. More...
Ballmer told a Microsoft stockholder today at its annual meeting that their purpose of building Microsoft Store locations is to "sell, sell, sell" lots of the products that can make Microsoft money. More...
During the company's annual shareholders meeting today, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that "several apps" for Windows 8 have "reached already 1 million downloads." More...
During the company's annual shareholders meeting today, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that Windows Phone devices were selling at "four times" the amount at this same time in 2011. More...
One of Microsoft's new Surface tablets, signed by company CEO Steve Ballmer, is being put up for auction at the German eBay web site, with proceeds going to charity. More...
Microsoft has announced it will allow shareholders in the company to attend either the real annual meeting on November 28th or participate in a virtual shareholder meeting at the same time. More...
A new report claims Microsoft's decision to part ways with Windows leader Steven Sinofsky was "a surprise to both Sinofsky and his staff" and that he killed off a plan to launch a Windows 7 tablet. More...
Steve Ballmer addressed the issue of OEM frustration over the introduction of Microsoft's own Surface hardware, saying they have no intention of repeating “what other companies are doing brilliantly." More...
During a Churchill Club event yesterday, Steve Ballmer took the time to talk about not only the future of the company, but the differences in their ecosystem when compared with Android and Apple. More...
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. More...
A new report claims Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates backed the decision that Windows head man Steven Sinofsky should leave the company, and supported Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in that move. More...
Microsoft has sent an official statement in response to an interview this weekend with its CEO Steve Ballmer, claiming that his "modest" comment was for the approach Microsoft used for tablet. More...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that sales of the Windows RT-based Surface tablet have been "modest" so far in an extract from an interview in a French newspaper this weekend. More...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, or rather his Windows Phone 8 device, is the focus of a new video from Microsoft showing off the features of the new version of its mobile OS, More...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took pot shots at Apple's iPad, Google's Nexus and Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet in a interview, saying that their new Surface is the tablet that people really wanted. More...
Just when we thought Apple was moving away from its 'magical' tagline, Steve Ballmer seems to have picked up the torch, dropping the 7 letter word several times at today's Windows 8 launch event. More...
With Microsoft due to release the Surface to the masses tomorrow, Steve Ballmer has added more fuel to the “Surface Phone” fire stating they plan to introduce more of their own branded hardware. More...
Bill Gates made a rare appearance at Microsoft's headquarters this week to celebrate the company's Employee Giving Campaign, which has now raised over $1 billion over 30 years for non-profit groups. More...
More new Windows 8 apps have appeared in the Windows Store, including a new app from T-Mobile, an Art of War app and an unofficial app devoted to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. More...
In the run up to the Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 consumer launch, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has indicated that they are taking a page out of Apple's book with their corporate strategy. More...
In his annual note to the company's shareholders, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says the company has now evolved and is now a "devices and services company", which shows the company's new hardware theme More...
In a new proxy statement filed to the SEC, Microsoft revealed the compensation for its CEO Steve Ballmer, showing that he does not get as much money as other members of the company's executive team. More...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer showed off a Microsoft Surface tablet earlier today as part of a Windows 8-based presentation at a startup accelerator event in San Francisco. More...
Microsoft has announced that its CEO Steve Ballmer and Executive Vice President Brad Smith will launch a new global Microsoft Citizenship initiative on Thursday via a public streaming video event. More...
In today's Nokia Lumia press event, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer predicted that 400 million Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 products would be produced in a year's time. More...
Microsoft just hired Mark Penn as its new vice president of strategic and special projects, and he's assembling a crack 'SWAT team' to help change consumer's perception of Bing. More...
In a new interview with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, he talks about a number of subjects, including Windows 8, the upcoming Surface tablet and whether Microsoft really experienced a "lost decade". More...
Vanity Fair has released a preview of an investigative article in its next print issue, claiming that Microsoft's use of "stack ranking" employees led to a lack of innovation at the company. More...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that other PC makers were made aware of the company's plans to reveal the Surface tablet before its reveal on Monday but would not say what their reaction was. More...
A new report claims that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer currently has an 80 inch touch screen that has Windows 8 installed and the product is apparently something that will go on sale at some point. More...