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...

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. More...

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. More...

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. More...

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. More...

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. More...

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... More...

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... More...

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... More...

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... More...

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... More...

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... More...

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... More...

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... More...

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... More...

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... More...

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... More...

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... More...

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,... More...

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... More...

CEO of Microsoft Corporation, Steve Ballmer, has warned companies to upgrade from Windows XP, or else they will face anger from employees. The reason for this is because, according to Steve, "If you deploy a... More...

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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer again voiced support for purchasing Yahoo or its search business, hinting in a published report that a deal between the two companies may be reached before the end of the year.... More...

Despite the turmoil in the worldwide financial markets, Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer believes the company has what it takes to weather the storm. Speaking at the Churchill Club last week, Ballmer was questioned on internet... More...

Steve Ballmer finally gets to join his buddy Bill Gates in the "food target club" after a visit to the Hungarian University of Economy. A guy (grad student? just some dude?) stood up, yelled "Give... More...

Steve Ballmer has admitted that Vista is "a work in progress", and admitted the company has to learn lessons from its release. Speaking at the Most Valuable Professional Global Summit in Seattle, Ballmer resisted calls... More...

Google's plans to enter the mobile industry with a cell phone platform might have impressed many in the industry but not Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft and one of Google's biggest competitors. Ballmer sidestepped a... More...

Dear Steve, Hi, this is Francois, from Mandriva. I'm sure we are way too small for you to have heard of us. You know, we are one of these Linux company who is working hard... More...

For a few minutes during Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer's appearance at the Gartner Inc. Symposium ITxpo conference here, emotionless management-speak gave way to a mother's frustration with the Vista operating system. "I'm one... More...

Microsoft Corporation Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer received a $1.3 million pay cheque ($620,000 in salary and a $650,000 bonus) for fiscal 2007, a year which ended June 30 and in which profit at the... More...

Will Microsoft change its approach to Windows development? Will it think twice next time before adding new functionality that could compete with standalone programs? Those are a couple of the big questions following the denial... More...

Microsoft CRM Live is slated to make its public debut on Wednesday at the company's Convergence 2007 conference in San Diego. Brad Wilson, general manager of Dynamics CRM, will do the honors during Microsoft CEO... More...

It comes to something when Steve Ballmer is not super-confident, but his latest analyst conference proved one exception. Or a partial one at least. One thing Microsoft's chief executive didn't hold back on was his... More...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today attempted to end rumors that Windows Vista will be the last Windows client operating system, claiming that Microsoft has "plenty more where that came from" at a press event to... More...

MICROSOFT'S shy and retiring boss Steve 'there's a kind of hush' Ballmer might be gearing up to take Linux distributors to the cleaners. According to Linux World, Ballmer is whispering to all who can hear... More...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tried to offset some of the fallout from what Wall Street sees as the company's hedging on when Windows Vista would ship. In a talk about shareholder value at its annual... More...

Robert Stein of ActiveWin has posted up an exclusive interview with Steve Balmer of Microsoft. Robert met with Steve at the CES 2006 event and discusses some of the routes Microsoft are undertaking and Steves... More...

Microsoft CEO says the next generation belongs to the 360, pledges to turn fast break to launch into long-term win. It's not often that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gives ground, but in... More...

Microsoft Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Steve Ballmer and Sun Microsystems Chairman and CEO Scott McNealy will host an event in mid-May to detail progress the companies have made since the signing of a 10-year... More...

A memo signed by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has piled into the Linux operating system, claiming that users adopting it will be vulnerable to security breaches. And he hit out at the way open source... More...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands--Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was in a lighthearted mood during a swing through the Netherlands, but did he give a serious clue about Longhorn? During a keynote speech at the company's TechNet/MSDN Briefings... More...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer doesn't think Apple will lead the way to tomorrow's digital home - and describes iPod users as music thieves. Speaking in London, Ballmer praised Microsoft's own digital rights management... More...

Yesterday, at the Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting 2004, Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said there won't be Xbox 2 next year. We don't know if he's referring to calendar 2005 or simply the... More...

ed. Steve Ballmer is 2nd in command at Microsoft, and ActiveWin appear to have been very lucky, and got a chat with the big man. ActiveWin.com: In all of your years... More...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced a few new developer tools but otherwise played a greatest-hits set before an audience of about 10,000 information technology professionals at the TechEd conference here Monday. Delivering... More...

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday cancelled the keynote address by Steve Ballmer, its CEO, which was scheduled for Wednesday morning at its annual Microsoft Management Summit here. While a Microsoft spokeswoman would only say... More...

Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer is discussing the European antitrust case against the company with Mario Monti, the European competition commissioner in Brussels, a person close to the talks said Tuesday afternoon. "They... More...

The rivalry between Microsoft Windows and Linux comes down to the basic question of whom customers should trust, according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Ballmer on Tuesday acknowledged Microsoft turned its focus to matters... More...

Microsoft CEO on the Longhorn 'big bang', $49bn cash mountain and more... "Hogwash." That's how Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer responded to the notion that technology no longer has the potential to transform... More...

Microsoft Corp. has grown its market share in almost all of its businesses over the past year, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday, while acknowledging that Linux had also grown its market share over that period.... More...