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Yesterday, Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft addressed students at the University of Washington.  Ballmer revealed the new direction for Microsoft as a whole, confiding that 70% of employees were currently engaged in work that is cloud-related.  In one years time, Ballmer expects that number to to jump to 90%. “We’re… Continue Reading »

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has a reputation of being dismissive of what his company’s competitors do. He downplayed Android in 2008 and hasn’t been impressed by Apple’s growing market share in computer sales over the past few years. But Ballmer isn’t afraid to admit that Google dominates the search engine… Continue Reading »

Yesterday in a speech at Stanford University, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer suggested Microsoft will be taking more risks with its search entries.  Acknowledging Google’s dominant position, Ballmer pointed to opportunities Microsoft can afford to chase and evolve.  According to Ballmer, some will be hits, some will be disasters. “There are… Continue Reading »

If you’re not familiar with how trade show keynotes work, the headline speaker takes the stage, talks about their company’s direction, and then introduces a slew of presenters and product managers to show off their latest and greatest. At this year’s Steve Ballmer keynote, not much exciting was announced beyond… Continue Reading »

While Microsoft’s Robbie Bach was showing off the addition of game shows like 1 vs. 100 to Xbox Live Primetime, Microsoft founder Bill Gates made an appearance as a character in the game with the name “Big Bill”.  As you can imagine, the audience let off a big chuckle when… Continue Reading »

We have begun to prep for the Steve Ballmer press conference. This is going to be interesting since Bill Gates has given the CES opening keynote for over 10 years - check out last year’s live blog here. We have seen Steve going absolutely crazy in the past: screaming, yelling,… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: CES 2009 Keynote: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO

Yep, looks like we haven’t heard the end of the whole Yahoo/Microsoft going-ons.  However, that apparently isn’t the official position of Microsoft…just their CEO. While speaking at the Gartner ITXpo in Orlando, Florida, this morning, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer came out with the following comments. “We offered 33 bucks [for… Continue Reading »

In a move that completely has the tech industry shaken up, Microsoft has put out a statement saying they have Proposes Acquisition of Yahoo! for $31 per Share - which of course equates to $44.6 billion dollars.  Yes, that this number -> $44,600,000,000… wow. The bid for tech giant Yahoo… Continue Reading »

In a USA Today interview, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer suggests he hopes his 85 year old uncle will get a Zune soon.  Perhaps his uncle has been swayed by the catchy iPod ads? Ballmer goes on to talk about (bash) the iPhone and how Microsoft is all about software and… Continue Reading »

This video of Microsoft CES Steve Ballmer shows his company’s arrogant stance in the mobile phone space.  When he is asked for his impressions on the new Apple iPhone, he actually had the nerve to laugh, and pretty much said the iPhone doesn’t stand a chance against the Windows Mobile… Continue Reading »