Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com --- 14 days ago
Why don't people recognize a really rich, important, wacky guy in charge of a huge, modern corporation, and who can be counted on to take a great, weird photograph? Only one of Microsoft's early honchos had any business experience at all, and while Bill Gates and Paul Allen made the most the fastest, the third guy, Gates' old roommate, made himself useful enough that he stuck around and ultimately became Microsoft's CEO . Who is this guy? Most readers of the Huffington Post's business vertical already know, surely, that it's Steve Ballmer. Let's step back into the past, all the way to the debut of Windows 1.0. This was a major step for Microsoft, obviously, but it signaled to consumers that personal computing would get easier, and it signaled to the business world that Microsoft would continue to outmaneuver IBM, which was trying to stem Microsoft's growth with its OS/2, designed to compete with MS-DOS. Well, still the token businessman, Ballmer was tapped to pitch Windows to consumers and, years later, we thank Microsoft from the bottom of our hearts for this little time capsule: But for whatever reason, in the transition of power from Gates to Ballmer, a lot of people missed learning the new guy's name and face. It's a tragedy, really, and one close to my heart; as business editor, I am tasked with pairing photos with stories every day, and it saddens me to know that if I put up one of the many gloriously expressive Ballmer pho ...

Source: www.eweek.com --- 14 days ago
The global financial crisis will impact both consumer and business spending, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said. Bad mortgage debt has hit U.S. banks and insurers, prompting government bailouts to avoid a breakdown in the financial system. - OSLO (Reuters) - Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Tuesday no company was immune to the global financial crisis, which he expects to sap both consumer and business spending. quot;Financial issues are going to affect both business spending and consumer spending, and particularly ... s... ...

Source: www.intomobile.com --- 11 days ago
While this isn’t the Zune phone that many have speculated is in the works in Microsoft’s R&D labs, it’s the next best thing. The media-playing (and presumably sharing) capabilities of the Zune music player have been confirmed to be coming to the Windows Mobile platform. Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed that the Zune software that [...] ...

Source: www.hardocp.com --- 2 days ago
TechNewsWorld has an interview article with Steve Ballmer about Microsoft’s consumer electronics efforts and challenges. As usual, he is exceeding optimistic about Vista (he calls it ‘an unqualified success’) and has other interesting opinions. Q: What else would you say has been an unqualified success of late? A: Since [we updated it], I'd also refer to Vista as an unqualified success. It doesn't mean that people aren't still picking on it, but we've sold 180 million copies, something like that, of Vista. The quality, the compatibility [and], particularly from the consumer market, the level of acceptance -- I'd call it an unqualified success over the last six months or so. Comments ...

Source: www.macdailynews.com --- 7 days ago
PC Magazine recently sat down with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to discuss a wide range of topics... ...

Source: www.ecommercetimes.com --- 2 days ago
As chief executive of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer heads a company that's not just a PC software giant but also a growing presence in the broader consumer electronics industry. In less than 10 years, Microsoft has become a major player in video games, mobile phones, set-top boxes and Internet search and advertising. However, the company is nowhere near as dominant in consumer electronics as it is in operating systems. ...

Source: www.macdailynews.com --- 21 days ago
Last time CEO Steve Ballmer offered a tentative timeframe as to when he might retire from Microsoft... ...

Source: www.cafequan.net --- 14 days ago
Trong bài phát biểu tại Churchill Club hôm 25/9/2008, Giám đốc điều hành (CEO) của hãng Microsoft, Steve Ballmer tuyên bố rằng chỉ có hãng này mới có đủ tiềm lực để đánh bại người khổng lồ tìm kiếm Google.  Tuy nhiên, Steve Ballmer cũng... ...

Source: www.frenzycommerce.com --- 1 day ago
As chief executive of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer heads a company that’s not just a PC software giant but also a growing presence in the broader consumer electronics industry. In less than 10 years, Microsoft has become a major player in video games, mobile phones, set-top boxes and Internet search and advertising. However, the company is [...] ...

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 13 days ago
NewsFactor - Software giant Microsoft is not saddled with subprime mortgages, nor is it a bank threatened by a run of angry depositors. Nonetheless, the financial crisis currently roiling Wall Street is being felt in Redmond, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said, and Congress needs to take action. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 3 days ago
In a recent interview with PC Magazine, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unloaded on Apple and the 'Get a Mac' ads. Along the way he asserted that Macs 'don't really get full Microsoft Office' and that Macs don't work in the business place. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 3 days ago
In a recent interview with PC Magazine, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unloaded on Apple and the 'Get a Mac' ads. Along the way he asserted that Macs 'don't really get full Microsoft Office' and that Macs don't work in the business place. ...

Source: blogs.zdnet.com --- 15 hours ago
Remember that eleventh-hour decision -- when Microsoft opted not to buy Yahoo? Remember how so many pundits portrayed CEO Steve Ballmer's walking away as a fireable offense? What a difference a few months make. ...

Source: blogs.zdnet.com --- 16 hours ago
Remember that eleventh-hour decision -- when Microsoft opted not to buy Yahoo? Remember how so many pundits portrayed CEO Steve Ballmer's walking away as a fireable offense? What a difference a few months make. ...

Source: arstechnica.com --- 13 days ago
Brad Smith, senior vice president and general counsel for Microsoft, noted the company's support for the US economic bailout on Monday, and today, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talked about what the crisis meant for the software giant. Read More... ...

Source: www.pcworld.com --- 12 days ago
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer revealed a few details on a forthcoming operating system that will help developers write Internet-based applications. ...

Source: www.theregister.co.uk --- 12 days ago
So much for the Zune phone... Windows Mobile seems to be as far as Microsoft’s willing to delve into mobile phones. The firm’s CEO, Steve Ballmer, has denied it’s planning to start making handsets.… ...

Source: www.reghardware.co.uk --- 7 days ago
But a Windows phone still isn't on the cards Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has already stated that it isn’t going to build a mobile phone . But that hasn’t stopped him from talking up the integration of Zune software into a range of additional gadgets.… ...