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News.blog: Windows 7 gets multi-touch

News Bill Gates and chief executive Steve Ballmer showed the new Windows features as part of their keynote at the event, with Gates adding that the new technology will be available in late 2009. Microsoft plans to add multi-touch interface to Windows 7...

Tags: multi, technology, rotating, steve ballmer

28 May 2008, 8:31 > More matches in News

News.blog: Microhoo deadline passes with no news

News The Saturday deadline set by Steve Ballmer for the two tribes to try to resolve their differences before Microsoft shifts gears has passed with no news. The tech world -- at least the those fascinated by the mating rituals of tribes bickering over...

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28 April 2008, 9:57 > More matches in News

News.blog: XP death could be postponed

News Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the company could re-evaluate its plans to phase out Windows XP by 30 June, if customers demand that it stick around. If customer feedback varies, we can always wake up smarter, but right now, we have a plan for end...

Tags: xp, windows xp, pcs, plan

25 April 2008, 10:22 > More matches in News

The Ultimate Tech Celebrity Deathmatches

Crave Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer once claimed he would "f***ing kill Google," and on the day of this Deathmatch, he got his chance. Microsoft bigwig Steve Ballmer takes on Google boss Eric Schmidt. Come and witness the torment, the Superpoking, the...

7 March 2008, 7:30 > More matches in Crave

Tech that's just wrong

Crave We've placed each wrongosity onto our patented 'Scale of Wrong' to show where they fit into the grand scheme of wrongness -- are they more Steve McQueen looking icey-cool or Steve Ballmer dancing like a loon?

3 March 2008, 7:23 > More matches in Crave

News.blog: Microsoft harmonises with open-source world

News These additional steps further formalise Microsoft's stated commitment to interoperability and recognise the changing technology landscape, said CEO Steve Ballmer, who hosted a teleconference with chief software architect Ray Ozzie, general...

Tags: value, documentation, requirements, commercial

22 February 2008, 9:29 > More matches in News

News.blog: Ballmer promises to keep Yahoo brand

News Internet services operation, however CEO Steve Ballmer says the Yahoo name isn't one of the things on the chopping block. Yahoo, the brand, will live," Ballmer told BusinessWeek. Microsoft has thus far offered few details on what it might look to...

Tags: yahoo, details, ceo steve ballmer, operation

8 February 2008, 9:22 > More matches in News

Microsoft may borrow to fund Yahoo bid

News At the same meeting, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said the offer for Yahoo was generous and he expects Yahoo's board and shareholders to agree to the buyout quickly. We trust the Yahoo board and the Yahoo shareholders will join with us...

Tags: board, stock, yahoo, windows vista

5 February 2008, 9:19 > More matches in News

Microsoft stands by Facebook stake

News Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said on Monday that the acquisition of a per cent stake in social-networking site Facebook for $240m (£115m) was an important investment, not a mistake. We didn't make a mistake," Ballmer told reporters on the sidelines...

6 November 2007, 8:14 > More matches in News

Microsoft takes £240m stake in Facebook

News It also flies in the face of recent comments made by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who brushed off Facebook and other youth-friendly social networking sites as a "fad". Microsoft will take a $240m (£117m) equity stake in Facebook during its next...

Tags: deal, risk, networking, continue

25 October 2007, 10:12 > More matches in News

Ballmer calls Google advert 'leader'

News Microsoft's chief executive officer, Steve Ballmer, has said that the software giant has a long way to go to compete with Google when it comes to search and advertising. Microsoft is attempting to break into online advertising, but Ballmer admitted...

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12 October 2007, 10:15 > More matches in News

Microsoft moves Office online

News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer and other executives had previously said that such a service was coming. In another clear sign that Microsoft sees the threat posed by its traditional business moving online, the company is readying a rival...

Tags: productivity, attachments, businesses, conference

1 October 2007, 10:52 > More matches in News

Top ten laughably bad tech ads

Crave Steve Ballmer sells Windows 1.0You've got to love Steve Ballmer. Anyway, we've collected ten of our favourites -- in no particular order -- that made us laugh, either because they feature lycra, awful singing, pathetic old technology, Steve Ballmer...

19 September 2007, 12:00 > More matches in Crave

Microsoft: Zune phone 'not unreasonable'

News Earlier this year, chief executive Steve Ballmer said at a CEO forum that the Zune phone is not a concept that Microsoft would ever pursue. Microsoft said on Tuesday that it is "not unreasonable" for the company to introduce a mobile phone combined...

5 September 2007, 10:16 > More matches in News

Firefox gains ground on Internet Explorer

News Steve Ballmer last week announced Microsoft's intention to move towards Web-based applications. Mozilla's Web browser, Firefox, is becoming increasingly popular, gaining on average an extra 3.1 per cent of the market in 32 European countries in the...

17 July 2007, 10:04 > More matches in News