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The electronics giant and Xbox firm has announced that CEO Steve Ballmer will retire within the next 12 months. Ballmer will retain his position until a successor is chosen, after which he will leave Microsoft. "There is never a perfect time for this type of transition, but now is the …
Read More »Ballmer calls for "nimble" and "decisive" Microsoft… in 2,700 word internal memo
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has set out his vision for a new Microsoft in an internal memo circulated amongst company staff. This company has always had a big vision — to help people realize their full potential,” he wrote. In the earliest days, it was by putting a PC on …
Read More »Ballmer courting Hollywood over Xbox One entertainment content
Microsoft is on the hunt for exclusive entertainment content for Xbox One. Deadline reports that CEO Steve Ballmer and entertainment studios president Nancy Tellem have been doing the rounds in Hollywood in an effort to bolster ties with key content makers. Talks have supposedly taken place with CBS, Sony TV …
Read More »Microsoft’s Ballmer declares war on Apple
Steve Ballmer, the bullish CEO of Microsoft, has outlined his determination to stop Apple having things its own way in its key markets. Admitting that Microsoft has in the past ceded some of the boundary between hardware and software innovation to Apple” the exec would have the world believe that …
Read More »Ballmer admits to Windows Phone 7 troubles
As part of hisMicrosoft Worldwide Partner Conference speech, Microsoft chief exec Steve Ballmer has admitted that Windows Phone 7 is not flying off the shelves as fast as the firm would have hoped. While still enthusiastically explaining how successful Microsoft is, there were concessions to its trailing position in the …
Read More »Ballmer: iPad sold more than I’d like
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told financial analysts that tablet computers were a "job one urgency" for the company. Despite the company recently becoming a licensee of CPU-designer outfit ARM, Ballmer said that the company is focusing on tablet computers based on Intel CPUs running the Windows 7 operating system. The …
Read More »Natal is Microsofts most exciting product
Microsoft’s 2010 launch slate includes an array of technology spanning a wide selection of sectors, but speaking to a gathering of tech execs in Colombia earlier this week CEO Steve Ballmer singled out Natal as the most important release of the year. Perhaps for me the most exciting product we’ll …
Read More »Xbox 360 Blu-ray debate reignited
Many headlines on the internet this morning will lead you to believe that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed overnight plans to release an external Blu-ray drive for Xbox 360. Whether this is actually the case or not remains to be seen. The furore comes courtesy of an interview with Gizmodo. …
Read More »Confusion over Natal 360 SKU
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer yesterday seemingly confirmed a brand new version of the Xbox 360 hardware that includes the motion-sensing Natal technology built in to the hardware. TGDaily reports that the iconic exec told attendees at The Executive’s Club of Chicago that a new hardware SKU equipped with Natal is …
Read More »Microsoft admits to Blu-Ray support
From the moment Toshiba confirmed the death of HD-DVD many have been expecting an Xbox 360 Blu-Ray drive to be announced – and whilst we’re still waiting Microsoft does now seem to have moved a little closer to such a development. SeattlePi.com quotes Microsoft’s chief executive Steve Ballmer as stating: …
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