Steve Ballmer News and Gossip

• The smartphone wars and the end of Steve Ballmer. Maybe Microsoft.

  Examiner.com - Found Feb. 6, 2012 How can not *legions* of employess at Microsoft, up to and including Steve Ballmer, not be unceremoniously sacked for this?

• Designing Windows 8 ? or redesigning a religion

  MSNBC - Found Feb. 7, 2012 Like the guy who collects Steve Ballmer's dry cleaning. But Sam Moreau just might have the hardest gig in Redmond.

• Does Microsoft 52-Week High Mean a Tech Rally?

  CNBC - Found Feb. 2, 2012 ... sure they have the management to actually execute the plan,? he said, adding that he needed to see evidence from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

• New Microsoft Office in Tech Preview

  NewsFactor Network - Found Feb. 1, 2012 ... limited adaptation of Office to the Windows 8 Metro style is accurate, it is counter to hints that CEO Steve Ballmer began dropping last fall. Live Webcast: Transforming Business Productivity and Collaboration ... - Tech Republic Microsoft's Office 15 Technical Preview Program Now Underway - Maximum PC Explore All

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• Microsoft debuts Kinect for Windows, commercial SDK

  CNET - Found Feb. 1, 2012 And last month, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said that the gadget, along with the... Kinect for Windows: How Gaming Tech is Migrating to Business - Wired News Microsoft launches Kinect for PCs - BBC Sorry Kinect, we've already tried motion control in laptops and it ... - CNET News Microsoft Releases Kinect For Windows - Slashdot Explore All

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• Microsoft's (MSFT) 2007 investment in Facebook, which many felt was ...

  Seeking Alpha - Found Jan. 30, 2012 ... many felt was an attempt to buy ad revenue by agreeing to an inflated valuation, may turn out to be one of Steve Ballmer's smartest moves.

• Steve Ballmer Willing To Pay $230 Per Phone To Beat Apple, Google

  ActiveWin.com - Found Jan. 31, 2012 The question investors, technologists and strategists have long been asking is, ?What is Steve Ballmer willing to pay to beat Apple and Google??

• Microsoft launches Office 15 as technical preview

  CNET - Found Jan. 31, 2012 ... tune up Office 15 as a Metro-based app to take advantage of the new UI in Windows 8. CEO Steve Ballmer hinted as much last September when he... Microsoft's Office 15: To Metro or not to Metro? - ZDNet Microsoft launches Office 15 as technical preview - CNET News It's time for Microsoft to come clean over the Metro UI - ZDNet Microsoft begins Office 15 technical preview - Seattle Times Explore All

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• BILL WHO? 9 Things Steve Ballmer Has Done To Make Microsoft Better ...

  Business Insider - Found Jan. 29, 2012 Steve Ballmer recently claimed that he "got a new job" when Bill Gates quit his full-time position at the company in 2008. Ballmer has been ...

• Cast your vote in the Windows 8 release schedule prediction pool

  ZDNet - Found Jan. 28, 2012 ... in Steve Ballmer?s keynote address and in one-on-one conversations with various Microsoft employees.