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  • Microsoft's Ballmer to come Down Under

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has revealed plans to visit Sydney later this year, speaking at the Committee for Economic Development of Australia on innovation and the digital Economy.

  • Ballmer: Microsoft can never be a one-trick pony

    While some critics may chide Microsoft for losing focus over its desire to play in many markets, from desktop software to game consoles to mobile devices, the company's top guy says it's a necessary move to stay relevant in the market.

  • Ballmer claims Microsoft is thinking green

    Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has claimed that more efficient use of IT is one of the company's main priorities for the future despite the fact Microsoft has been widely criticised for producing resource-hungry software.

  • Microsoft's withdrawal: Ballmer's letter to Yahoo CEO

    After talks broke down on Saturday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent this letter to Yahoo chief Jerry Yang, signalling the end of the epic takeover attempt.

  • Microsoft to launch 'Windows Cloud' this month

    Microsoft will launch an operating system for the 'cloud' in four weeks, chief executive Steve Ballmer told delegates at a Microsoft-sponsored developer conference in London on Wednesday.

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  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    Microsoft and Google need to step up a Gear

    In terms of applications, the mobile world still feels like a bit of a poor cousin where the Web giants are involved. How long til it shrugs off its rags like Cinderella and bursts into the daylight in all the finery it deserves?

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Ballmer's green comments make me sick

    At the CeBIT exhibition in Germany this week, Steve Ballmer got on stage and told the world that Microsoft takes "green" issues seriously.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Virtually large but apparently small

    You've only got to hang around a datacentre for about 30 seconds before someone starts raving on about virtualisation. While the cost benefits of virtualisation are obvious, the management challenges often get swept under the carpet.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Microsoft: Don't kill our old friend XP

    It's just two months until Microsoft plans to pull the plug on Windows XP arguably its best operating system to date.

  • Read the blog post - Ella Morton

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  • Ballmer: Where Microsoft is going

    In his latest thinking about where he wants his company to go, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has produced a document that is partly a sweeping business analysis and partly a call to arms.

  • Yahoo turns to Google after Microsoft deal ends

    On Saturday, Microsoft formally withdrew its offer to acquire the search pioneer, at least for now. So what happens next for Yahoo? A deal with Google looks likely.

  • Ballmer discusses life after Vista

    There's still a lot Microsoft wants to do with Windows, and it has its work cut out with Zune, says Microsoft's CEO, Steve Ballmer.

  • Cyberpeace -- of sorts -- in our time

    Microsoft's Steve Ballmer and Novell's Ron Hovsepian make an unlikely pair, and their pact has caught the tech industry by surprise.

  • Ballmer says Microsoft is different

    Beyond the usual hard sell for Microsoft, Steve Ballmer had another message for the 3,000 developers who showed up in San Francisco on Monday for the unveiling of updates to the company's flagship database programs and developer tools.

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  • Reports wrong on Xbox successor

    A Japanese newspaper on Friday retracted statements attributed to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer regarding a new version of the Xbox.

  • Time for Microsoft Linux?

    Commentary: Last week, Steve Ballmer sent a memo to the MS troops about the threat posed by Linux and the open source software movement. I have a suggestion for Steve and Co.: Don't beat 'em. Join 'em.

  • Date set for Office and Vista business launch

    Microsoft plans to mark the business launch of Windows Vista and Office 2007 with an event in New York on November 30.

  • Ballmer sets date for next Xbox

    The next version of the game console will arrive in 2006, Microsoft's CEO says, prompting renewed speculation about Nvidia's role.

  • Microsoft moves beyond patches

    Conceding that its strategy of patching Windows holes as they emerge has not worked, Microsoft plans next week to outline a new security effort focused on what the company calls "securing the perimeter," a company executive said.

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