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  • Ballmer sees squeeze on Longhorn deadline

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was in a lighthearted mood during a swing through the Netherlands, but did he give a serious clue about Longhorn?

  • Ballmer cites 'facts' in Microsoft's battle against Linux

    Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has used the software giant's latest executive e-mail to stoke up Microsoft's fight against the rise of Linux.

  • Gates', Ballmer's pay holding around $900,000

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Chairman Bill Gates each took home just over $900,000 in pay last year, a slight increase from last year, according to documents filed Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

  • 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.

  • Ballmer: No sleep lost over Linux

    Exclusive: Microsoft's Steve Ballmer, playing up to his legendary image as a hard-driving salesman, didn't mince words in discounting the gathering threat to Microsoft's ambitions posed by Linux.

  • Vista is "New Coke"

    In a new study, Forrester Research uncovers some good news for Microsoft: Vista usage among US businesses is up by more than 40 percent since January. The bad news: still, less than 10 per cent of the 50,000 companies surveyed use Vista.

  • Ballmer: It's OK to wait for Windows 7

    Some companies are planning to skip Windows Vista, and that's OK, according to Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer.

  • More marketing dollars will sell Vista: Ballmer

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer believes the software giant needs to spend more on marketing in order to sell more copies of Vista and has hinted that sizable increase in its marketing budget is on the horizon.

  • Microsoft cuts apps from Windows 7

    Microsoft has decided that Windows 7 won't include built-in programs for e-mail, photo editing, and movie making, as was done with Windows Vista.

  • Microsoft gets touchy over Windows 7

    Microsoft plans to add multitouch interface to Windows 7, ZDNet.com.au's sister site, CNET News.com has learned.

  • Microsoft gives US govt sneak peek of Windows 7

    Microsoft has said precious little about Windows 7, but it has provided at least one outsider with an early test version of the forthcoming operating system.

  • Windows chief opens up on '7'

    Since taking over the Windows development reins from Jim Allchin, Steven Sinofsky has chosen to keep silent about new products, but now in an exclusive interview, he spills the beans on Windows 7.

  • Steve Ballmer: Live on ZDNet.com.au

    Don't miss ZDNet.com.au's exclusive live broadcast of a landmark Sydney speech by Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer on 6 November at 3:30pm, AEST.

  • Ballmer hints at 'Windows Cloud'

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told a crowd in London this week that Microsoft this month will show off its new development environment for internet-based applications, dubbed "Windows Cloud".

  • New MS Office will debut next week

    Windows 7 and Windows Strata may be the stars of Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference next week, but the next version of Office has also landed a role in the production.

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