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.
In these eBay days, buyer's remorse is increasingly common. Less common is the remorse of the unbought a sensation now widely reported among major Yahoo shareholders in the wake of Ballmer's retreat.
A Harvard University dropout who ushered in the home computer age and made billions of dollars along the way will have his last official day of work at Microsoft on 27 June.
Just days before he finally hangs up his hat as Microsoft's figurehead and inspiration (on 27 June), ZDNet.com.au looks back at Bill Gates' career over the past 30 years.
If Steve Ballmer hadn't decided to take his college buddy up on a job offer as Microsoft's bookkeeper, he figures he probably would have ended up selling car insurance.
Microsoft and Cisco plan to work more closely together to ensure their products interoperate, while remaining fierce rivals in other markets.
In a bid to boost its presence in advertising, Microsoft said Friday that it will pay US$6 billion to acquire Aquantive, a digital marketing and services company.
Microsoft has been touting its Windows Live development platform, which is due to be launched later this year, to delegates at the company's partner conference in the US this week.
"We have to raise the bar on the quality of products when it comes to security".
The Federal Government has taken Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's endorsement of the ICT Centre of Excellence as a positive sign for the future of the centre.
After months of touting Vista's geekier side, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates on Wednesday highlighted features designed to convince the average consumer that they need the next version of Windows.
The antitrust investigation into Microsoft's activities lasted nearly half a decade, but by the time regulators finally came to a landmark conclusion, Microsoft had already established its position and the rival product was all but defunct.
Microsoft confirmed that it plans to announce on Thursday a reorganisation of its executive ranks in an attempt to improve financial management across its business units.
Who wants to be known as the "knowledge worker champion"? Obviously, not Microsoft group vice president Bob Muglia.
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said Thursday the software company plans to boost its research budget, a move expected to result in up to 5,000 new employees.
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