Tag Archives: steve ballmer
Tue, Jan 22, 2013 | 09:40 GMT
Ballmer’s resignation could be key to Microsoft’s survival, says former exec
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has been painted as a formidable force at the top of the company’s executive ladder, who would oust up-and-coming employees he feared would challenge his position of power. That’s the claim of former Microsoft exec Joachim Kempin, who has called for Ballmer’s resignation in order to see Microsoft’s revival, and has discussed Ballmer’s supposedly aggressive survival tactics in a new book.
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Posted in: Microsoft
Tags: Joachim Kempin, steve ballmer
Tue, Nov 13, 2012 | 10:47 GMT
Windows boss departs Microsoft following the launch of Surface and Windows 8
Windows boss Steve Sinofsky has left Microsoft just days after the launch of Surface and Windows 8. Sinofsky’s departure is effective immediately, bringing a sudden end to his 23 years at the corporation.
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Posted in: Microsoft, PC
Tags: steve ballmer, Steve Sinofsky, Surface, windows 8
Fri, Nov 02, 2012 | 11:49 GMT
Microsoft developing smartphone handset, sources claim
Microsoft is rumoured to be entering the smartphone race against Apple and other manufacturers, according to the claims of recent sources.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 8
Tags: steve ballmer
Wed, May 16, 2012 | 22:31 BST
Ballmer tops Forbes’ “5 CEOs that truly deserve being fired” list
Forbes has named Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer as the number one CEO “that truly deserves being fired.” Ballmer beat out other CEOs such as Walmart’s Mike Duke, the head of Sears and Cisco’s John Chambers.
Tue, Jan 10, 2012 | 11:55 GMT
Microsoft at CES 2012: Ballmer’s Metrosexual circus
Next Xbox announced! Not. All the details on Microsoft’s CES keynote: 66 million Xbox 360s sold and 44 million Xbox Live subscriptions, plus the debut of “two-way TV” and Metro-everything.
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Posted in: CES 2012, Games for Windows, Kinect, Microsoft, Windows Phone 7, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: steve ballmer
Fri, Sep 16, 2011 | 22:32 BST
Ballmer: Xbox Live TV in planning stages, out this year
Xbox Live TV is still in the planning stages and will release sometime in 2011, according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: steve ballmer, Xbox Diamond TV, Xbox Live TV
Wed, Sep 14, 2011 | 20:44 BST
Windows 8 dev preview downloaded 500,000 times
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said during his keynote at BUILD today in California, that there have already been over 500,000 downloads for the Windows 8 developer preview which launched yesterday evening. The preview comes with the new interface, better desktop performance, and a new interface for tablets called Metro. MS also confirmed yesterday Xbox Live would be included with W8, with more details to be announced at a later date. The Windows 8 developer preview can be downloaded here. Thanks, Newowin.
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Posted in: Microsoft, PC
Tags: steve ballmer, windows 8
Tue, Jul 12, 2011 | 22:03 BST
Microsoft: Xbox Music reports are “inaccurate” – details
Reports that Microsoft is set to launch a brand new Xbox Music service are “inaccurate,” the company has told VG247.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Music, Xbox 360
Tags: steve ballmer, Xbox Music, Zune Music
Thu, Jul 07, 2011 | 13:35 BST
Steve Ballmer to keynote CES 2012 on January 9
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will be delivering the pre-show keynote at CES, which is scheduled for January 10-13 in Las Vegas.
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Posted in: CES 2012
Tags: steve ballmer
Wed, May 11, 2011 | 19:14 BST
Ballmer excited over gaining Skype’s 170 million users
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said during a press conference yesterday regarding the firm’s purchase of Skype, that the company will continue to offer the service on non-Microsoft products.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: skype, steve ballmer
Mon, Jan 17, 2011 | 11:53 GMT
Ballmer: “Xbox isn’t a gaming console”
Microsoft mega-boss Steve Ballmer has told USA Today that he believes Xbox 360 isn’t a videogaming machine.
Fri, Jan 07, 2011 | 20:42 GMT
“We’re going to be hard-pressed to be able to fulfill demand” for Kinect, says Microsoft
Jose Pinero, Microsoft’s senior director of PR for Entertainment Services, has said the company will do well to meet the demand for Kinect at retail for the next two months.
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Posted in: CES 2011, Kinect, Microsoft
Tags: jose pinero, kinect demand, steve ballmer
Fri, Jan 07, 2011 | 21:49 GMT
Ballmer: Kinect to support PC in “formal way in the right time”
Microsoft head honcho Steve Ballmer has hinted that Windows PCs may get Kinect support in the future.
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Posted in: CES 2011, Hot, Kinect, Microsoft, PC, Xbox 360
Tags: kinect for pc, steve ballmer
Thu, Jan 06, 2011 | 09:54 GMT
Microsoft CES keynote video and audio posted in entirety
Microsoft’s posted up its entire CES keynote from last night in video form (thanks, JL).
If you’re visually challenged in any way, Nelson’s posted up the full audio of last night’s Microsoft keynote at CES – get it here.
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Posted in: CES 2011, Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: microsoft keynote, steve ballmer
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 13:29 BST
Mad Jobs called Ballmer over Bungie sale
Former Xbox exec Ed Fries has told Develop that Apple head Steve Jobs made a personal, angry phone call to Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer after Bungie sold out to the Windows firm in 2000.
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Posted in: Apple, Development, Mac, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: bungie, steve ballmer, steve jobs
Tue, Oct 05, 2010 | 19:51 BST
Ballmer excited over Kinect, calls it the “next generation” of Xbox 360
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is so excited over Kinect, he’s declared the motion sensor to be the “next generation of the Xbox 360″.
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Posted in: Development, Kinect, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: kinect, kinect manual, steve ballmer, tablets, windows 7, windows 7 phone, windows 7 phone OS
Tue, May 25, 2010 | 20:59 BST
Microsoft formally announces Bach and Allard departures
Microsoft has issued a formal statement regarding the departures of Robbie Bach and J Allard, along with the transition plan for Don Mattrick and Andy Lees – who will now report to CEO Steve Ballmer.
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Posted in: Hot, Jobs, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: J. Allard, robbie bach, steve ballmer
Wed, Apr 28, 2010 | 07:10 BST
Ballmer: Natal is “the most exciting product we’ll bring to market this year”
Here it comes. Microsoft super-boss Steve Ballmer’s playing hard-sell with Natal on a current tour of South America, pegging the motion-sensing system as one of the firm’s biggest deals in 2010.
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Posted in: E3 2010, Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: natal, project natal, steve ballmer
Sat, Mar 06, 2010 | 18:23 GMT
Ballmer hints around about future forms of Xbox 360, talks cloud
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has been chatting again, and you know what that means – speculative Xbox 360 talk.
This time, it has to do with new forms of the console, along with changing price points.
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Posted in: Development, Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360, hardware
Tags: cloud gaming, steve ballmer
Thu, Jan 07, 2010 | 08:48 GMT
CES: Microsoft keynote gets the visual treatment
Look! Whats that in the sky? Is it a bird? A plane? Jack Bauer? No, it’s Microsoft’s CES keynote.
You got the audio earlier, but why stop there? Try watching it.
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Posted in: Games for Windows, Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: CES 2010, robbie bach, steve ballmer
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