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Windows 7 beta 1 makes early debut
News Leaked copies of Microsoft's forthcoming operating system have reportedly appeared on torrent trackers.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Western Digital Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system, Beta, Microsoft Windows, News.com
Report: Yahoo, Microsoft CEOs meet face to face
News The two sides have reportedly had preliminary talks in recent weeks exploring what kind of a search partnership might be possible.
Tags: Search, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., advertising partnership, Advertisement, Redmond, CEO, toolbar
Ballmer, IBM reportedly surprised by Oracle-Sun deal
News Speaking to reporters in Moscow, Microsoft's CEO said he'll have to ponder this one. Also, a source says that IBM was still interested in Sun and was blindsided by Oracle.
Tags: Acquisitions, Java, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Steve Ballmer, business application, Sun Microsystems Inc., CEO, Oracle Corp., partnership
Microsoft cuts 800 more jobs
News The latest workers to have their jobs eliminated are being notified, in what Microsoft said completes personnel reductions announced earlier this year.
Tags: Layoffs, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Money, Microsoft Corp., job, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Small Business, layoff, Silicon Valley
VMware hits back at Microsoft cost criticism
News Company has responded to comments by Steve Ballmer, saying while cost comparisons of virtualization products are complicated, Microsoft may be more expensive.
Tags: Business applications, Virtualization, Steve Ballmer, Operating System, EMEA, Microsoft Corp., operating system company, server operating system, Business applications, VMware Inc.
End of an era for Office 2000
News Support for Office 2000 expired Tuesday, 10 years after Steve Ballmer announced a Web-based version of the productivity suite.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Office suites, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, productivity suite, software-as-a-service, online application, Web, Microsoft Office, Office suites
Windows 7 to come in 'Steve Ballmer' edition
News The "signature edition" of Windows 7 Ultimate is going to those hosting house parties. It bears a resemblance to the Bill Gates version of Vista.
Tags: Steve Ballmer, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., John Hancock Financial Services Inc., Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate, CompUSA Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
Ballmer shrugs at Google's Chrome OS
News Microsoft's chief executive says having one client operating system is better than two--a lesson Microsoft learned some years ago.
Tags: Operating systems, Web services, Steve Ballmer, Google Inc., Google Chrome, operating system, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Advertisement, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 95
Report: Yahoo, Microsoft finally near deal
News Two sides are "down to the short strokes", according to a report on All Things Digital, which notes that top Microsoft executives are in Silicon Valley to finalize a partnership.
Tags: Search, Business development/management, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., CEO, Silicon Valley, Search, Business development/management
Source: Yahoo-Microsoft deal unlikely this week
News Although Yahoo and Microsoft have continued to talk, any search tie-up is unlikely to come this week, according to a source.
Tags: Search, Mergers, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., CEO, board meeting, partnership, Silicon Valley, CNET Networks Inc., Wall Street Journal
Windows 8: The 'dying gasps' of desktop OS or next big thing?
News Even before Windows 7 is in shops, the Windows 8 speculation has begun. Newer version could be an improved OS with gesture recognition or offer a more unified experience, say analysts.
Tags: Windows 7, Steve Ballmer, Operating System, Virtualization, Microsoft Corp., Windows 7, Quocirca, Microsoft Windows 7, voice recognition, Desktop OS
Ballmer: Windows will get more competition
News Speaking to financial analysts, Microsoft's chief Steve Ballmer addresses the state of the PC business and Windows' place within it.
Tags: Business applications, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Microsoft Windows 7, Google Android, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office
Ballmer and Bostock break bread
News The New York Times confirms a Valleywag report that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock met earlier this week in New York.
Tags: Search, Best strategies, Employee communications, Mergers, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., New York, chairman, CEO
Judge orders Ballmer to testify in Vista suit
News Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer faces a three-hour deposition in next 30 days in a class action lawsuit over the "Vista Capable" logo program.
Tags: Lawsuits, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows Vista, class action suit, Class Action, Jim Allchin, Judge, Microsoft Windows, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Ballmer: 'We are done' with Yahoo acquisition idea
News Speaking at its shareholder meeting, Microsoft's CEO reiterates that Microsoft remains open to some sort of search partnership, but says there are no active discussions in that area.
Tags: Search, Web services, Legal, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Bellevue, Redmond, CEO, News.com
