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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., operating system, Advertisement, Google Chrome, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Internet Explorer
Microsoft sends second wave of layoff notices to 3,000
News Software maker, which announced in January it would cut up to 5,000 jobs over 18 months, has now eliminated nearly that many positions as 3,000 layoff notices are sent out Tuesday.
Tags: Layoffs, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, layoff, Worker, software, CEO, job, News.com, U.S.
Microsoft adds Windows version for cheap servers
News The software maker will start selling Windows Server "Foundation" for use on single-processor servers.
Tags: Servers, Microsoft Windows, Software, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, operating system, Windows Version, Server, Hardware, Microsoft Windows Server
Microsoft CEO: We're staying in China
News Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer reiterated his company's commitment to staying in China and following local laws, in response to Google's statements that it might be leaving.
Tags: International governments, E-mail clients, E-mail servers, Steve Ballmer, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., CEO, CNBC, e-mail, White House
Microsoft's Ballmer talks Bing, Twitter
News Steve Ballmer needs a new project now that he's wrapped up Yahoo search deal, but says he's not sure that buying Twitter is best way to scratch that itch.
Tags: Search, Web 2.0, Web sites, Web services, Facebook, Yahoo! Inc., Steve Ballmer, Twitter Inc., Microsoft Corp., CEO
Microsoft, HP push businesses to clouds
News Three-year, US$250 million effort is aimed at helping businesses lower their technology spending by moving computing resources online.
Tags: Cloud computing, Business Strategies & Functions, Hewlett-Packard Co., Steve Ballmer, Dell Server, Microsoft Corp., CEO, Information Technology, Business Strategies & Functions, Sales
Ballmer: Windows 7 selling like hotcakes
News At Microsoft's shareholder meeting, CEO says the OS has sold twice as fast in its early days as any prior version of Windows. He also takes a few shots at Apple.
Tags: Windows 7, Apple Inc., Steve Ballmer, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., CEO, Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, shareholder
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, EMEA, Operating System, 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 Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., John Hancock Financial Services Inc., Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate, CompUSA Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
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
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
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, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., advertising partnership, Advertisement, Redmond, CEO, toolbar
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
Kumo to be dubbed Bing, AdAge says
News The advertising magazine says Microsoft will spend US$80 million to US$100 million in an ad campaign to promote its revamped search engine.
Tags: Search, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, TV, Conference, Google Inc., Search Engine, software company, Advertisement, CEO
