Topic: Steve Ballmer

Microsoft Launches Office 365, Bringing Millions Into the Cloud

Microsoft is bundling a bunch of its business applications into a single, easy-to-buy package. It's the latest indication that our software will soon live in the cloud, not on our computers.READ»

Microsoft's Steve Ballmer Rails on "Extreme" Business Piracy in China

Microsoft's Steve Ballmer has lashed out at rampant software piracy in China, and he's being specific: Its Chinese businesses who're the big culprits. MS is working with the government to stamp it out, and bring the dollars rolling back.READ»

iFive: Alumina Spill, Pricey Pre-Pay Data, Gene Simmons on Piracy, Ballmer on Patents, Google Goggles on iPhone

It's deadline day for those who "didn't want it good" but "wanted it Wednesday," but before you buckle down to work, here's the early news digested:READ»

How to Manage Employees When They Make Mistakes

How to manage people through "light" and "heat" (think carrot & stick but I like my analogy better because we're humans not animals). As a leader you need to have both heat and light in your arsenal.READ»

Is Microsoft Ceding the Tablet Market to Apple?

The latest analyst estimate says a multitouch tablet running Windows isn't due until mid-2011. Does that mean the iPad has won?READ»

We're Number Two! Bing Blasts Past Yahoo

"Bing bing bing!" You can bet Steve Ballmer is singing that ditty at Microsoft HQ today. A survey has placed his upstart search engine ahead of Yahoo. How long until Google feels the heat?READ»

Google Instant Redefines Your ABCs

A is for AOL. B is for Bank of America. C is for Craigslist. Say what? Presenting the default search results of New Google -- in rhyming couplets.READ»

Re: June 2010

Creative Flow Finally, a business publication issues a juicy, substantive list of business visionaries and innovators who actually reflect the general population ("The 100 Most Creative People in Business"). I am so sick of ...READ»

HP Vs. Blackberry Vs. LG: A Tale of Three Tablet Operating Systems

On the one side: The iPad. On the other: The upcoming HP, LG and BlackBerry tablets, each having its praises sung loudly, and each to a different tune.READ»

"OnIt" Online Men's Lifestyle Mag to Help You Get Microsoft Abs

Watch your ripped back, David Zinczenko. The campaign for Bill Gates as Editbro in Chief starts here.READ»

Bury My Heart at Conference Room B: Sweat Time at Microsoft

"You just did a very bad thing," said Bill Gates, reacting to a presentation of Stan Slap's suggestions. In this excerpt from his upcoming book, "Bury My Heart at Conference Room B," consultant Stan Slap relates how Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, and a room full of Microsoft execs loved and loathed the concept of leading with your values.READ»

Microsoft's Role in the Erosion of Online Privacy

The current debate about online privacy is passionate, complex, and dynamic. But do you know who you should probably blame for much of the root cause? Microsoft. READ»

Is HP's Windows-7-Powered Slate Still Alive?

The much-buzzed-about HP Slate was, according to reports, killed some weeks ago. But a device matching the Slate just showed up on HP's site.READ»

Microsoft Reveals Cloud Computing System, Azure, eBay Partnership

Microsoft's Partner Conference for 2010 is just getting underway, and already some big news is coming out of the event: MS is officially revealing its Azure cloud computing platform, and noting big first-run customers like eBay and ...READ»

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Steve Ballmer Language Analysis: He's A "People" Person Too

Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer and Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie just finished speaking at the All Things D D8 conference. In the spirit of fair comparison, we did some thinking about their language, just as we did for Steve Jobs ...READ»

Analyzing Steve Jobs' Language at D8: He's a "People" Person!

So Uncle Steve appeared at the D8 conference, and now we know things about Apple and Steve's sex life that maybe we didn't before. But did you look at the language he used? We did, and there are a few nice surprises in there.Steve ...READ»

iFive: Google, Top Kill, Apple, and the Pirates of Tinseltown

While you were sleeping, innovation was doing great things--including delivering your BBC iPlayer-read iPad a day early if you live in Europe. Hurrah! 1. Open memo to Hollywood studios. If you're going to kvetch about piracy, then ...READ»

Apple Passes Microsoft

When Ballmer took over Microsoft, it was 35 times bigger than Apple, now Apple is at the top of the heap and not looking back.READ»

Microsoft Needs Bill Gates Back

Steve Ballmer needs to be replaced as Microsoft CEO ... by Bill Gates. Farhad Manjoo explains why.READ»

HP Taiwan Exec Confirms the HP Slate Will Pack Palm WebOS

For a product that hasn't been, you know, actually released, the HP Slate has had a turbulent history. The newest development? An HP Taiwan exec confirmed that the tablet will run Palm's WebOS, not Windows 7.READ»

The Economy: Don't Hit the Reset Button

Let's not call our wobbly progress from the brink of a global financial meltdown a "recovery." Why? Because we are doomed by our collective mindset to plunge into more financial crises as soon as we recover, says author and CEO Dov Seidman. The problem is we continue to function according to a 20th-century operating system whose catastrophic bugs have been exposed as critical flaws. READ»

Bill Gates: The Pen Is Mightier Than the Finger in Tablet Computing

You may think Apple's runaway success with the iPad, the rich and user-loved touch UI on the iPhone, and Apple's barrage of future-facing patents had really given finger-control a future in tablet PCs. But dear Bill Gates has a ...READ»

Microsoft Cancels Innovative Courier Tablet Project

According to sources familiar with the matter, Microsoft has cancelled Courier, the folding, two-screen prototype tablet that was first uncovered by Gizmodo. We're told that on Wednesday, Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer execs informed ...READ»

Today in Most Innovative Companies

News of note from our Most Innovative Companies, including Hulu, Facebook, IBM, and Microsoft.READ»