1. Old Yeller
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has been known to let out a full-throated growl. If you match a screamer decibel for decibel, you're toast. Zen calm trumps noise and will stop the shouting.
2. The Blowhard
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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»
Last year's Internet Summit was full of boasting and banquets. This year's gathering of tech's brightest stars featured mea culpas and buffets. A field report on the past, present, and future of the Internet economy.READ»
With our November issue, Fast Company will celebrate 10 years of publication. Each month until then, we'll review one of our favorite editions from the first decade.READ»
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»
Steve Ballmer had a lot to say about Windows 7 during his keynote address at the start of CES 2010, and gave a sneak peek at the swanky machines it is--and will be--running on. And that's about all he did.
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Not since Apple's Switch ad campaign has video footage been so lovingly parodied. Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer seems to like to get his dance on at large company gatherings. And his sweaty exhortations are by turns embarrassing and ...READ»
Microsoft's CEO faces a challenge that has been the undoing of many leaders in many industries: Can a giant company that dominated one era lead in the next?READ»
Every year, thousands of geeks gather in Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show, the world's largest consumer technology trade show. This year's keynote speakers feature regulars such as Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer ...READ»
We heard rumors the other day, and Steve Ballmer officially revealed the existence of Microsoft's new search engine, Bing, during the D7 conference.
The name was carefully chosen to help with the branding--it helps to have a ...READ»
All it took was one flimsy product designation, and now Microsoft [MSFT] has a class-action lawsuit on its hands. The suit charges that Microsoft certified certain budget computer models as "Vista Capable" when, in fact, ...READ»
Put an end to blindness, bullshit, copyright laws and Time Warner's dark hegemony? Sure: the top tech stories of the week are all about the death of things that Web nerds hate--and that includes Bing, whether you like the idyllic backgrounds or not.
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Microsoft's big CES keynote, which was hotly tipped as a reveal for the impressive Courier slate PC, was actually just a luke-warm Windows 7 promo. And that has one big result: The tech world is now waiting on Apple.
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When Steve Ballmer unveiled Windows Phone 7 in Barcelona last month, there was a fair amount of speculation that Microsoft's radical (for them) new OS would render unto the company's existing devices a whole heap of incompatibility. ...READ»
For the best business performance, you can’t do everything yourself -- you’ll need partners who support and complement your skills. To find someone who's a good fit, follow a few simple rules.READ»
It's no secret; multicultural consumers have always been trendsetters. The music, fashion, and lifestyle categories have always been synonymous with--and adopted--what emanates from “the streets." Yet, when it comes to influence in ...READ»
CES2009 is fast approaching, which may be why rumors are again circulating that Microsoft [MSFT] will soon launch a Zune-based iPhone rival. Despite the fact that Steve Ballmer, in referring to the iPhone said "It's not a concept ...READ»
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»
Your great-grandfather knew what it meant to work hard. He hauled hay all day long, making sure that the cows got fed. In Fast Food Nation (Houghton Mifflin, 2001), Eric Schlosser writes about a worker who ruptured his vertebrae, ...READ»
After years of foreplay, Microsoft and Yahoo have made it official: They're cozying up in bed together. The major beneficiary will be Bing--it'll usurp Yahoo search, boosting its Google rivalry power.
We've been hearing dribs and ...READ»
