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by Daniel Rubino
Feb 14, 2012
Today we've seen how big giant companies can have a sense of humor (Exhibit A: Nokia) and we'll continue that with Microsoft (who have never been above self deprication, see Rivera's...
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by George Ponder
Jan 10, 2012
There's little doubt that day one of the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show was big for Windows Phones. I think we all were took by surprise by AT&T's announcement during their...
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by George Ponder
Jan 09, 2012
Microsoft took the opportunity to reflect on its accomplishments and give us a peak at what's in store for the future in this year's CES Keynote Address. CEO Steve Ballmer took center stage...
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by George Ponder
Jan 09, 2012
Just a quick reminder that Microsoft will be delivering its 2012 CES Keynote speech in just a little while. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is expected to take the stage around 6:30pm PST and deliver...
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by George Ponder
Dec 21, 2011
The 2012 Consumer Electronics Show is just right around the corner and Microsoft is scheduled to give the keynote address on Monday, January 9, 2012 which will mark the last keynote Microsoft at CES...
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by Rich Edmonds
Oct 19, 2011
Google's User Experience Director for Android, Matias Duarte, said about Windows Phone being too forceful everything into a constrained look and feel. While he says that he offers the web, there's...
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by Daniel Rubino
Oct 19, 2011
...at least according to Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft at the recent Web 2.0 summit. Now, we suppose we can engage in a semantic debate about what constitutes a "bunch" combined with social-...
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by Seth Brodeur
Oct 04, 2011
Microsoft's latest regulatory filing shows that Steve Ballmer received a bonus of $682,500, which is the same amount of money he draws for a salary as CEO. While many of us would love to see a...
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by Daniel Rubino
Jul 11, 2011
Recently at the Imagine Cup 2011, happening right here in New York City, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave his usual keynote speech.
Towards the middle, he finally gave a nod to Windows Phone and...
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by George Ponder
Feb 14, 2011
While many didn't expect much from Microsoft's Keynote Address at the 2011 Mobile World Congress, Steve Ballmer and company did find a way to surprise us. While the first part of the presentation...
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by George Ponder
Jan 06, 2011
Steve Ballmer has just wrapped up his 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show Keynote Address. He addressed three key components for Microsoft; Xbox 360, Windows 7, and Windows Phone 7....
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by Tim Ferrill
Dec 07, 2010
Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore was interviewed today at the D: Dive into Mobile Conference by Walt Mossberg (of Mosspuppet fame) regarding Windows Phone and Microsoft’s renewed foray into the smart-phone...
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by Daniel Rubino
Nov 17, 2010
Ballmer and Co. at Microsoft have been pretty coy on the matter about adapting Windows Phone 7 for tablet use. While many of us see it as a no-brainer--it's fast, smooth, elegant, powerful, etc.--...
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by Daniel Rubino
Oct 14, 2010
In the hubbub of Monday's Open House, there was this interesting video intereview with Steve Ballmer conducted by Ina Fried of Cnet.
Though we don't get any real juicy scoops, he does briefly...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 11, 2010
It was a big day, to say the least for Microsoft. And the nine Windows Phone 7, erm, phones dropped on us here in the United States were just the start. Here's a rundown of every device released...
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by Daniel Rubino
Oct 07, 2010
Word on Twitter is that the winner of the French Microsoft Windows Phone 7 application contest is a nifty game called Arcane's Tower Defense by GraphicStream, which admittedly has some pretty 'wow'...
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by Daniel Rubino
Oct 05, 2010
Oh we love it when Ballmer gets feisty, even if his company is the underdog at the moment.At a UK Tech Days event today, Ballmer gave his spiel about Windows Phone 7 and made some remarks about...
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by Daniel Rubino
May 27, 2010
We keep hearing various time-frames for the release of Windows Phone 7. Usually "holiday season" is tossed around, which here in the States stretches from mid-October (if you count Halloween)...
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by Daniel Rubino
May 26, 2010
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is in Singapore today to help promote the launch of Office 2010/Imagine Cup Awards Ceremony, nothing too surprising there.Evidently Steve took some questions from the...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 10, 2010
So often in the gadget business, you know something without actually “knowing.” For example, we’ve known Windows Mobile 7 was coming for quite a while, though it is only now being confirmed....
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 30, 2009
We’ve known (unofficially) for some time now that Microsoft has been working on various follow-ups to Windows Mobile 6.5. ROMs based off of 6.5.x builds of Windows Mobile have been floating...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 22, 2009
By now it's hardly a secret that we're expecting some sort of Zune integration in Windows Mobile 7. Microsoft has been fairly coy about it, though nobody's really been buying that.Microsoft CEO...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 16, 2009
Some notes out of a "Breakfast with Ballmer" (in Boston no less, for you lovers of all things alliterative) showed an interesting exchange between the Microsoft CEO and a former Lotus executive.As...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 09, 2009
Everyone is hurting this year and even the head-honchos at Microsoft have received a small cut in pay as a result. That would Ballmer...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 19, 2009
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer just had a chat with BusinessWeek, and All Things Digital's Peter Kafka was a fly on the wall for the event. He paraphrased the chat, which we'll boil down even further...
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by Dieter Bohn
Mar 05, 2009
File under: Awkward! At the CIO summit yesterday, Steve Ballmer got an uncomfortable question from the audience that, well, has been on a lot of people's minds: "With platforms like the Google...
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by Dieter Bohn
Jan 13, 2009
Say it ain't so Joe! ...er, Steve. You know, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's CEO.Remember when he said, referring to the iPhone's 2G launch, "There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any...
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by Dieter Bohn
Jan 08, 2009
We're live at the Steve Ballmer Keynote for CES 2009. What to expect? Could be anything, we're just hoping for more than Bill Gates' standard "kitchen of the future" fare. You know what to...
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by chris
Jan 03, 2009
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by chris
Jan 03, 2009
You know us. We can't pass up an opportunity to say “I told you so.” It's a weakness, really. So when Ina Fried reported on Steve Ballmer's comments during Mix '08 (the same place where...
