By Maximum PC |
Steve Ballmer sat for a spell with MIT Technology Review to discuss the Windows 8 ecosystem. It’s no easy task to gauge the impact Windows 8 is having on the industry, in part because the industry is changing. The traditional desktop is taking a backseat…
By Brandon Russell |
Microsoft wildcard Steve Ballmer has been known to spout some very curious opinions. He’s loud, acts wildly and has enough enthusiasm for a grown elephant. What would we do without him? Ballmer has said another famous Ballmer-esque quote—is there a Things Steve Ballmer Says Tumblr…
By Brandon Russell |
Reception for handsets running Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 8 OS has been good thus far, translating into four times as many sales compared to this time last year. According to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, the company’s renewed mobile approach “is off to a great start”…
By Brandon Russell |
Windows 8 might not be off to as good a start as Steve Ballmer led on late last month. According to a source inside Microsoft, sales expectations aren’t being met. And in fact, they’ve been “well below Microsoft’s internal projections.” When speaking with The Wall…
By Todd Haselton |
Look, we all imagine that Microsoft is going to build its own Windows Phone 8 device. It makes perfect sense, especially considering that the company built its own Surface and Surface RT computers for Windows 8 and Windows RT, respectively. But we haven’t had a…
By Todd Haselton |
Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky recently left his post as the head of the company’s Windows and Windows Live divisions. The move was sudden and left a few pundits confused as to why he decided to leave — especially in the early days of the Windows 8…
By Killian Bell |
Microsoft has announced the immediate departure of Windows executive Steven Sinofsky. Julie Larson-Green, who has worked at Redmond-based company since 1993, will now take control of Windows software and hardware engineering, while CFO Tami Reller will be in charge of Windows business. Microsoft did not give…
By Sean P. Aune |
According to a new interview with Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s approach to the Surface with Windows RT has been “modest.” Since the introduction of the first Surface tablet, Microsoft has been pretty quiet about the device. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer broke that silence this weekend in French…
By Killian Bell |
It’s not often Microsoft turns its focus to hardware, but it did so to produce the new Surface tablet this year, which has gotten off to a rather successful start. With the hope of continuing that success, Microsoft is now looking to produce its own…
By Todd Haselton |
Microsoft recently introduced its Windows 8, Windows RT and Windows Phone 8 operating systems. There were lines outside of Microsoft’s stores for consumers who were interested in purchasing the Windows RT-based Surface tablet, a rare sight for Microsoft, and Windows 8, in my opinion, is…
By Todd Haselton |
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer recently revealed that his company has already sold 4 million upgrades to Windows 8 since its launch on Oct. 26. Ballmer is currently speaking in Seattle at the Build 2012 conference for developers. We’ll update this story as additional details are…
By Brandon Russell |
Verizon will get exclusive dibs on Samsung’s ATIV Odyssey before the year is up, with Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer announcing that it’ll be available in December. Ballmer likely refrained from revealing an exact date and price so the carrier can do so on its own terms,…
By Todd Haselton |
In many ways Microsoft surprised the world when it announced that it was going to make its own hardware for Windows RT and Windows 8, and the company isn’t stopping there. In a recent interview with BBC Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer suggested that the company is…
By Maximum PC |
Only time and sales figures will ultimately determine if Windows 8 is a success or not, and in the meantime, all we can do on the consumer side is speculate. Microsoft, however, is in a position to do more. The Redmond software giant could, for example,…
By Todd Haselton |
Microsoft just announced that its CEO Steve Ballmer will “share Microsoft news” at noon Pacific today. The company didn’t go into any specifics surrounding what will be discussed, but we’re hoping there’s fresh news around either Windows 8, Office, the company’s Surface tablets or Windows…
By Killian Bell |
It’s been more than two years since Microsoft released a brand new version of Office, but according to a report from USA Today, “Office 15″ (or Office 2013) could be announced next week. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will reportedly host an event on Monday, July…
By Sean P. Aune |
In a bit of a surprise move, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has announced the Surface line of tablets will only be sold through the company’s own retail stores and online site. When Microsoft announced the Surface tablets last month, there was a lot of excitement…
By Sean P. Aune |
Seeing as the iPhone turned five-years-old today, lets take a moment to look at how at least one of the biggest names in the tech industry reacted to it when it first appeared. Steve Ballmer, the current CEO of Microsoft, has long been a bit…
By Killian Bell |
Research in Motion announced yesterday that its long-awaited BlackBerry 10 operating system had been delayed until 2013 — much to the dismay of increasingly frustrated BlackBerry fans the world over. With the Canadian company counting on this operating system — and the devices that will…
By Brandon Russell |
Rumors suggesting Microsoft was in talks to purchase Yammer were true. The Redmond-based company on Monday announced it has acquired the four year-old company, which currently provides enterprise social networks to more than 5 million corporate users, for $1.2 billion in cash. Yammer will join…
By Killian Bell |
By now you’ve probably already heard a lot about Microsoft’s new Surface tablet, which the Redmond-based software giant unveiled in Hollywood yesterday. But if you’d like to watch the event yourself, you now can. Microsoft has published a 48-minute video on YouTube (above) that shows…
By Brandon Russell |
Steve Ballmer, along with the help of Ryan Seacrest and a few colleagues, spearheaded Microsoft’s last CES appearance today, recapping the company’s just announced product reach – HTC Titan II, Lumia 900 - while looking at what the future holds for the Redmond-based company: Metro, Metro,…
By Brandon Russell |
Expectations were always high for Nokia’s next round of handsets. Ever since the company partnered with Microsoft, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop promised great things were ahead for the Finnish-based company, and we enthusiastically agreed in our early review. Unfortunately, not everyone is as optimistic about…
By Brandon Russell |
It looks like RIM‘s Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie aren’t the only ones falling out of favor with shareholders. Despite hitting record profits over the past year, a new report out of Reuters suggests Microsoft’s excitable CEO, Steve Ballmer, was slightly less popular amongst shareholders…
