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Tag: Ballmer T. Clown

Beleaguered Microsoft is now irrelevant to computing, and they want the world to know it

Monday, May 19, 2014 8:58 amMonday, May 19, 201438 Comments

With two major cave-ins in the past few weeks, Microsoft is screaming at the top of its lungs about how irrelevant it is…

Microsoft CEO Nadella to unveil latest stab at tablets with updates to moribund Surface product

Friday, May 16, 2014 1:00 pmFriday, May 16, 201425 Comments

Nadella risks hitting a rough patch next week when he unveils the latest models of the tepidly received Surface tablet.

Monkey Boy Ballmer’s math on Apple innovation doesn’t add up

Monday, May 5, 2014 11:29 amMonday, May 5, 201432 Comments

Steve Ballmer said that most tech companies…

Bill Gates dumps Microsoft stock; Steve Ballmer now owns more MSFT shares than Gates

Saturday, May 3, 2014 1:10 pmSaturday, May 3, 201423 Comments

At current rate of sales, Gates will have no direct ownership of Microsoft shares in four years…

Losses mount for beleaguered Microsoft’s moribund Surface tablet

Monday, April 28, 2014 9:35 pmMonday, April 28, 201446 Comments

Economies of scale continued to elude Microsoft’s Surface line…

iPad generation shuns Microsoft Office; one of Microsoft’s biggest squandered opportunities

Friday, March 14, 2014 12:01 pmFriday, March 14, 201434 Comments

It may be one of Microsoft Corp’s biggest squandered opportunities…

Microsoft’s game of thrones: How Ballmer and Gates finally lost favor

Sunday, March 9, 2014 8:08 pmSunday, March 9, 201433 Comments

Nadella, who succeeded Ballmer one month ago, took a step this week…

The day Ballmer went too far: Screaming ultimatum to BoD last July, either buy Nokia or I’m gone!

Wednesday, March 5, 2014 2:28 pmWednesday, March 5, 201436 Comments

As Satya Nadella puts his stamp on Microsoft Corp., he’s coming to grips…

Ballmer wishes for 10 year do-over, says Microsoft missed the mobile market

Tuesday, March 4, 2014 4:27 pmTuesday, March 4, 201454 Comments

Microsoft Corp largely missed the mobile market in the last decade…

Microsoft names Satya Nadella as CEO; Ballmer’s and Nadella’s letters to employees

Tuesday, February 4, 2014 11:02 amTuesday, February 4, 201441 Comments

Microsoft Corp. today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Satya Nadella…

Bill Gates expected to take bigger products role at Microsoft

Tuesday, February 4, 2014 9:36 amTuesday, February 4, 201432 Comments

Even as Bill Gates weighs giving up his title of chairman of Microsoft Corp…

New Microsoft CEO faces challenges, to say the least

Tuesday, February 4, 2014 9:06 amTuesday, February 4, 201419 Comments

As Microsoft Corp prepares to unveil insider Satya Nadella as its new chief executive,…

Satya Nadella? Seriously, Microsoft?

Friday, January 31, 2014 10:45 amFriday, January 31, 201423 Comments

When Steve Ballmer announced that he would be stepping down as Microsoft…

Microsoft said to be preparing to name Satya Nadella CEO

Thursday, January 30, 2014 10:04 pmTuesday, February 4, 201424 Comments

Microsoft Corp.’s board is preparing to make Satya Nadella…

Microsoft’s beleaguered Nokia sees smartphone sales, profits plunge in Q4

Thursday, January 23, 2014 12:20 pm22 Comments

Windows Phone Lumia smartphones failed to draw business away from larger competitors like Apple…

Presence of Gates, Ballmer on Microsoft’s board repelling potential CEO candidates

Thursday, January 9, 2014 3:28 pmThursday, January 9, 201421 Comments

Ford CEO Alan Mulally flirted with Microsoft for longer than previously known…

Microsoft close to naming CEO

Wednesday, January 8, 2014 1:02 pmWednesday, January 8, 201423 Comments

Microsoft Corp. is closer to naming a new chief executive…

Ford CEO Mulally says not leaving for Microsoft

Tuesday, January 7, 2014 6:00 pmTuesday, January 7, 201418 Comments

Ford CEO Alan Mulally says he will not leave the automaker for Microsoft…

Microsoft needs to give up trying to target Apple’s iPad

Monday, December 30, 2013 2:28 pmMonday, December 30, 201314 Comments

Instead of making head-to-head commercials against Apple, Microsoft…

Former Apple exec: Has Microsoft gone nuts?

Friday, December 20, 2013 2:01 pmFriday, December 20, 201336 Comments

Of all of the dramas currently unfolding in the tech world right now…

So much for Microsoft, Qualcomm names Mollenkopf as incoming CEO

Thursday, December 12, 2013 11:11 pmFriday, December 13, 201324 Comments

Qualcomm Inc named its chief operating officer, Steve Mollenkopf…

Qualcomm COO Mollenkopf added to Microsoft CEO candidate list, sources say

Thursday, December 12, 2013 7:03 pmThursday, December 12, 201321 Comments

Microsoft Corp.’s board is considering Qualcomm Inc. Chief Operating Officer Steve Mollenkopf…

Ford’s Alan Mulally not looking likely as Microsoft CEO

Thursday, December 5, 2013 6:02 pmThursday, December 5, 201323 Comments

Also on Microsoft’s final candidate list are Stephen Elop…

Microsoft develops ‘smart bra’ to prevent women from eating too much

Wednesday, December 4, 2013 6:01 pmWednesday, December 4, 201354 Comments

Microsoft is researching bringing artificial intelligence to braziers…

Microsoft looks ready to kill off Windows RT

Tuesday, November 26, 2013 6:07 pmTuesday, November 26, 201340 Comments

Do not risk your hard-earned money on Microsoft’s dead end products…

Microsoft CEO candidate Elop said to mull focus company on Office, not Windows

Friday, November 8, 2013 9:32 am19 Comments

Stephen Elop, a candidate to replace Steve Ballmer as Microsoft CEO…

Microsoft said to include Kevin Turner on internal list for CEO

Wednesday, November 6, 2013 9:11 pm43 Comments

Microsoft Corp.’s board placed Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner…

Microsoft narrows CEO shortlist; Elop, Mulally make the cut

Tuesday, November 5, 2013 11:30 pm43 Comments

Microsoft Corp has narrowed its list of external candidates…

Apple slams shut Microsoft’s window of opportunity for Office on iPad

Wednesday, October 23, 2013 7:24 pmWednesday, October 23, 201362 Comments

Apple’s decision to give away its own software for writing documents…

The fear is palpable as Microsoft exec blasts Apple iPad and free software

Wednesday, October 23, 2013 6:35 pmWednesday, October 23, 201389 Comments

A Microsoft exec blasted rival Apple Inc. on Wednesday…

Beleaguered Microsoft pulls Windows RT 8.1 update; crashes Surface tablets

Monday, October 21, 2013 9:01 amMonday, October 21, 201354 Comments

Microsoft has pulled a Windows update from its website…

Microsoft took a big risk with Windows 8 and it’s backfiring

Monday, October 14, 2013 9:30 amMonday, October 14, 201343 Comments

The widespread backlash to Windows 8, combined with Microsoft’s decision to…

Squirmfest: Video of Ballmer’s tearful farewell to Microsoft

Monday, September 30, 2013 5:17 pmMonday, September 30, 201389 Comments

Outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has always been…

Ballmer bids tearful farewell to Microsoft employees, promises it will ‘deliver the next big thing’

Friday, September 27, 2013 10:14 amFriday, September 27, 201379 Comments

Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer bid farewell to employees…

Ford’s Alan Mulally to become Microsoft’s next CEO?

Thursday, September 26, 2013 11:12 pmThursday, September 26, 201349 Comments

Ford CEO Alan Mulally has vaulted to the forefront of the candidates…

Desperate Microsoft wants to pay you at least $200 to trade in your iPad for a Surface tablet

Friday, September 13, 2013 10:25 amFriday, September 13, 201339 Comments

After recruiting Siri to bad-mouth the iPad, beleaguered Microsoft

Microsoft employees recognize beleaguered company has lost its way

Monday, September 9, 2013 9:29 amMonday, September 9, 201324 Comments

Since mid-July, three interlocking events…

Can beleaguered Microsoft really go head-to-head with Apple?

Thursday, September 5, 2013 4:01 pmThursday, September 5, 201330 Comments

No.

Rob Enderle: ‘I may be delusional’

Friday, August 30, 2013 10:58 amFriday, August 30, 201355 Comments

I view Steve’s early retirement as one of my own greatest failures…

British Bookmaker Ladbrokes takes bets on Microsoft’s next CEO

Wednesday, August 28, 2013 5:03 pmFriday, August 30, 201324 Comments

While much of the tech world has spent the last week handicapping…

Ballmer’s poisonous employee-ranking system helps explain beleaguered Microsoft’s decline

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 4:30 pmTuesday, August 27, 201358 Comments

There were many reasons for the decline of Microsoft under Steve Ballmer…

Microsoft seeks to reassure workers by telling them that Ballmer’s reorg plan will go ahead

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 9:05 amTuesday, August 27, 201335 Comments

Microsoft Corp. is telling employees that a reorganization plan…

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