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Tag: Ballmer

Former Xbox manager: To save Microsoft, Ballmer and thousands of others must go

Saturday, June 15, 2013 10:04 amSaturday, June 15, 201351 Comments

When Jennie Locati heard that Microsoft is looking to restructure the company, yet again…

Microsoft is reorganizing – again

Tuesday, June 4, 2013 1:01 pmTuesday, June 4, 201335 Comments

The cuckoo concept behind this latest chair-swizzle seems to be…

Captain Ballmer working hard on rearranging S.S. Microsoft’s deck chairs yet again

Monday, June 3, 2013 1:32 pmMonday, June 3, 201336 Comments

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is working on what is likely to turn into a significant restructuring…

Microsoft brings back ‘start’ button in attempt to reverse declining Windows sales

Thursday, May 30, 2013 1:02 pmThursday, May 30, 201368 Comments

Microsoft Corp is bringing back the Windows ‘start’ button…

Bill Gates: A lot of iPad users frustrated because ‘they can’t type’ or ‘create documents’

Monday, May 6, 2013 12:39 pmMonday, May 6, 2013102 Comments

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates told CNBC on Monday that Microsoft…

Microsoft cautiously preps 2nd-generation of Surface tablet flops with smaller displays

Thursday, May 2, 2013 9:25 amThursday, May 2, 201335 Comments

Microsoft is expected to announce second-generation Surface tablets…

Hey, Microsoft-clinging IT doofus: You need to let it go already!

Friday, April 19, 2013 3:31 pmFriday, April 19, 201380 Comments

Every so often, you see a research survey that shows IT organizations…

Stick a fork in Microsoft’s Windows, it’s done

Wednesday, April 17, 2013 9:31 amWednesday, April 17, 201343 Comments

Calling the latest operating system a ‘failure’ and Microsoft’s leaders ‘idiots’…

The real reason Microsoft’s Windows Phone is failing

Thursday, April 4, 2013 3:03 pmThursday, April 4, 201327 Comments

It’s no secret: Windows Phone sales stink…

Windows RT tablet prices drop, pointing to failure of Windows RT

Thursday, April 4, 2013 2:31 pmThursday, April 4, 201320 Comments

Prices of Windows RT devices have started falling…

Why Microsoft’s Windows 8 is an even bigger flop than Windows Vista

Tuesday, April 2, 2013 10:28 am41 Comments

Windows 8 is doing significantly worse than Microsoft’s biggest failure, Windows Vista…

Ballmer must go: ‘Windows Blue’ won’t save Microsoft

Monday, March 25, 2013 2:00 pmMonday, March 25, 201344 Comments

It seems absurd to call Steve Ballmer…

As Surface and other Windows tablets flop, Microsoft slashes Windows 8 and Office prices for OEMs

Thursday, March 7, 2013 3:30 pmThursday, March 7, 201328 Comments

Microsoft Corp. has recently been offering price breaks on its Windows 8…

The late, not-so-great Microsoft Windows 8

Thursday, March 7, 2013 2:43 pmThursday, March 7, 201330 Comments

by the end of 2013, Windows will be only the third most popular computer OS in the world…

Can Microsoft executives really be that stupid?

Thursday, March 7, 2013 1:01 pmThursday, March 7, 201338 Comments

So here we go again…

Samsung likely to pull the plug on its failing Windows RT tablet in Europe

Wednesday, March 6, 2013 6:45 pm24 Comments

By now it’s clear that the early reception to Windows RT has been…

As Surface flops, Microsoft CFO says there’s no ‘Plan B’

Thursday, February 14, 2013 5:08 pmThursday, February 14, 201346 Comments

Microsoft Corp has not made much of a dent in Apple Inc’s dominance…

Microsoft CFO: We’re ready, willing, and able to launch a ‘Surface Mini’ tablet

Thursday, February 14, 2013 1:01 pmThursday, February 14, 201349 Comments

Microsoft is ready, willing and able to launch a device similar to Apple’s iPad mini…

Crash and burn: Windows RT tablet sales in 2012 likely to total less than one million units

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 11:30 amWednesday, January 30, 201345 Comments

Actual sales of Windows RT tablets, including, but not limited to Microsoft’s own Surface RT, so far are likely to be less than one million units…

With Surface tanking, clueless Microsoft digs faster

Wednesday, December 19, 2012 1:13 pmWednesday, December 19, 201274 Comments

Microsoft just doesn’t know when to stop doing itself severe damage…

Microsoft’s next CEO: Scott Forstall?

Friday, November 30, 2012 11:14 amFriday, November 30, 201238 Comments

Forstall could get rid of the dead wood hanging around Redmond…

Ballmer: Gee, maybe should have moved quicker on tablets, but we’re innovating on a seam or something

Wednesday, November 28, 2012 4:57 pmWednesday, November 28, 201256 Comments

Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer defended his company…

Ballmer suggests more Microsoft-branded devices coming

Thursday, November 15, 2012 8:26 amThursday, November 15, 201231 Comments

Ballmer said Microsoft would look at more opportunities to build its own devices…

Microsoft Windows RT and 8 sales: Signs point to a major flop

Monday, November 12, 2012 4:00 pm60 Comments

All signs point to the Surface with Windows RT selling slowly…

Microsoft Surface Touch Cover splits within days, exposing wire; early users complain

Friday, November 9, 2012 8:40 amFriday, November 9, 201249 Comments

Some early users of the Touch Cover of Microsoft’s Surface tablet…

Ballmer on tablets: ‘I don’t think anyone has done a product that I see customers wanting’

Saturday, October 27, 2012 1:36 pmSaturday, October 27, 201296 Comments

Microsoft CEO Steven Ballmer trumpeted the company’s new Surface tablet…

Microsoft’s Windows 8 release a non-event for most companies, some of which may never adopt it

Monday, October 22, 2012 9:01 am22 Comments

There was once a time when the launch of a new Windows operating system…

Analyst: Microsoft’s Surface RT tablet priced too high, could be the next Zune

Thursday, October 18, 2012 5:02 pm37 Comments

Surface’s high pricing could prove to be a fatal mistake and relegate it to be a niche…

Microsoft’s Ballmer sees company mimicking Apple business model more often in future

Wednesday, October 10, 2012 10:23 amWednesday, October 10, 201219 Comments

Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has signaled a new direction…

Microsoft to open ‘pop-up’ stores for Surface tablets Oct. 26, battle Apple at 29 locations

Thursday, October 4, 2012 4:00 pmThursday, October 4, 201266 Comments

Microsoft will go toe-to-toe with Apple…

Intel CEO Ottellini says Microsoft releasing buggy Windows 8 before it’s fully ready, sources say

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 7:22 pm48 Comments

Intel Corp. Chief Executive Officer Paul Otellini told employees in Taiwan…

Ballmer: ‘Windows 8 is going to do great; It’s a fantastic product’

Monday, September 17, 2012 7:33 pmMonday, September 17, 201294 Comments

This fall, Microsoft is embarking on one of its biggest series of launches ever…

Microsoft’s beleaguered Nokia Lumia phones get poor reception

Wednesday, September 5, 2012 4:30 pmWednesday, September 5, 201244 Comments

Nokia’s shares slumped Wednesday as the company’s new line of Lumia…

Microsoft’s beleaguered Nokia unveils Lumia 920, 820, stock drops 13%

Wednesday, September 5, 2012 1:30 pmWednesday, September 5, 201233 Comments

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop took the stage at a Chelsea loft space in Manhattan…

Microsoft’s Nokia to hold NYC press conference on Sept. 5 – just in time to be obliterated by Apple

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 3:36 pmWednesday, August 15, 201213 Comments

In partnership with Microsoft, Nokia will host a press conference…

Ballmer: Uh, yeah, ‘Surface is just a design point,’ you know

Tuesday, July 10, 2012 10:11 pmWednesday, July 11, 201268 Comments

After proclaiming in his keynote address at the 2012 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference…

Microsoft’s tablet needs to dazzle (link to live video coverage)

Monday, June 18, 2012 6:14 pmMonday, June 18, 201273 Comments

Microsoft’s long-promised tablet is finally (almost) here…

Orangutans at Miami zoo use Apple iPads to communicate

Wednesday, May 9, 2012 10:27 am24 Comments

The 8-year-old twins love their iPad. They draw, play games and expand their vocabulary…

My years at Microsoft: Frustration, disappointment and apathy

Monday, April 23, 2012 4:13 pmMonday, April 23, 201223 Comments

I first used Windows on a TULIP portable computer, some twenty years ago.

Microsoft needs Apple’s support if they want Windows 8 tablets to have a chance

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 4:11 pmWednesday, March 21, 201253 Comments

One thing that could put many consumers off Windows 8 slates…

Microsoft CEO Ballmer crashes and burns in final CES keynote

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 3:36 pmTuesday, January 10, 201239 Comments

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has flopped his final keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show…

Worst Tech CEOs: #3 Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 2:09 pmWednesday, December 14, 201127 Comments

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer garnered an an employee approval rating of only 35%…

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