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• Ballmer says Windows installed base will top a billion by the end of 2008

  Published: July 27, 2007, 2:04 pm

  Tags: Ballmer, Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, Steveballmer, Windows

  Filed under: Desktops, Laptops Microsoft's Steve Ballmer seems confident that the company is headed for a fairly big milestone in the near future, telling attendees at the company's analyst day meeting yesterday that he expects the Windows installed base to reach one billion by the end of fiscal year 2008. As Ballmer was quick to point out, that

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• Microsoft (MSFT) can't compete with Google (GOOG), resorts to courts and PR

  Published: September 24, 2007, 5:35 am

  Tags: Bill Gates, Billgates, Burston Marsteller, Burstonmarsteller, Doubleclick, Goog, Msft, Online Advertising, Onlineadvertising, Public Relations, Publicrelations, Steve Ballmer, Steveballmer

  Filed under: Competitive strategy, Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Marketing and advertisingThe Wall Street Journal [subscription required] reports that Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), hoping to bolster its legal challenge, is now paying a PR firm to drum up public opposition to Google Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) $3.1 billion deal to acquire online

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• CE-Oh no he didn't! Part XLIV: Ballmer calls Ellison overpaid, kettle black

  Published: October 2, 2007, 10:01 am

  Tags: Ce Oh, Ce Oh No He Didn T, Ce Ohnohedidn T, Ceoh, Larry Ellison, Larryellison, Microsoft, Oracle, Rich, Steve Ballmer, Steveballmer, Stupidly Rich, Stupidlyrich

  Filed under: DesktopsAs soon as the salary of a CEO reaches the $1 million a year mark, they should probably hush up about their peer's ridiculously inflated $74 million ones. Apply those numbers to Steve Ballmer and Larry Ellison respectively, and now consider that Ballmer is complaining about the latter's yearly figure. According to Forbes,

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• Analyst / mother vents Vista frustrations to Ballmer

  Published: October 11, 2007, 10:22 am

  Tags: Ballmer, Microsoft, Software, Steve Ballmer, Steveballmer, Vista, Windows

  Filed under: Desktops, LaptopsSteve Ballmer has been doing quite a lot of talking lately, and his most recent noteworthy conversation came when he addressed an analyst and mother who was noticeably displeased with Windows Vista. During Mr. Ballmer's appearance at the Gartner Inc. conference in Orlando, Florida, Yvonne Genovese took the liberty of

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• CE-Oh no he didn't! Part XLVIII: Mandriva CEO slams Ballmer in blog rant

  Published: November 1, 2007, 12:31 pm

  Tags: Ballmer, Classmate Pc, Classmatepc, Fran Ois Bancilhon, Fran Oisbancilhon, Linux, Mandriva, Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, Steveballmer

  Filed under: LaptopsMicrosoft's Steve Ballmer is certainly no stranger to our CE-Oh no he didn't! series, but Mandriva's CEO François Bancilhon now looks to have turned the tables, with him targeting Ballmer in an open letter on his blog. Causing all his ire is a recent deal Mandriva made to install its Linux distribution onto 17,000

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• CE-Oh no he didn't! Part L: Ballmer says Android "just some words on paper"

  Published: November 8, 2007, 12:43 pm

  Tags: Android, Android Os, Androidos, Ce Oh No, Ce Oh No He Didn T, Ceohno, Ceohnohedidn T, Google, Google Phone, Googlephone, Gphone, Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, Steveballmer, Windows Mobile, Windowsmobile

  Filed under: Cellphones, CESYou can't help but love Steve Ballmer. Besides being the ultra-rich, ultra-faithful CEO of Microsoft, you can always count on him to deliver some choice words -- especially if the competition is in the news. His latest efforts come in the wake of Google's Android announcement, a project which clearly stands to compete

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• Ballmer affirms that Microsoft is thinking Blu-ray

  Published: March 8, 2008, 8:30 am

  Tags: Ballmer, Blu Ray, Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, Steveballmer, Support

  Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment Apparently, Steve Ballmer didn't just take time to respond to the latest iPhone announcements and give that whole Monkey Boy Dance another go during the Mix '08 event. Oh no, he most certainly took the opportunity to address Microsoft's stance on where it was headed now that the format war has concluded.

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• Ballmer answers iPhone SDK questions, revisits Monkey Boy dance

  Published: March 7, 2008, 5:52 am

  Tags: Apple, Flash, Guy Kawasaki, Guykawasaki, Iphone, Microsoft, Mix, Silverlight, Steve Ballmer, Steveballmer

  Filed under: Cellphones, Misc. Gadgets It's always interesting to hear execs chime in on the competition following big announcements. So it's no surprise to hear that Steve Ballmer was peppered with questions about the iPhone during yesterday's Mix '08 event with Guy Kawasaki. When asked about Silverlight -- Microsoft's attempt at usurping

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• Will Time Warner beat out Microsoft for Yahoo?

  Published: April 7, 2008, 6:40 am

  Tags: Goog, Interent Advertising, Interentadvertising, Msft, Steve Ballmer, Steveballmer, Twx, Yhoo

  Filed under: Deals, Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO), Time Warner (TWX)Will Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) beat Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) for Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO)?According to the Wall Street Journal, talks between the two companies have "heated up recently." Maybe the discussions have obtained a heightened sense of urgency

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• AOL could torpedo Microsoft-Yahoo! deal (YHOO, TWX, MSFT, GOOG)

  Published: April 9, 2008, 5:06 pm

  Tags: Aol, Bill Gates, Goog, Inthenews, Jeff Bewkes, Jeffbewkes, Jerry Yang, Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, Steveballmer, Time Warner, Timewarner, Twx, Wsj, Yahoo, Yhoo

  Filed under: Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO), Time Warner (TWX)Jerry Yang may have just figured out a way to not hose Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) shareholders. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Yahoo! and Time Warner Inc.'s (NYSE: TWX) AOL may be close to a tie-up to combine their Internet operations. According to the report, Time

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• Should Microsoft buy Google?

  Published: April 23, 2008, 10:10 am

  Tags: Goog, Inthenews, Msft, Steve Ballmer, Steveballmer, Yhoo

  Filed under: Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO)Bloomberg News reports that Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer said he did not think it made sense for it to buy Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG). Ballmer cited the high price as well as regulatory and antitrust concerns. Meanwhile, Ballmer said he had no plans to raise his $31 a

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• Microsoft fails to wow Wall Street

  Published: April 24, 2008, 1:34 pm

  Tags: Featured, Ibm, Intc, Msft, Steve Ballmer, Steveballmer, Yhoo

  Filed under: Earnings reports, Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO), Intel (INTC), International Business Machines (IBM)Shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) fell in after-hours trading after the world's largest software maker failed to wow investors.Net income at the Redmond, Wash., company fell to $4.39 billion, or 47 cents a share, on flat revenue of

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• Microsoft vs Yahoo!: Knowing when to back off

  Published: April 28, 2008, 11:05 am

  Tags: Acquisition, Buyout, Featured, Microsoft, Msft, Steve Ballmer, Steveballmer, Take Over, Takeover, Yahoo, Yhoo

  Filed under: Deals, Internet, Competitive strategy, Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO), TechnologyDiscretion is the better part of valor -- that's what I was always taught. Perhaps the time for a strategic withdrawal has come in the battle of Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) vs Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO). Somehow, though, I can't imagine it will take

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• Steve Ballmer uses a Mac for presentations

  Published: April 30, 2008, 9:00 am

  Tags: Ceo, Macbook Pro, Macbookpro, Microsoft, Presentation, Steve Ballmer, Steveballmer, Tweet This

  Filed under: Cult of Mac, Macbook ProYou may remember Steve Ballmer (CEO of some other company) criticizing the iPod and iPhone on several occasions. Something that he definitely cannot criticize is the Mac, mostly because he was seen using one for with one at the podium while he gave a presentation. MacLife pointed us to this Flickr picture

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• Will Ballmer raise his Yahoo offer by $3?

  Published: May 1, 2008, 4:27 am

  Tags: Aol, Goog, Inthenews, Steve Ballmer, Steveballmer, Twx, Yhoo

  Filed under: Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO), Time Warner (TWX)The New York Times reports that Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer may raise his bid for Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) to $32. That number may not be enough. Currently, Yahoo is valued at $29.06 a share but Microsoft is considering an offer in the $32 or $33

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