Video: Microsoft upstages Apple's tablet
Steve Ballmer demos an HP "slate PC" at CES and steals a bit of Steve Jobs' thunder
Steve Ballmer's keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Wednesday night ran for more than an hour and a quarter.
But what got the most attention from the press gathered to watch it were the three minutes...
Mac ads haunt Steve Ballmer
Shareholders quiz Microsoft's CEO about Apple's advertising campaign
Those Get-a-Mac ads make your company look "like a buffoon," a shareholder told Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer at the company's annual meeting Thursday. "I'm just wondering why your marketing group can't do something to try to rein in this next generation, because you've got a real bad...
Shareholders ask Ballmer about Apple
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion
While Bill Gates looked on, Microsoft shareholders asked CEO Steve Ballmer about Apple at their annual meeting this morning. Steve's CEO-speak responses illustrate the larger problem.Portfolio reports that one investor asked about the company's reputation with young customers:
"I'm just...
Steve Ballmer’s Windows 7 pitch features MacBook Pro in the background
Filed under: Humor, Cult of Mac, Odds and ends
Talk about embarrassing. Steve Ballmer guest hosted on NBC's Today Show yesterday to talk about the Windows 7 launch. Sadly for Steverino, Matt Lauer talked a lot about Apple and the iPhone. Even worse, sharp eyes noticed an NBC-produced graphic in...Tech's biggest loser: Bill Gates
The collective net worth of the super rich on Forbes's annual list of the 400 wealthiest Americans fell by $300 billion over the past 12 months, and the tech sector spilled its share of the red ink.
Microsoft's Bill Gates lost the most — at least on paper. His net worth dropped from $57 to $50...
Ballmer: How Wrong Can One Man Be?