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The Motley Fool
October 3, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Microsoft Is a Fad Microsoft's CEO, Steve Ballmer, calls Facebook a fad. Is it part of a strategy on Microsoft's part to purchase a stake in the networking portal?   |
The Motley Fool
March 3, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Is Microsoft Buying Twitter? Mr. Softy may be taking a hard look at Twitter. Is now the time to buy? |
InternetNews
May 28, 2010 |
Microsoft CEO Unfazed by Apple Market Share It was an exciting day for Apple fans when their beloved company surged past hated Microsoft in market capitalization, but CEO Steve Ballmer says he's got profit on his side. |
InternetNews
July 17, 2009 |
Microsoft and Yahoo Finally to Ink the Ad Deal? After a tortured year-and-a-half of stop-start negotiations, Microsoft and Yahoo could be getting close to signing a deal to partner in online advertising. Or not. |
InternetNews
February 8, 2008 |
Industry Abuzz on What's Next: Yahoo/Microsoft A major investor in Yahoo has met with Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer to see if he would raise a $42 billion unsolicited offer for the company. |
InternetNews
March 17, 2008 |
Google: Microsoft-Yahoo Might Hurt the Net Google's worried about 'free flow of info' with a Microsoft-Yahoo tie-up. |
InternetNews
September 1, 2004
Colin C. Haley |
Ballmer Beats Security Drum The Microsoft CEO also hits on Web Services, Linux and a little company named Google in Boston meeting. |
InternetNews
March 5, 2010 |
Microsoft Office 2010 Dropping a Month Early May industry observers had doubted that Microsoft would live up to Steve Ballmer's promise of an aggressive release schedule for Office 2010, but the software giant today confirmed that it's true. |
The Motley Fool
August 3, 2009
Tim Beyers |
Investors: Steve Ballmer's a Failure Roughly 40% of respondents to a "Wall Street Journal" poll aren't pleased. |
InternetNews
February 4, 2008
Stuart J. Johnston |
Ballmer: Software Vision Will Continue Whether Microsoft wins or loses its bid to buy Yahoo, the company is on an inexorable path to fulfill its software-plus-services vision. |
Fast Company
June 2010
Farhad Manjoo |
Microsoft Needs Bill Gates Back Steve Ballmer needs to be replaced as Microsoft CEO ... by Bill Gates. |
The Motley Fool
October 5, 2010
Palash R. Ghosh |
Opinion: Facebook-Microsoft Marriage Looks Doomed Even though it was an early investor in the social network giant, Facebook may now be too costly for Microsoft. |
InternetNews
October 24, 2007
Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft Buys Facebook Stake What does $240 million buy these days? For Microsoft, a tiny 1.6 percent stake in social networking phenomenon Facebook - oh, and an exclusive worldwide advertising deal. |
InternetNews
November 19, 2008
Stuart J. Johnston |
Ballmer Upbeat on Plans, Quashes Talk of Yahoo Buy At Microsoft's annual shareholder meeting, its CEO says its interest in purchasing Yahoo is "done." |
The Motley Fool
September 25, 2007
Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Who Should Buy Facebook? According to reports, Microsoft is in discussions to take a stake in Facebook. Is Facebook a must-read for Microsoft investors? |
CIO
July 11, 2011
Joab Jackson |
Ballmer: Windows Phone 7 Not Successful Yet While Microsoft has enjoyed many successes over the past year, Windows Phone 7 hasn't been among them, admitted Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. |
InternetNews
July 12, 2010 |
Ballmer: Windows 7 Slates on the Way Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has no secret that his company is "all in" on the cloud, but that's going to mean a host of new devices that will run Windows 7, and soon. |
InternetNews
January 6, 2011 |
Ballmer Hails Windows 7, Smartphone Successes At the annual Consumer Electronics Show gala, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer detailed new Xbox and Kinect features, touted the company's new PC and mobile operating systems. |
InternetNews
April 7, 2008 |
Yahoo, Microsoft Bid Talk Heating Up As a three-week deadline set by Microsoft arrives, Yahoo responds. Ballmer also hints at hostility to come. |
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Microbook? Facesoft? Dumb and Dumber Microsoft bankers have been sniffing around Facebook to see whether the portal site was available after the Yahoo! talks began to break down. |
InternetNews
November 30, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Bigger Than Usual Day For Microsoft .... Microsoft's announcement today that Windows Vista and Office 2007 are now available for volume license customers represents the most significant product launch in the company's history. |
InternetNews
May 7, 2009
David Needle |
Ballmer: Microsoft Is 'Like a Startup' in Search Microsoft's CEO says a deal with Yahoo and the opportunity to "create a better search product" are still possible - but there's a long road ahead. |
InternetNews
July 30, 2010 |
Microsoft Racing Ahead With Slate PCs: Ballmer Addressing financial analysts at an annual company event, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer declared that slate computers are "job one" for the company. |
InternetNews
November 13, 2007 |
Ballmer: The 'BRIC' Will Grow Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said the company sees growth opportunities in emerging countries and the shift to digital advertising. |
InternetNews
November 5, 2009 |
Ballmer: Yahoo Bing Deal Will Be Global Microsoft's fledgling deal with Yahoo may be broader than first assumed. |
InternetNews
June 26, 2009
Stuart J. Johnston |
Ballmer: Advertising Is All About Content Microsoft's CEO lays out his perspective on the future of online advertising at European ad conclave. |
InternetNews
February 15, 2007
Michael Hickins |
Ballmer: 'We Don't Like Being Number Three' Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Microsoft is committed to overtaking Google and Yahoo online. |
The Motley Fool
May 27, 2011
Eric Dutram |
Friday's ETF to Watch: S&P Software Index Fund Is Ballmer holding Microsoft back? |
InternetNews
December 7, 2005
Roy Mark |
Ballmer Dances Around Microsoft-AOL Rumors Deal? No Deal? Microsoft CEO plays it close to the chest in his visit to Capitol Hill. |
InternetNews
April 10, 2009
Stuart J. Johnston |
Ballmer Huddles With Bartz; Google Eyes Twitter Reports say the CEOs of Microsoft and Yahoo held their first meeting. Meanwhile, both Microsoft and Google court Twitter for search. |
InternetNews
April 9, 2008 |
Yahoo in Talks With Google Over Search Ads Yahoo is in advanced talks to carry Web search advertising from Google as part of a test to evaluate the revenue potential of a broader outsourcing arrangement. |
InternetNews
October 10, 2007
Stuart J. Johnston |
Ballmer: Red Hat Has 'Obligation' to Pay Up Just when the clash between Linux supporters and Microsoft seemed to have subsided, CEO Steve Ballmer ratchets it up a notch. |
InternetNews
February 24, 2009
Kenneth Corbin |
Microsoft Sees Threat From Android Notebooks Ballmer and company dig in to stave off Google - and weigh a Yahoo partnership to bolster their plan. |
InternetNews
February 1, 2008 |
Microsoft in Yahoo Acquisition Bid Microsoft said on Friday it has offered to buy Yahoo, the popular Web portal, for $44.6 billion in cash and stock, seeking to join forces against Google in what would be the biggest Internet deal since the Time Warner-AOL merger. |
InternetNews
February 9, 2011 |
Is Microsoft Planning a Management Shakeup? Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer reportedly wants more senior managers with engineering chops in top jobs at the software giant. |
InternetNews
May 3, 2010 |
HP Killed Windows 7 Tablet Shown at CES? Microsoft's Steve Ballmer used an as-yet-unreleased HP tablet to show off during this past Consumer Electronics Show. But now that product may have been scrapped, according to reports. |
InternetNews
April 5, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Yahoo 'Faced' in Social Network Indecision? A report says Yahoo should have bought Facebook when it had the chance. |
InternetNews
May 10, 2011 |
Microsoft Buys Skype for $8.5 Billion In its biggest buy to date, Microsoft is betting the billions it's spending to get Skype will translate into billions of users down the line. |
InternetNews
January 25, 2010 |
Office 2010 Coming Ahead of Schedule? Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's remarks hint at an early delivery. |
InternetNews
March 6, 2008
Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft CEO Holds Court on Vista, iPhone & Yahoo Steve Ballmer answers questions from an old nemesis about where Microsoft's future lies and why. |
The Motley Fool
January 9, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
You're on the Clock, Ballmer Microsoft's fiery CEO is still hungry for Yahoo!'s search business and suggests that now's the time. |
The Motley Fool
October 19, 2010
Anders Bylund |
As Executives Flee, Is Microsoft Falling Apart? Microsoft is slowly losing talent. |
InternetNews
January 8, 2009
Stuart J. Johnston |
Ballmer to CES: Windows 7 Beta Off and Running Windows 7 enters beta test while Microsoft announces a deal to put its Live Search technology on Verizon Wireless phones. |
InternetNews
May 20, 2010 |
Microsoft's Ballmer Pushes the Cloud At Microsoft's annual CEO Summit, attendees get the lowdown on what the company's chief executive calls an "incredible opportunity." |
InternetNews
October 17, 2008
Richard Adhikari |
Ballmer Slaps Google, Ogles Yahoo, Anoints Vista Microsoft's CEO outlines the company's thinking and provides a peek at what's coming down the line. |
InternetNews
October 7, 2010 |
Lawsuit Doesn't Hurt Fervor for Windows Phone 7 Despite suing Motorola for patent infringement, Microsoft would not be averse to working with the handset maker. Plus, CEO Ballmer plans to show off Windows 7-based slates on Monday. |
InternetNews
July 28, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
A 'Premium' Promise Out of Redmond Microsoft's CEO, Steve Ballmer, says higher-priced versions of Windows and Office software for the enterprise will lead to growth in the sector. |
InternetNews
December 14, 2010 |
Microsoft's CES Surprise, a Slew of Tablets? CEO Steve Ballmer is reportedly set to unveil a number of new tablet devices at the giant Consumer Electronics Show next month. |
InternetNews
May 12, 2005
Michael Singer |
Ballmer: Innovation Requires Bold Bets Microsoft's CEO looks to grow the company by pushing hard on search, collaboration and productivity software. |
The Motley Fool
April 9, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
200 Million Reasons to Kick Yourself Facebook has not been an easy site to monetize, but its ways should leave investors drooling over the possibilities of what it can do in the future. |
