Articles about Steve Ballmer – Page 12 of 13

Memo: Microsoft’s Ballmer finds an employee survey to love

Anonymous third-party surveys of Microsoft employees don’t always turn out so well for Steve Ballmer. But Microsoft this week came… Read More

Jobs: Microsoft ‘mostly irrelevant’ with Ballmer in charge

Say this for Steve Jobs: He didn’t sugarcoat things, even in his final days. But the soon-to-be-released biography of the… Read More

TechStars’ plea to Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and the other ‘godfathers’ of Seattle tech

Andy Sack, the director of TechStars Seattle, is accustomed to critiquing the pitches of entrepreneurs. Now, Sack is doing an… Read More

Ballmer says Microsoft is ‘winning, winning, winning’ in rivalry with Google Apps

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says the company is consistently beating Google in online productivity and communications applications, a market where… Read More

Microsoft: Shareholders should vote annually on exec pay

At Microsoft’s annual meeting next month, the company’s shareholders will hold an advisory vote weighing in on the company’s executive… Read More

Video: Mitt Romney on how he tried to hire Steve Ballmer

(Post updated with excerpts from Romney’s remarks on free trade.) I’m over in Redmond this afternoon to hear Mitt Romney,… Read More

Microsoft meeting sparks another round of Ballmer bashing

Steve Ballmer is taking it on the chin yet again this week, this time for a reportedly uninspired performance at… Read More

Microsoft’s Ballmer: 500,000 downloads of Windows 8

Posting from Anaheim: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, in town for the company’s annual meeting with financial analysts this afternoon, is… Read More

Windows 8: What Microsoft needs to prove this week

For better or worse, the upcoming week is shaping up as one of the most pivotal in Microsoft’s history. Over… Read More

Morning Radar: Doxo; Michael Arrington; Cheezburger’s new book; Apptio; Marchex and more

Doxo has inked a deal with Sound Community Bank, allowing customers of the bank to get all bills and communications… Read More

Report: Bartz out as Yahoo CEO

Carol Bartz, the fiery Yahoo leader who entered the company into an alliance with Microsoft in an attempt to challenge… Read More

Ballmer critic boosts Microsoft stake by more than 60 percent

David Einhorn isn’t a Steve Ballmer fan, but he’s still a big believer in Microsoft — at least at its… Read More

Microsoft selling off Bing? Yeah, not gonna happen

An opinion piece today by Reuters BreakingViews is getting lots of attention for suggesting that Microsoft needs to find a… Read More

Report: Traffic has declined on the 520 bridge despite Microsoft’s employment boom

It is about that time of day when thousands of geeks hop in their cars and make the commute over… Read More

Microsoft plans ‘up to 75 more stores’ over next 2 to 3 years

Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles is primarily a strategy update and pep rally for the armies of companies… Read More

Microsoft’s ‘coherent’ UI for PCs, phones, everything else

Microsoft’s default Windows 8 interface, unveiled last month, was clearly modeled in part after the Xbox Live and Windows Phone… Read More

Microsoft: Windows 7 hits 400 million licenses sold

At its Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles this morning, Microsoft updated its Windows 7 sales figures — saying that… Read More

Nerd Notes: Walking with Zuck, connected states, and a note to the future … from 1973

The legends of tech companies are shaped by stories of their weirdest early traditions. (Think Bill Gates having Burgermaster on speed dial.)… Read More

Microsoft board member says group is no rubber stamp

Microsoft’s board of directors has been under increasing scrutiny lately amid renewed calls for CEO Steve Ballmer to step down.… Read More

Microsoft ‘Imagine Cup’ finals: Ballmer and students on CNN

Microsoft’s Imagine Cup student technology competition has grown into a massive event in less than a decade of existence, with… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Google+ vs. Facebook, Ballmer sounds off, and new stuff in Internet search

On this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast, we analyze Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s booming response to the question of… Read More

Microsoft doesn’t need to replace Ballmer as much as it needs to replace Gates

Commentary: With his booming voice and boundless optimism, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is the technology industry’s version of a head… Read More

Ballmer: Microsoft profits climb, despite still losing ‘a few billion’ on Bing

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s positive comments about the company’s financial outlook during his Seattle Rotary Club appearance yesterday appear to… Read More

Steve Ballmer on bringing the Sonics back to Seattle: It’s a real estate problem

In a high-energy talk at the Seattle Rotary Club Wednesday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer covered everything from Windows 8 to Kinect… Read More

Audio: Microsoft’s Ballmer gives a bellowing response to calls for his dismissal

[FOLLOW-UP: GeekWire Commentary: Microsoft doesn’t need to replace Ballmer as much as it needs to replace Gates] You’d think that the… Read More

Skype fires high-ranking execs as Microsoft deal moves ahead

Skype has reportedly dismissed a series of top executives — including four vice presidents, and the heads of human resources… Read More

Ballmer asks for speech advice, gets career advice

Microsoft this week invited its industry partners to suggest topics they’d like to hear CEO Steve Ballmer cover during his… Read More

New York Times casts Microsoft as a relic, but is it really the Kodak of PCs?

There’s plenty to criticize Microsoft about these days. The company has fallen behind Apple in mobile phones and tablets. It’s… Read More

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings on his Microsoft board position, Steve Ballmer dustup

Following Google chairman Eric Schmidt’s digs at Microsoft last night, the Redmond company continued to serve as a subplot at… Read More

Chart: Steve Ballmer’s approval rating plummets among Microsoft employees

Hedge fund manager David Einhorn created a stir last week when he suggested that it was time for Steve… Read More