Steve Ballmer

Microsoft Going All In On Reprogrammable CPUs

Microsoft is betting its future on a new range of reprogrammable computer chips, and it has been working on the initiative since 2012. The fruit of that development – ...

September 27, 2016 at 9:05 am by

Bitter Former CEO Steve Ballmer Calls Microsoft Profits Bull****

Steve Ballmer loves having a pop at his old company. The former Microsoft CEO – but still a majority shareholder – takes any opportunity to put the boot into his ...

December 4, 2015 at 5:56 pm by

Steve Ballmer steps down from Microsoft board

Former Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has left the software company’s board in order to spend more time on his newly acquired Los Angeles Clippers ...

August 20, 2014 at 6:59 pm by

Microsoft’s New CEO Search Narrowed Down To Five Names

Reuters report that the process to appoint a new Microsoft CEO is reaching its final stages as Microsoft have narrowed down the hunt to five figures. As expected former Nokia ...

November 6, 2013 at 10:11 am by

Bill Gates To Work Closely With New Microsoft CEO, But Won’t Go Full Time

In an interview with the Financial Times Bill Gates has hinted at becoming more involved with Microsoft are a period of relative absence. The report states that Bill Gates ...

November 4, 2013 at 10:17 am by

Steve Ballmer Regrets That Vista Distracted Microsoft From Mobile Sector

At Microsoft’s Q&A session for financial analysts and shareholders Steve Ballmer answered a lot of questions about the past and some of his regrets from his time at ...

September 21, 2013 at 12:37 pm by

Former Apple CEO Says Microsoft Is Tone Deaf To What Consumers Want

Former Apple CEO, John Sculley, has had some harsh criticisms to say about Microsoft’s strategy in a recent interview with Bloomberg. Sculley believes that Microsoft has ...

September 11, 2013 at 12:37 pm by

Microsoft Buy Nokia’s Mobile Handset Business For $7.2 Billion

The BBC reports that the deal between Nokia and Microsoft has been finalised. The deal sees Microsoft buy Nokia’s mobile handset business for $7.2 billion. As part of ...

September 3, 2013 at 9:39 am by

Steve Ballmer And Stephen Elop Address Open Letter To Windows Phone Fans

With Microsoft recently buying out Nokia’s mobile handset division for around $7 billion, both the Microsoft CEO and Nokia CEO have addressed Windows Phone fans with an ...

September 3, 2013 at 9:26 am by

Microsoft And ValueAct Sign Cooperation Deal Shortly After Ballmer’s Departure

Well it appears ValueAct Capital might have been behind Steve Ballmer’s departure after all. Steve Ballmer, pictured above, was quick to deny rumours that the Microsoft ...

August 31, 2013 at 11:25 am by

Analysts Comment That Ballmer Should Have Left Years Ago

With Steve Ballmer set to depart Microsoft’s CEO position, industry leading analysts have had time to reflect and comment upon his departure. The general consensus, as ...

August 26, 2013 at 1:18 pm by

Ballmer’s Wealth Grows By Nearly $1 Billion Just From Quitting

Forbes reports that outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has managed to increase his personal wealth by a staggering $0.789 billion simply by announcing his retirement from ...

August 25, 2013 at 5:28 pm by

Analyst Calls For Return Of Bill Gates As CEO Of Microsoft

With Steve Ballmer announcing his retirement from Microsoft the software giant now has to find a new CEO within the next 12 months. An internal committee at Microsoft has been ...

August 25, 2013 at 4:55 pm by

Microsoft Expert Says Ballmer Was A Salesman Not A Visionary

Microsoft Expert Michael Cusumano, management professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of a book on Microsoft published in 1995, has been talking to ...

August 24, 2013 at 10:42 am by

Steve Ballmer Denies Being Pushed From Microsoft

With Steve Ballmer announcing his retirement from Microsoft for within the next 12 months, and speculation about investors and shareholders wanting to oust him being ...

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