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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 – Project Catapault, pitched by programmer Doug Burger to Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s famously brash CEO, four years ago – is field programmable…
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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 successor, Satya Nadella, as he did recently when dismissing the company’s aim to create a new generation of universal apps…
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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 basketball team. He however plans to hang on to his 4 percent stake in Microsoft. “I see a combination of the Clippers, civic contribution,…
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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 Boss Stephen Elop is still in the running, he is joined by Ford CEO Alan Mulally, Microsoft’s own Satya Nadella…
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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 will spend “considerable time working with the next boss after an appointment is made”. Microsoft’s co-founder Bill Gates is constantly speculated…
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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 Microsoft. High on that list was Windows Vista and Ballmer said he regretted that the failed OS had drawn Microsoft’s attention away…
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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 been out of touch with consumers for quite some time, the result is that they haven’t given consumers what they really want. Instead they’ve…
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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 the deal Nokia will license its patents and mapping services to Microsoft. The deal will happen in early 2014 when 32,000 Nokia…
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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 open letter. Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, and Stephen Elop, CEO of Nokia, said the following to Windows Phone fans. “Nokia and Microsoft…
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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 investor was behind his decision to leave on the day he announced his scheduled retirement from Microsoft. Yet Microsoft and ValueAct recently released a…
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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 reported by the Telegraph, seems to be that the move is a beneficial one for Microsoft and that it should of happened earlier. “To…
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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 the company. When Steve Ballmer announced his departure from Microsoft shares in the company rose by about 10% in a very short period, eventually…
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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 appointed to select a new successor for the CEO seat. Talking with USA Today Jack Gold, a technology analyst at Gold…
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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 Bloomberg about Steve Ballmer’s time at the helm of Microsoft. Cusumano is quite critical of Ballmer’s leadership skills stating that: “Microsoft had a great run for…
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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 prevalent, it isn’t surprising that the press is stating that Steve Ballmer was pushed from his position. Steve Ballmer addressed a question about whether new investor…
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