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Shareholders quiz Ballmer about Macs, Windows, mobile phones

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:15:00 +0000

Microsoft's meeting with shareholders this morning was decidedly low-key, with investors overwhelming endorsing the company's compensation practices in their first "say on pay" advisory vote. Maybe the most remarkable part was that Bill Gates was silent throughout. In a sign of the Microsoft ...

AppleInsider found this 2 days ago on techflash.com

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Microsoft CEO Ballmer says Windows 7 sales are double its predecessors'

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:25:00 +0000

Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer was on hand for the company's annual shareholder's meeting in Washington, and news of Windows 7 sales came up right away. While delivering the opening remarks, Ballmer said that Microsoft has sold twice as many copies of Win 7 as any previous OS in a comparable ...

Switched found this 45 hours ago on engadget.com

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Windows Mobile Market Share Drops by About 30 Percent in 2009

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:26:55 +0000

David Meyer reports: According to figures released by Gartner on Thursday, Microsoft’s mobile operating system had 11 percent of the global smartphone market in Q3 2008. A year later, it had 7.9 percent of the market, while the iPhone’s share had risen from 12.9 percent to ...

Technologizer found this 5 days ago on news.zdnet.co.uk

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Ballmer: Windows 7 selling like hotcakes

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:36:00 +0000

At Microsoft's shareholder meeting, the CEO says the OS has sold twice as fast in its early days as any prior version of Windows. He also takes a few shots at Apple.

TechBlog found this 47 hours ago on news.cnet.com

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Gates silent at Microsoft shareholders meeting

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:06:00 +0000

It hasn't been even two years since Bill Gates left his day-to-day duties at Microsoft to focus on philanthropy, and already he's shifted mostly out of the spotlight.

josephtartakoff posted 2 days ago from blog.seattlepi.com

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Ballmer: Windows 7 selling like hotcakes

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:39:00 +0000

Steve Ballmer Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer delivers a point at the company's Worldwide Partner Conference in July. (Credit: Microsoft )

Engadget found this 2 days ago on news.cnet.com

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Ballmer: it "matters" that Apple has gained share

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:36:00 +0000

Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer today warned at a yearly shareholders' meeting that the company needed to improve the standing of Windows in the future. The executive was emphatic that Microsoft was still in a comfortable position with "96 out of 100" choosing Windows worldwide but acknowledged ...

TechBlog found this 47 hours ago on electronista.com

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Microsoft Annual Meeting Unleashes Wave of Questions About Apple

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:13:40 +0000

Apple Talk of Microsoft's Annual Meeting TechFlash reports: Microsoft's meeting with shareholders this morning was decidedly low-key, with investors overwhelmingly endorsing the company's compensation practices in their first "say on pay" advisory vote. Maybe the most remarkable part was that ...

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Ballmer: Windows 7 selling like hotcakes

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:09:59 +0000

At Microsoft's shareholder meeting, Microsoft's CEO says that the operating system has sold twice as fast in its early days than any prior version of Windows. He also takes a few shots at Apple.

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Exclusive: Yahoo and Microsoft Poised to Finally Sign Definitive Search and Ad Agreement

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:32:19 +0000

Yahoo and Microsoft are poised to finally sign the definitive agreement that will govern the complex and far-reaching search and online advertising partnership that they struck in late July, said sources close to the situation. If all goes well, the various Microsoft and Yahoo ...

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Windows Mobile 7 reportedly on track for Q1 2010 release to OEMs, Q3 release to public

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:50:00 +0000

Ballmer may have wanted it to be out yesterday , but it looks like the initial release of Windows Mobile 7 may now finally, actually be in sight. According to ZDNet Taiwan , the mobile OS is now on track for a release to OEMs for testing (the so-called "Maldives" program) sometime in the first ...

Gizmodo found this 11 days ago on engadget.com

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Microsoft's Windows 7 Sought to Avoid Vista's Problems

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:04:49 +0000

To build its new operating system, Microsoft Corp. needed to do more than fix the flaws of its predecessor. The company also had to address major bugs in its software development process. The three-year effort to create Windows 7, which lands on store shelves this Thursday, was marked by closer ...

Official Windows Magazine | Home found this 10 days ago on online.wsj.com

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$35,000 for a tour of Bill Gates' home

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:22:00 +0000

Can you guess the consistently most-popular item in Microsoft's annual fall donation drive?

josephtartakoff posted 10 days ago from blog.seattlepi.com

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Microsoft manager: We copied Apple

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:00:00 +0000

In an interview with PCR, a Microsoft manager admitted his company essentially copied the look and feel of Apple's OSX when designing Windows 7.

josephtartakoff posted 9 days ago from blog.seattlepi.com

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Is Microsoft Trying to Kill the Netbook Market?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:07:21 +0000

It’s no secret the disdain Steve Ballmer and Michael Dell have publicly expressed for netbooks. Both companies make more money from bigger iron running bigger versions of Windows. Leading up to the launch of Windows 7, Windows XP was the operating system of choice for netbooks. Now comes Windows ...

All about Microsoft found this 11 days ago on retrevo.com

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